{"id":59577,"date":"2016-12-09T11:41:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T15:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=59577"},"modified":"2016-12-09T11:42:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T15:42:03","slug":"following-twitter-spat-boeing-gives-1-million-to-trump-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=59577","title":{"rendered":"Following Twitter Spat, Boeing Gives $1 Million To Trump Inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Just days after president-elect Donald Trump called out Boeing for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-12-06\/boeing-slides-after-trump-tweets-airplane-costs-are-out-control\">&#8220;out of control&#8221;<\/a> costs on its Air Force One bid, the aircraft manufacturer has decided to match its donation to President Obama, <strong>giving $1 million to the president-elect\u2019s inauguration<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/onpolitics\/2016\/12\/08\/boeing-pledges-1-million-donald-trumps-inaugural-events\/95164604\/\">USA Today reports.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are sure it&#8217;s nothing but a coincidence, but just a few short days after president-elect Trump&#8217;s tweet-storm over the outrageous bid for replacement Air Force Ones&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"806134244384899072\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>Boeing has decided, as <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/12\/09\/boeing-is-giving-1m-to-trumps-inauguration\/\">NY Post reports<\/a>, <strong>to donate $1 million to Trump&#8217;s inauguration&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The donation is the exact same amount given by Boeing to the last inauguration, President Obama\u2019s second in 2013.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump team plans to raise $75 million for the inaugural, which will be held Jan. 20 in Washington, DC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The timing is anything but coincidental&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Seemingly unprompted, Trump suggested Tuesday that the company is taking American taxpayers for a ride.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!\u201d Trump said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also told reporters gathered Tuesday at Trump Tower, \u201cThe plane is totally out of control. It\u2019s going to be over $4 billion for Air Force One program and I think it\u2019s ridiculous. I think Boeing is doing a little bit of a number. We want Boeing to make a lot of money, but not that much money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But later that day the president-elect spoke with the head of Boeing \u2014 and sounded optimistic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI spoke to a head of Boeing,\u201d Trump told NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d on Wednesday, \u201cand I think we\u2019re going to work it out. That\u2019s what we\u2019re here for. I will negotiate prices.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, none of this should come as a surprise, as Boeing (as recently as 2014) was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/for-hillary-clinton-and-boeing-a-beneficial-relationship\/2014\/04\/13\/21fe84ec-bc09-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html?utm_term=.8c550691a9c5\">exposed for the mutually beneficial relationship <\/a>between one of the world\u2019s major corporations and a potential future president. <strong>Hillary Clinton functioned as a powerful ally for Boeing\u2019s business interests at home and abroad, while Boeing has invested resources in causes beneficial to Clinton\u2019s public and political image.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\"><\/div>\n<p>In 2010, two months after Boeing won its $3.7 billion Russia deal<strong>, the company announced a $900,000 contribution to the William J. Clinton Foundation<\/strong> intended to rebuild schools in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The foundation, which Hillary Clinton now helps lead with her husband and daughter, has become a popular charity for major corporations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Boeing relationship meshed well with efforts by Clinton to expand the State Department\u2019s advocacy of U.S. economic interests abroad, part of a broader philosophy that has emphasized partnering government with businesses to solve problems. A potential side benefit for Clinton has been the chance to strengthen ties to the kind of powerful allies in the business community who could assist a possible presidential bid.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said that her advocacy for Boeing\u2019s jet deal was \u201cthe job that every Secretary of State is supposed to do and what the American people expect of them \u2014 especially during difficult economic times. She proudly and loudly advocated on behalf of American business and took every opportunity to promote U.S. commercial interests abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boeing spokesman Sean McCormack said that the company sees its cooperation with the government to encourage exports and create jobs as a \u201cmutual institutional interest, versus a personal one.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It appears Boeing has found a new &#8220;mutual institutional interest&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-12-09\/following-twitter-spat-boeing-gives-1-million-trump-inauguration\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-12-09\/following-twitter-spat-boeing-gives-1-million-trump-inauguration<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}