US President-elect Donald Trump has ripped a deal between aircraft manufacturing company Boeing and US Air Force One.
In a tweet on Tuesday, the future president said the deal has costs that are “out of control,” calling them “ridiculous” later.
“Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!”
When asked later about his tweet in the lobby of Trump Tower, he reaffirmed to reporters that “Well the plane is totally out of control.”
“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,” he said.
Air Force One, the official air traffic control call sign for a US Air Force aircraft carrying the president, was about to spend as much as $1.65 billion for a project aimed at replacing the force’s planes but Boeing said later it was under a $170 million contract.
“We are currently under contract for $170…