Finland Says No Fighter Deal With Boeing After Trump's Comments
Source: NYT
HELSINKI President Sauli Niinisto on Tuesday denied that Finland was buying new fighter jets from American planemaker Boeing, following remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Finland is looking to replace its ageing fleet of 62 F/A-18 Hornet jets with multirole fighter aircraft in a procurement estimated at 7-10 billion euros by 2025.
"One of the things that is happening is you're purchasing large amounts of our great F-18 aircraft from Boeing and it's one of the great planes, the great fighter jets," Trump said on Monday at a news conference with his Finnish counterpart in the White House.
Niinisto, who was standing next to Trump, looked surprised but did not follow up on the comment. He later denied the deal with Boeing on his Twitter account and on Tuesday in Washington.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/08/29/business/29reuters-finland-trump-boeing.html
Niinisto told Finnish reporters that "past decisions and hopes about future decisions have mixed" -- a very tactful way of trying to explain why Trump got that so wrong.
The Finnish government will be getting cost quotations for new jets next year, won't decide until the early 2020s. Boeing is just one of several corporations whose planes are being considered.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)brush
(53,778 posts)SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)there was no deal yet.
The headline probably could have been better written; it makes it sound like there will be no deal. What it really means is that tRump yapped about them buying from Boeing, and they denied that there was any decision at this point (i.e. 'there is no deal' vs. 'there will be no deal'). Boeing is still in the running - a decision won't be made until the early 2020's. Proposals and quotations haven't even been submitted yet.
tRump just opened his mouth and spewed whatever was rattling around in his addled skull, which, as we all too-well know, seldom contains more than a small molecule of truth, wrapped up in his delusions
brush
(53,778 posts)We still need to get the orange disaster out though.
WheelWalker
(8,955 posts)riversedge
(70,220 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)This is another pointless FAIL for America that you and your Comrade Casino, your mean-spirited, deceitful Draft-Dodger-in-Chief have created.
No doubt the russians are delighted at how their republican buddies have screwed over America again.
lark
(23,099 posts)In other words, his lips were moving so he's lying, as usual.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)Kleveland
(1,257 posts)Ignorant does not even begin to describe this buffoon.
progressoid
(49,990 posts)exboyfil
(17,863 posts)Publicly challenge a statement? I would love to see that. The head of the police department saying we don't treat suspects like that for example.
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)Unfortunately, the rest of the world's leaders are pretty civilized.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)Finland should buy from the French or Brits. If the US pResident lies on the world stage, any possible deal is off the table.
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)He must have alienated 10 allies (at least) by now. If he consciously wanted to and tried his best I don't think he could do a better job.
ffr
(22,670 posts)I would. Or I'd drink a lot to compensate.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts):smh:
annabanana
(52,791 posts)I cringe every time I know he's about to speak in the presence of another Head of State.
Ligyron
(7,632 posts)The look on his face said it all.
Orrex
(63,212 posts)I have a suggestion for The Hydraulic Press channel.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)Because the Republican base only hears the good news (which is the lying part).
And later, while other networks are informing viewers of the falsehood, Fox News, which is all they watch, will be onto their next story about Trump's new big announcement on how he will cure cancer.
Maynar
(769 posts)"great" three times in one same, single sentence. I'm not usually so pedantic, but holy crap dude..
tblue37
(65,357 posts)referring to something like the Great Lakes, Alexander the Great, or the greater part of something. It is just filler, tossed in to register approval without any specific meaning.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Trump is all about the cheesy negotiation gimmick. This one, like many, blew up in Trump's face. What an idiot.
procon
(15,805 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)xor
(1,204 posts)Does it faze him at all?
WestSeattle2
(1,730 posts)totally unfit for the office he holds.
Maynar
(769 posts).