Trump says ‘maybe’ the federal government should help Spirit Airlines

**From Business Insider’s Bryan Metzger:** 
Trump sounds open to the idea of the federal government helping the beleaguered Spirit Airlines.

“I’d love somebody to buy Spirit… you know, Spirit’s in trouble,” Trump told CNBC on Tuesday. “Maybe the federal government should help that one out. You know, I told my people.”

Trump didn’t specify what he might have in mind, and neither Spirit nor the White House immediately responded to a request for comment.

Multiple outlets have reported in recent days that Spirit has floated offering the federal government a stake in the company to avoid going out of business.

The US government took a roughly 10% stake in Intel last year, and Trump and his administration have floated making similar transactions with other companies.

Spirit, an ultra-low-cost carrier, has long struggled to turn a profit, and oil price spikes in the wake of the war in Iran have likely added to the company’s financial challenges as jet fuel costs rise.

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Isn’t this socialism?

Garbage airlines. Let it fail. I thought this was capitalism.

Hmm, this sounds like socialism.

Sounds like spirit ceo had a donation to trump and stayed at Grift-A-Lago for a week.

Dang I’m in enemy territory. I think Spirit was great for short flights lol. Saved so much money and they started to improve on leaving on time too. It would’ve been great if they had been allowed to merge with Jet Blue. I can’t lie though, the medallion status on Delta is elite.

Maybe they should help the country. Pull us out of this pointless war we are fighting on behalf of another country, cut our military spending in half and we will still be spending more than every other country, fund a health care plan, strengthen foreign relations, regulate big companies buying up homes and apartments making rent and houses go up, help create jobs, tax the rich. You know stuff that actually helps us.

look at that 118% gain from him saying that. curious who bought in right before

Spirit is garbage.