President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would consider purchasing the embattled Spirit Airlines “if we can get it at the right price.”
“Spirit is an airline that has had some trouble,” Trump said. “They have some good aircrafts, some good assets, and when the price of oil goes down, we’d sell it for a profit.”
The president did not clarify what a purchase of Spirit Airlines might look like.
But the no-frills airline has been on life support for years – and even an infusion of federal cash might not save it.
The possibility of a government purchase of the