Fact check: Trump cites 70,000 jobs affected by Boeing order

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

DALLAS — It’s a big deal for a big company — Boeing’s nearly $14 billion contract to sell Singapore Airlines 39 planes.

But is President Donald Trump right that 70,000 or so U.S. jobs will flow from the contract? Depends on how you look at it.

Boeing says the order will “sustain” more than 70,000 direct and indirect U.S. jobs for the company, its suppliers and others. The company did not say they were new jobs.

Trump witnessed a “certificate of purchase” signing at the White House this week by Boeing and Singapore Airlines executives. “In terms of the orders it’s about $13.8 billion and most importantly it’s about 70,000 jobs,” Trump said, patting Boeing’s Kevin McAllister on the back. “So those are all jobs in this country.”

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For Christ sakes Drumpf you're the asshole who wanted to cut the ex-im bank. Quit making up shit and quit trying to take credit for someone else's work.

[matt819]

1. Not much fact checking in that article

Some questions:

How many of those jobs are new jobs? Given the reference to "sustain," I wonder if these are simply jobs not lost because Boeing got the contract.

How many jobs are created or sustained by overseas subcontractors or overseas subsidiaries of Boeing?

Factor in job gains/losses from sales Boeing is working on but might not get. For example, any cancellations from Canada because of additional duties imposed on imports at Boeing's insistence>

How long has this been in process? In other words, to the extent the the USG has been a factor (via the president or DOC), was this initiated/advanced through the Obama administration or the buffoon-in-chief's administration? What was the final impetus for Singapore Airlines to sign the "Certificate of Purchase"?

How often do prospective buyers renege on a Certificate of Purchase? In other words, what is the nature of Singapore Airlines' commitment?

This is what reporters are supposed to do. These are the details required in fact checking.

[dalton99a]

2. +1