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I mean.. the guy did own and operate an airline at one point. So it's a little silly to say he knows nothing about it, no matter how much you don't like the guy

I mean.. the guy did own and operate an airline at one point. So it's a little silly to say he knows nothing about it, no matter how much you don't like the guy.

giarc 8y ago
He's the POTUS and still thinks the Chinese are paying the American tariffs. I wouldn't give him so much credit.
shaki-dora 8y ago
It’s almost literally true that he owned said company at a single point in time. His airline had a trajectory not unlike a 737-m.
hilbertseries 8y ago
I mean, he also claimed that newer airplanes are less safe than older airplanes. Which seems pretty absurd given that crashes have been trending down for sometime. https://theweek.com/speedreads/828609/trump-claims-old-simpler-airplanes-safer-such-planes-actually-crashed-more-often https://theweek.com/speedreads/828609/trump-claims-old-simpl...
dragonwriter 8y ago
> I mean.. the guy did own and operate an airline at one point. So it's a little silly to say he knows nothing about it Given the way that worked out, his having owned and operated an airline is certainly evidence that he had money, but not evidence that he knows much about even the business side, much less any other aspect other than the "being a passenger" side, of aviation.
notahacker 8y ago
Trump certainly wouldn't have been the only person to end up owning an airline that was more the money than the brains behind the operation... Based on transcripts of him talking to airline industry executives[1] in the past, I'd say he actually knows less than nothing: i.e. he doesn't know what he doesn't know, much like the pointy haired guy who's too insistent he wants you to get the robots that write the computer programs to make a blockchain for cybersecurity to read your explanation of the bug. [1]https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-meeting-aviation-industry/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-pres...

I mean.. the guy did own and operate an airline at one point. So it's a little silly to say he knows nothing about it, no matter how much you don't like the guy.

giarc 8y ago

He's the POTUS and still thinks the Chinese are paying the American tariffs. I wouldn't give him so much credit.

shaki-dora 8y ago

It’s almost literally true that he owned said company at a single point in time. His airline had a trajectory not unlike a 737-m.

hilbertseries 8y ago

I mean, he also claimed that newer airplanes are less safe than older airplanes. Which seems pretty absurd given that crashes have been trending down for sometime. https://theweek.com/speedreads/828609/trump-claims-old-simpler-airplanes-safer-such-planes-actually-crashed-more-often https://theweek.com/speedreads/828609/trump-claims-old-simpl...

dragonwriter 8y ago

> I mean.. the guy did own and operate an airline at one point. So it's a little silly to say he knows nothing about it Given the way that worked out, his having owned and operated an airline is certainly evidence that he had money, but not evidence that he knows much about even the business side, much less any other aspect other than the "being a passenger" side, of aviation.

notahacker 8y ago

Trump certainly wouldn't have been the only person to end up owning an airline that was more the money than the brains behind the operation... Based on transcripts of him talking to airline industry executives[1] in the past, I'd say he actually knows less than nothing: i.e. he doesn't know what he doesn't know, much like the pointy haired guy who's too insistent he wants you to get the robots that write the computer programs to make a blockchain for cybersecurity to read your explanation of the bug. [1]https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-meeting-aviation-industry/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-pres...