How low have political standards gotten when saying that a President shouldn't be kicking goals into their own net is met with 'stop being negative, how dare you'?
Posted on 05/15/2026 8:34:51 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
President Donald Trump said that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to order 200 Boeing jets during their high-level meeting in Beijing.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Trump described his talks with the Chinese leader as "very good" and said the aircraft commitment exceeded Boeing’s expectations.
"One thing [Xi] agreed to today: he's going to order 200 jets. That's a big thing. Boeing — 200 big ones. That's a lot of jobs. It's a lot. Boeing wanted 150, he got 200," Trump said.
Terms of the agreement, including delivery timelines and aircraft models, were not immediately disclosed.
Trump arrived in China Wednesday alongside a delegation of top American business leaders for meetings with Chinese officials and executives. The visit marks Trump’s first trip to the country since 2017 and comes amid mounting tensions over trade, artificial intelligence, Taiwan and the fallout from the war with Iran.
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg was among those executives and recently said the trip represented "a meaningful opportunity" for the aerospace giant.
While Ortberg declined to specify the number of aircraft under discussion during a recent analyst call, he said he was "highly confident" that if Trump reached an agreement with Xi, the deal would "include some aircraft orders."
Bloomberg previously reported that China was considering purchasing roughly 500 Boeing 737 Max aircraft to meet growing airline demand.
Boeing shares fell more than 4% in Thursday trading after the reported order total fell short of analysts’ expectations, according to Reuters.
China last announced a major Boeing purchase during Trump’s 2017 visit to Beijing, agreeing to buy 300 aircraft from the U.S. manufacturer, the outlet reported. Boeing and European rival Airbus have aggressively competed for aircraft sales in China, one of the world’s largest aviation markets.
Other executives traveling with the U.S. delegation included Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Citi CEO Jane Fraser, and Cargill CEO Brian Sikes.
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BFD. Could have done that in a phone call.
So, consider investing in aluminum, GE, or maybe Pratt & Whitney?
737 MAX’s?
I hope this deal doesn’t nose dive.
The Chinese know American Presidents love announcing big trade deals, for headlines back in the USA. Has happened since Nixon.
So they oblige with this charade.
No one bothers to look at the details, or what happens in the years following.
Boeing has lots of people in Wu Han already.
Wait a minute. China is our enemy, right?
Don’t see how selling Boeing Jets to them helps the U.S.
I thought the word was Boeing was expecting an order for 700 and their stock dropped when only 200 were mentioned??
A 737 Max 10 cost 135 million. So, 200 would cost 27 billion? Am I wrong?
It was supposed to be 500, not 200. Flop
Make them pay up front.
Are they the company that has had windows falling off their planes?
The anti trump negativity at FR is really reaching a fever pitch.
Great job President Trump.
Your detractors have less than nothing to offer.
Watch out. They might just steal and reverse engineer them into their next generation COMAC aircraft. They did it to McDonnell Douglas in the 1990’s.
How low have political standards gotten when saying that a President shouldn't be kicking goals into their own net is met with 'stop being negative, how dare you'?
Condelezza P is gonna be pissed.
This was the purpose of the trip. It was why Visa and Mastercard were among the 10 or CEO’s. It was all about announcing business contracts. Nothing more, for the most part.
Great comment.
“The anti trump negativity at FR is really reaching a fever pitch.”
Rather than reflexively smearing some FReepers, you may want to consider whether an assessment of PDJT’s recent actions and policy may be in order.
This is not TDS nor T cult, simply clear eyed adult evaluation ..
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