Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise
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So let me get this straight: a war of choice unilaterally declared by one man is causing death and destruction at a cost of $1B+ per day? And it's driving up prices everywhere to the point where corporations are now asking for taxpayer funded bailouts? Is this what the "New Golden Age" looks like?
“Donald Trump’s war with Iran caused the sky-high fuel prices.” Now budget airlines are asking the Trump administration for $2.5 BILLION to cope. Jet fuel is around $4.10/gallon—up ~88% year-over-year and nearly 100% since February. Airfares rising (some up 15–20%). Bailouts looming. Americans 1/
Bailing out the WORST US Airline of modern times? NO CAN DO. No Airline Bailouts.
But they hate socialism? Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Budget Airlines Ask Trump for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise. A trade group for the airlines is seeking $2.5 billion to help offset the big jump in jet fuel costs since the start of U.S.-Israeli attacks against Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Budget airlines ask the Trump administration for $2.5 billion to help offset the big jump in jet fuel costs since the start of U.S.-Israeli attacks against Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
More Trump damage requires more of our money. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
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A trade group for the airlines is seeking $2.5 billion to help offset the big jump in jet fuel costs since the start of U.S.-Israeli attacks against Iran. April 27, 2026 Karoun Demirjian and Lauren Hirsch www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Sure, just put it on my tab. I'll pick up the costs for the war too. Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise (And why, exactly, are those fuel costs rising? 🆘🇺🇸) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Now the airlines want a bailout because Trump's war has screwed them www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b... A trade group for the airlines is seeking $2.5 billion to help offset the big jump in jet fuel costs since the start of U.S.-Israeli attacks against Iran.
Everything goes to the “Big Man” now. Forget Congress. The King will save you? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Hey, I'd like some cash to help pay for the rising cost of gas! Am I not rich enough to qualify for free government handouts? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b... They should either raise their prices, go bankrupt, or sue trump for his stupid war!
could be paying twice. ✈️💸 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b... #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky
I have an idea! The government should take them all over! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
We can’t have universal healthcare, family leave, free public higher education and trade schools, affordable housing, or affordable childcare. But by GOD we WILL have budget airline bailouts! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Gee, wouldn't it be nice if the federal gov't bailed out workers, who have to pay more for commutes to their jobs due to the Iranian war? Why not ALL businesses having problems buying fuel? Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
It's one big club and were not in it. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
🙄 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/business/budget-airlines-trump-bailout.html
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Here we go…which airline is next? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Maybe, there is some good use for the money that Trump has wrongfully taken via being in the Oval Office? Ensure the survival of the Airlines? Sounds like a reasonable idea does it not? He created the problem, let him fix it! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
If a large corporation or bank makes bad decisions they run to the government and get a bail out. If citizens can’t pay the rent or child care or hospital bills it is their fault so sad to bad Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b... If the federal gov't is going to supplement for rising fuel prices, shouldn't tax-paying citizens be 1st in line for what WE are paying due to his fucking war?
"A trade group for the airlines is seeking $2.5 billion to help offset the big jump in jet fuel costs since the start of U.S.-Israeli attacks against Iran." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b... Total bullshit. Trump starts a war that costs billions and closes the Strait, which in turn raises oil prices, and taxpayers have to bail out airlines?
Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise. The negative impact of the Iran War is just beginnig to become a reality for the American peoplehttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/business/budget-airlines-trump-bailout.html?smid=bs-share
So in 2008, we bailed out the banks because of a self created crisis. Now we’re supposed to bail out the airlines because of aTrump created crisis. The corporations and the wealthy always get their money and the taxpayers always get screwed
Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
What hasn't Trump broken? As Trump's war of choice continues, who else will line up at the Trump Trough, asking Trump to force taxpayers to bail them out? Trump might go for this, as it delays the pain for voters by shifting it from airfare costs to an exploding deficit that will come due later.
Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b... Yeah,and who’s bailing out the rest of us? You the American taxpayer. And,by the way, what justification does Trump have for bailing out Spirit Airlines? Who’s holding their bonds? 🤬#TrumpsMess