Trump Blames Biden for Spirit Airlines Collapse, Ignoring Reality
Following the collapse of Spirit Airlines, the Trump administration engaged in a strategy of shifting blame for the airline’s demise. Initially, President Trump inaccurately attributed the airline’s troubles to a failed merger decision made by Barack Obama years prior, a claim demonstrably false given the timelines involved. Subsequently, the administration pivoted, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick leading an initiative for a federal bailout that ultimately failed, and officials like Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent began to point to the Biden administration’s opposition to the JetBlue-Spirit merger as the cause of Spirit’s closure.
John Q. Hosedrinker