Surprise! Boeing is donating $1 million to the Trump inauguration
The Boeing Company plans to give $1 million to support President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration events.
The announcement comes just days after Trump's tweets about Boeing. He claimed that costs for building new Air Force One jets are out of control, and that orders for the 747s should be canceled.
A Boeing official said the company's pledge of $1 million has nothing to do with Trump's controversial tweets.
The official, speaking on background, said Boeing was already in touch with the inauguration committee before Trump tweeted about the Boeing 747.
A spokesperson said the company views its involvement in the inauguration as a way to support the country. Boeing also gave a million dollars to President Barack Obama's 2012 inauguration.
Trump, who has promised to take corporate interests out of Washington, D.C., is expected to accept millions of dollars from corporations for the inauguration.
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Paige Browning
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Paige hosts midday newscasts and monitors news of significance to the Puget Sound region. She hopped over Washington’s mountains to join KUOW, after hosting news and reporting at Spokane Public Radio since 2011. She began her start in radio while a journalism student at University of Montana, by sharing stories with KUFM. Paige was raised in the mountains and rivers around Spokane. In her spare time she cheers on the Mariners in the summer, and hopes for snow in the winter.
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