President Donald Trump has granted his top adviser, Elon Musk, with new authority to speed the production of two new jets by Boeing for use as Air Force One, possibly by relaxing security clearance standards for workers on the planes, The New York Times reports.
Trump is reportedly growing increasingly unhappy with the delays to the new Air Force One jets and has put Musk in the discussions between Boeing and the military, multiple sources familiar with the talks told the Times. People close to Trump reportedly say that the president has lost hope in Boeing and continually complains that the company seems unable to complete the project, which would replace the two 30-year-old Boeing 747 planes currently used interchangeably as Air Force One.
Trump commented on the situation in an interview on Tuesday night, saying that Boeing is “actually in default,” adding, “They’ve been building this thing forever. I don’t know what’s going on.”
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