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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Brendan Rascius

Trump considers a taxpayer takeover of Spirit Airlines and would aim to resell carrier after oil prices drop

President Donald Trump is weighing a taxpayer-backed takeover of Spirit Airlines as the low-cost carrier struggles to stay afloat amid a surge in fuel prices.

“I think we just buy it,” the Republican president told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon. “We'd be getting it virtually debt-free.”

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