President-Elect Trump’s meeting with the chief executive of Air Force One primary contractor Boeing went exactly as I predicted on December 8.  The PEOTUS has set the stage for a symbolically important drama that instructs other government contractors, especially defense, that a new sheriff is in town, and cost is now a serous consideration that will be closely monitored. And for the voters, the lesson is already clear and will be dramatized vividly in the second and third acts to follow. The days of wasteful spending enriching insiders are over.  Watch this video from the Associated Press, featuring Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg leaving from his meeting with Trump at Mar a Lago, and fully endorsing Trump’s initiative to cut costs from the Air Force One project: As I outlined almost 2 weeks ago, the project can be brought in under budget and ahead of schedule by following Trump’s established pattern of behavior in past triumphs – in...(Read Full Post)