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Reporters owe Donald Trump an apology for their failed fact-checks of cost of Air Force One

Early Tuesday morning, President-elect Trump tweeted that the U.S. should cancel its contract with Boeing for a replacement for Air Force One, citing a figure of $4 billion:

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Reporters quickly told the president-elect he was wrong and that the actual cost of the replacement planes was $1.65 billion (for two aircraft), not $4 billion (Spoiler: Trump is right — scroll down):

https://twitter.com/drewharwell/status/806143936532189186

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Boeing further muddied the waters by trying to claim that the contract was only for R&D and a total of $170 million:

But, surprise! “Trump is correct,” according to NBC News:

Time to apologize everyone.

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