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Scott Bessent: “JetBlue wanted to buy [Spirit Airlines] for $3.8 billion.”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Elizabeth War loves to write letters, sent a letter to the Justice Department, to the labor, to the Transport Department, saying that they should oppose the merger with Spirit Airlines. JetBlue wanted to buy [Spirit Airlines] for $3.8 billion. It would have given them much more resiliency. And she and the Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, is probably the worst transportation secretary in history. (11:53–11:58)

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Asserts that JetBlue's proposed acquisition of Spirit Airlines was valued at $3.8 billion.

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