{"id":594655,"date":"2026-05-01T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=594655"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:39:00","slug":"trump-says-spirit-airlines-rescue-still-in-review-final-proposal-coming-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=594655","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says Spirit Airlines Rescue Still In Review, Final Proposal Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Trump Says Spirit Airlines Rescue Still In Review, Final Proposal Coming<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><strong>Summary:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><em>Trump says <strong>Spirit received the final proposal<\/strong> for the lifeline deal\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><em>WSJ reported that bankrupt <strong>Spirit Airlines was preparing to shutter operations<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>President Trump comments on Spirit Airlines:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><em>TRUMP: GAVE SPIRIT FINAL PROPOSAL<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><em>TRUMP SAYS US STILL LOOKING AT SPIRIT, WILL GIVE FINAL PROPOSAL<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><em>TRUMP SAYS TRYING TO HELP SPIRIT, CITING JOBS\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><i>TRUMP SAYS WILL HAVE SOMETHING ON SPIRIT TODAY OR TOMORROW\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>WSJ Reports\u00a0Spirit Airlines Prepares To Shutter Operations\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/airlines\/spirit-airlines-prepares-to-shut-down-as-rescue-deal-falls-apart-5a2d5936?mod=Searchresults&amp;pos=1&amp;page=1\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reports that bankrupt Spirit Airlines is preparing to wind down operations after failing to secure a $500 million lifeline from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>WSJ reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The ailing budget airline had been hoping to finalize a $500 million lifeline from the government before running out of cash. The discount carrier hasn&#8217;t been able to get sufficient support between certain bondholders and the government to secure the funding to keep it in business, people familiar with the matter said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>News last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/trump-admin-nears-possible-rescue-deal-spirit-airlines-14000-jobs-risk\">raised hopes<\/a> that Spirit would secure a rescue deal of up to $500 million from the Trump administration, which could have left the federal government with 90% control.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ibpremiumthree962508-800x450.jpg?itok=OPl7tJ39\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ibpremiumthree962508-800x450.jpg?itok=OPl7tJ39\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"51995998-3c57-4f69-b704-ac697c3a3694\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/ibpremiumthree962508-800x450.jpg?itok=OPl7tJ39\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A reporter asked Trump last week: &#8220;Is the government going to buy a stake in Spirit Airlines?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president responded: &#8220;So we are looking at Spirit. It&#8217;s in bankruptcy court. And we&#8217;re looking, if we could get it for the right price&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Polymarket odds:<\/p>\n<p><strong>US takes a stake in Spirit Airlines by May 31?<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure aria-label=\"Polymarket prediction market: US takes a stake in Spirit Airlines by May 31?\" class=\"polymarket-embed\"><figcaption><strong>US takes a stake in Spirit Airlines by May 31?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes 19% \u00b7 No 81%<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/us-takes-a-stake-in-spirit-airlines-by-may-31\">View full market &amp; trade on Polymarket <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Spirit Airlines shutdown\/liquidation by May 31?<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure aria-label=\"Polymarket prediction market: Spirit Airlines shutdown\/liquidation by May 31?\" class=\"polymarket-embed\"><figcaption>\n<p><strong>Spirit Airlines shutdown\/liquidation by May 31?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes 79% \u00b7 No 22%<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/spirit-airlines-shutdownliquidation-by-may-31\">View full market &amp; trade on Polymarket<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Fri, 05\/01\/2026 &#8211; 12:39<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/ibpremiumthree962508-800x450.jpg?itok=OPl7tJ39\" title=\"Trump Says Spirit Airlines Rescue Still In Review, Final Proposal Coming\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Says Spirit Airlines Rescue Still In Review, Final Proposal Coming Summary:\u00a0 Trump says Spirit received the final proposal for the lifeline deal\u00a0 WSJ reported that bankrupt Spirit Airlines was preparing to shutter operations\u00a0 President Trump comments on Spirit Airlines: TRUMP: GAVE SPIRIT FINAL PROPOSAL TRUMP SAYS US STILL LOOKING AT SPIRIT, WILL GIVE FINAL&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=594655\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Trump Says Spirit Airlines Rescue Still In Review, Final Proposal Coming<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":594638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=594655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/594638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=594655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=594655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=594655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}