{"id":2597742,"date":"2026-05-01T14:25:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-we-gave-them-a-final-proposal-as-spirit-readies-to-shut-down\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:25:56","slug":"trump-says-we-gave-them-a-final-proposal-as-spirit-readies-to-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-we-gave-them-a-final-proposal-as-spirit-readies-to-shut-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says &#8216;we gave them a final proposal&#8217; as Spirit readies to shut down"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-we-gave-them-a-final-proposal-as-spirit-readies-to-shut-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2597742&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump said an proclamation about a federal rescue package for Spirit Airlines is expected sometime Friday, after the government didn\u2019t fully succeed in bailing out the struggling carrier. He said the administration is determined to reach a deal to save jobs,but only if it\u2019s \u201ca good deal,\u201d and indicated discussions are still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier reporting from the *Wall Street Journal* suggested Spirit could shut down as soon as the weekend following Chapter 11 filings in 2024 and 2025, with talks between Spirit and the Trump administration continuing since April. Reported proposals include a possible $500 million federal loan and, alternatively or additionally, the government taking a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >large ownership stake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spirit has declined to comment in detail but maintains that it is operating normally and that flights are running as scheduled. The company remains unable to recover after the failed proposed merger with JetBlue, which was blocked by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">federal judge<\/a> on antitrust grounds.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> confirmed that an announcement on a federal solution to save <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/spirit-airlines\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11214\">Spirit Airlines<\/a> will be coming at some point on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo institution has been able to\u201d bail out the struggling airline, he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/2050252136613593142\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/2050252136613593142\">told reporters<\/a>. \u201cI said I\u2019d like to save the jobs, but we\u2019ll have an announcement sometime today. We gave them a final proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4551209\/meta-threaten-shut-down-new-mexico\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Meta threatens to shut down apps in New Mexico amid child safety court case<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4549887\/brendan-carr-fcc-review-disney-broadcast-license-dei-kimmel\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Carr says FCC review of Disney\u2019s broadcast licenses is about DEI, not Kimmel\u2019s Trump jokes<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4549895\/hassett-talk-spirit-bailout-ongoing\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Hassett says talks of Spirit bailout are \u2018ongoing\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Earlier Friday, the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/airlines\/spirit-airlines-prepares-to-shut-down-as-rescue-deal-falls-apart-5a2d5936?mod=hp_lead_pos1\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/airlines\/spirit-airlines-prepares-to-shut-down-as-rescue-deal-falls-apart-5a2d5936?mod=hp_lead_pos1\">reported<\/a> that Spirit may shut down as soon as this weekend after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice between November 2024 and August 2025. Negotiations between the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/airlines\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1838\">airline<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"339\">Trump administration<\/a> have been ongoing since April.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>When asked if he decided against bailing out the budget airline, Trump said the federal government is determined to make a deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I guess we\u2019re looking at it,\u201d he responded to a reporter\u2019s question. \u201cIf we can do it, we\u2019d do it. But only if it\u2019s a good deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talks of a possible $500 million loan from the federal government have been reported in recent weeks. The airline has also reportedly discussed the possibility of letting the government take a 90% stake in the company.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Spirit declined to comment on discussions but noted the airline is \u201coperating as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spirit made a similar statement on social media in response to a worried customer\u2019s comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4549895\/hassett-talk-spirit-bailout-ongoing\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4549895\/hassett-talk-spirit-bailout-ongoing\/\">HASSETT SAYS TALKS OF SPIRIT BAILOUT ARE \u2018ONGOING\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing to know is that Spirit continues to operate and offer high-value travel options,\u201d the company <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpiritAirlines\/status\/2050246123034407012\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpiritAirlines\/status\/2050246123034407012\">posted on X<\/a>. \u201cOur flights are operating as scheduled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spirit has not been able to recover from the Biden administration\u2019s offensive against its proposed $3.8 billion <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mergers-and-acquisitions\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"616\">merger<\/a> with JetBlue Airways. That deal collapsed in March 2024 when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-goes-to-war-over-big-tech-heres-why-this-battle-matters\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis Goes To War Over Big Tech: Here...s Why This Battle Matters\">federal judge blocked<\/a> it on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antitrust\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1187\">antitrust<\/a> grounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump said an early Friday announcement will address saving Spirit Airlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2597745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26121620415843.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[13427,3817,32726,3634],"class_list":["post-2597742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-ceasefire","tag-diplomacy","tag-middle-east","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26121620415843.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597742"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597747,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597742\/revisions\/2597747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2597745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}