Trump Floats Having Government Buy Years of Airline Tickets at Discount

President Donald Trump participates in a signing ceremony for H.R.266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, with members of his administration and Republican lawmakers in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on April 24, 2020. Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/POOL/Getty Images

President Donald Trump floated a proposal that would see the government purchase years of tickets from airlines at a discount.

Speaking Friday at a bill signing, the president said he spoke with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.