Trump offers advice to Boeing on 737 MAX planes: 'REBRAND'

President Donald Trump on Monday suggests aviation giant Boeing ditch the designation for its scandal-plagued 737 MAX planes, renaming the aircraft once again.

"What do I know about branding, maybe nothing, but if I were Boeing, I would FIX the Boeing 737 MAX, add some extra great features," REBRAND the plane with a new name, "Trump wrote in a tweet. No product has suffered like this one. But again, what the hell do I know?

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The 737 MAX series planes were grounded in the aftermath of one of the planes crashed shortly after takeoff in Ethiopia, killing everyone on board and drawing comparisons with another deadly crash involving the same model in October.

At issue, based on preliminary crash reports for both fatal flights, was a flaw in the plane's automation software. The crashes have been renewed on the FAA's approval process, some of which have been outsourced to aircraft manufacturers. It has also been questioned about how much Boeing knew about the glitch, prompting demands for congressional hearings on both issues.

The U.S. was one of the last major countries to the planes, with the FAA initially resisting such a move until it said.

The FAA is conducting a review of the planes and has insisted they will remain grounded until the agency can ensure the effectiveness of the eventual software fix. In the meantime, U.S. like American Airlines and Southwest.

Boeing has registered more than 7,700 orders for the MAX from the world.

After last month's crash, but before the U.S. issued its grounding order, Trump the blame on the industry's advancements, complaining in a tweet that "pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT."

That insistence from Trump prompted a personal phone call from Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg, who said the company said the MAX planes were safe to fly.

Trump later said that he did not believe in the future, but said he hoped for the future. Pentagon as acting secretary of defense.

"It's a truly great company." Hopefully they'll figure it out very quickly. "It was a big decision, also one of our largest exporters," he said. "One of our truly great companies of the world."