Trump blamed recent Democratic administrations and DEI, ordering top transit and aviation officials to review hiring decisions made during Biden's years.
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Trump orders assessment of aviation safety, names acting FAA administrator after deadly DC plane crash
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Researching Trump’s statements about DEI, past administrations after DC crash | In context
Are air traffic controllers DEI hires? What Trump said about DC plane crash
The FAA has said that all controllers have to meet tough testing and training standards and go through a lengthy certification process.
Trump offered no evidence that diversity hiring practices contributed to the fatal plane and helicopter collision.
WASHINGTON — Following a devastating midair collision between a commercial airplane and military helicopter that killed 67 people near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump has named Chris Rocheleau as the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration.
During a White House briefing with reporters Thursday, President Donald Trump said weak DEI hiring policies in the FAA during the presidencies of Barack Obama and Joe Biden likely led to Wednesday fatal crash over the Potomac.
After briefly offering his sympathies to the families of those killed in the crash, and confirming there were no survivors, he pivoted to assigning blame for the tragedy - taking aim at his political
It was Trump's first press conference after a plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter.
The plan to add five incoming and five outgoing flights was included in the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act last year.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed his predecessors and Democratic diversity measures and suggested that the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity efforts had made air travel less safe.
United States President Donald Trump on Thursday oscillated between consoling the nation and attacking his political opponents following the collision of a commercial airplane with a helicopter, blaming the incident on diversity policies by the administrations of former presidents Barack Obama (2009-2017) and Joe Biden (2021-2025).
In a live televised address, the President said the federal aviation administration was 'actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities and psychiatric problems'
Trump variously pointed the finger at the helicopter’s pilot, air traffic control, his predecessor, Joe Biden, and other Democrats including former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, whom he
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