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Immediately after President Donald Trump wrapped one White house briefing where he repeatedly and groundlessly suggested the Deadly Midair crash Over Washington, DC, was the result of minorities hired through diversity initiatives, several Fox News hosts praised him for playing the role of “Consoler-In-Chief” to the nation.
With all 67 passengers and crews on American Airlines Flight and Black Hawk helicopter who collided over Ronald Reagan National Airport, Trump pointed his finger at his democratic predecessors and DEI policy during an unpleasant press conference on Thursday.
“I put safety first. Obama, Biden and Democrats first put politics, and they put politics on a level no one has ever seen, “Trump GripenFixed that the Federal Aviation Administration hired people with “serious mental disabilities” during the Biden administration. FAA’s policy on hiring people with intellectual disabilities, however have not changed since 2013 – and remained in effect during Trump’s first term of office.
Trump and his administration officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Also accused Biden administration of rejecting qualified applicants for air traffic control “because of the color of their skin”, claiming that FAA considered its “labor was too white.” When pressed for evidence to support his claims that diversity caused the crash, Trump said “it could just have been” and that it was just “common sense.”
After Trump released on reporters to wonder how it comfort the victim’s families “to hear you blame dei policy” for the crash, the president went off By claiming that America has “the safest flight somewhere in the world” – even though it insisted on diversity in the workplace, the flight also made the flight dangerous.
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Yet the instant takeaway from Fox News hosts Harris Faulkner and Kayleigh mcenany was that the president solemnly honored the victims of the deadliest American air crash in almost a quarter of a century.
“I want to start, Kayleigh, with something that the president said about his third or fourth paragraph,” Faulkner noted and read from Trump’s prepared comments. “’This was a dark and unhappy night in our country’s capital and in our country’s history and a tragedy with terrible proportions. As a nation, we mourn for every precious soul that has been taken from us so suddenly. We are a country, and we are really in grief. This has really shaken many people, including people very sadly from other nations that were on that flight. ‘”When he turned to Mcenany, Faulkner intone dramatically:“ I mean, he played the role of Console-in-Chief. “
Mcenany, who was Trump’s press secretary in his first administration before joining Fox News, went wholeheartedly with his colleague.
“President Trump confirmed that there are no survivors, but this is the hell that these individuals are implemented,” she said. “(Fox News Reporter) Bill Melugin said he knew one of the individuals whose wife was on the plane. She is a mother of a 1-year-old and 3-year-old. We pray for these families and that a president comes out as consoles that are the manager in a moment as this is important for the nation. “
In the meantime, According to a preliminary FAA reportStaffing at the air control tower at Reagan Airport was “not normal.” On Wednesday evening, the control that handled helicopters in the vicinity also instructed aircraft that landed and resigned, a job that was usually handled by two people.
The crash will also come after the president implemented an employment freezing for federal employees despite ongoing staff shortages among federal air controls. Also Trump Changed FAA’s employment policy, which he boasted would restore “excellence and security” within the agency. He too Fired The managers of the transport safety administration and the Coast Guard while they strike an important advisory group for aviation security.
In addition, Elon Musk world’s richest man who has been commissioned to lead a MEME-based government efficiency council- helped to push out The FAA administrator last week and left the agency without a leader in the middle of a large aviation disaster. Musk is also behind the effort to shrink the government’s salary By offering federal employees payments to leave.
