Trump Blames FAA Hiring for Crash

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Trump Blames DEI for Plane Crash That Killed 67 in Ridiculous Press Conference

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President Donald Trump held a rambling, unhinged press conference Thursday about the midair collision between a commercial plane and a military helicopter in Washington , D.C. Wednesday night that killed 67 people.

Trump said the Democratic presidents that preceded him were to blame for the crash because they hired people who were unqualified to be air traffic controllers.

Trump ’s administration instituted a hiring freeze on air traffic controllers in the earliest days of coming to power.

Ranking members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure even called out the ostensible reason for the move: DEI .

The FAA had been operating without an administrator but Trump named Chris Rocheleau for the post during his press conference.

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