Trump blamed recent Democratic administrations and DEI, ordering top transit and aviation officials to review hiring decisions made during Biden's years.
Trump offered no evidence that diversity hiring practices contributed to the fatal plane and helicopter collision.
President Donald Trump on Thursday took executive action to address FAA hires and aviation safety after an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a passenger jet in D.C.
The D.C. fire chief has said that recovery is now underway, as bodies are pulled out of the Potomac River. With many of Trump’s executive orders and policy memos disrupting the normal function of government, could this disaster have been prevented by a competent administration?
The USA Fact Check Team digs into comments made about the FAA and diversity efforts in the wake of the DC plane crash.
Fox News host Jesse Watters said Wednesday's deadly midair collision between a passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter may be the result of President Joe Biden allegedly trying to hire "dwarves" and transgender people.
The FAA has said that all controllers have to meet tough testing and training standards and go through a lengthy certification process.
Convicted felon Donald Trump blamed Barack Obama, Joe Biden and even DEI for the plane crash near Washington, DC.
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.
It was Trump's first press conference after a plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had appointed a former senior aviation official as the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration, a day after the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years.
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.