President Donald Trump He claimed Thursday, without mentioning evidence, that Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives In the federal administrations of airplane controllers – according to democratic presidents – Wednesday night was accused of colliding with Washington’s tragic shots and helicopter collisions.
A Air disaster occurred As American Airlines travelers Jet they collided with the US National Airports in Reagan Washington Army Hawk helicopter black routine training flight.
President Donald Trump talks about Air Airlines Flight 5342 and Washington’s military helicopter, in the Washington Brady press room, Eat at Washington 2025 at home, 30, 2025.
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“I put in safety first, Obama, and Democrat put politics first and put politics in a level, referring to policies in the reporters of white housing, policies Research on what happened is running.
This is First primary crisis of commercial airline In the United States since 2009, 50 people killed after an aircraft failed While landing near Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
“I had to say that it was awesome,” he said, saying that he was in the White White White, which he had done to change the administration of the administration. This has reached the Obama administration Before, and African Americans, we took care of the Hispanic Americans. “
Trump later signed an executive on Thursday, Christopher Rocheleau appointed 22-year-old Veteran FAA as a Commissioner of the Agency, who said he would do it in Briefing. And signed Second order executive “” Dissolve all the damage caused by the Bid Administration and wake up policies “.
“We want the competent people. We don’t care what the race they are,” the president said. “If they don’t have a large brain, the great power of the brain will not be very good what they do and bad things will happen.”
When ABC News did ABC White White Contrations, whether it was the result of the crisis recruitment, Trump said, “We don’t know the accident, the addition of researchers. “It could just be. We have a high rule. We had a higher level than anyone else and much higher.”
Claims without claims about FAA diversity initiatives, he said that the Army Helicopter’s crew could be to blame, and he was not charged with the air traffic controller communicated with the helicopter.
FAA diversity policies in concluding that it could have been related to disaster, “Because I have a common sense, okay, and unfortunately not a lot of people.”
Any call and similar program are not applied to air traffic control, however, is not a priority treatment race, sex, ethnicity or sexual orientation, former FAA officials said to ABC news.
Applicants need to pass a medical exam, a psychotic test and psychological test that is sharp than a pilot, said Chris Wilbanks, Vice-President of the Technical Training of the Fai.
In 2022, 57,000 people asked the ATC position, Wilbanks said and 2,400 qualified to go to Academy. Only 1,000 did this 1,000 to the first day of training.
Wilbanks said 72% through the Academy and approximately 60% of the workout.
According to the faa, the training process will last about three to four years from the date of procurement. Applicants must be younger than 31 years old and should retire at 55 years.
Anyone who took ritalin or adderall for the last three years has not been classified, the former Fair official said.
No determination Blame in the accident It has been done and is conducting research on the National Transport Safety Committee.
However, NTSB refused to call the call initiative when he asked the crisis on Thursday.
“As part of any research, we study man, machine and the environment,” Jennifer Homendy said President NTSB. “So we will examine all the human beings that took part in this accident. We will look at the aircraft again. We will look at the helicopter. This is the standard that is the standard in which it is part of our research.”
In the Briefine of the White House, several wardrobe officials talked about the accident to deal with the accident, saying Sean Duffy Secretaries: “What happened yesterday.”
“And when Americans come out on aircraft, they expected to land on the destination,” he added. “That’s not going to happen yesterday. That will not accept excuses. We will not accept acceptance. We will accept the responsibility of the Department of Transportation. Trump president is prescribed to ensure that these errors are not again. “
President Donald Trump speaks at James Brady Press, 2025. January 30, in Washington.
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However, the defense secretary Pete Hegseth, “the mistake is made,” the defense-based department “based on colored and merit … whether it flies, flying planes, main plates government.”
“The time of call calls disappeared in the defense section, and we need the best and brightest, whether it is in our air traffic, whether it is in our generals,” he said.
Vice-President JD Vance, also called the call to participate in the accident, “We want the best people in the air traffic control”.
“If you go back to some headers in the last 10 years, you play hundreds of people because they wanted to be the government, but they wanted to be on the color of their skin.” Vano said. “This policy ends according to the leadership of Donald Trump, as the first priority of our aircraft industry.”
But when a Reporter Prensed Trump, Saying On The FAA’s Website Under the FAA’s Website Under the FAA’S FIRIST BACK, “I Changed The Obama Policy, and We Had a Very Good Policy And Then Biden Came in And He He changed. And then when I came two days, three days ago, I said, bringing a new order to the highest level of intelligence. “
Emergency units responded near the Potomac River Ronald Reagan Washington Airport, 2025, Arlington, Virginia
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Trump said Pete Buttigieg said, the Secretary of Biden Administration, “He has achieved a good line of bulls,” and said “Korrika (Department of Transport) to Earth with its diversity.”
“Scornable. As the families hurt, Trump must be a leader, not lying,” buttigieg replied Statement of x. “We have closed the security of the air traffic, and the death of the zero trade airline outside of millions of flights. Trump supervises the military and FAA. And the fire was turned on fire. And keep our sky safely Some key workers who have helped disrupt. The President will explain the time to show the real leadership and explain what he will do.
Illinois rep. Robin Kelly called Trumpen comments “dangerous, racist and ignorant.”
“The President Trump twisted a terrible tragedy. Families make their loved ones – the political agenda and sows the division,” Kelly said in a statement. “This is not a leadership. We need to investigate how the aircraft accidents took place to give the family a sensation and prevent future accidents.
“Trump prefers to look at the fingers in the mirror and confronted that he had only a committee to meet the security of the plane,” he added. “The problem with our people is not his diversity. It is missing from the white house and unmatched wardrobe. Trumpen actions and words are dangerous, racist and ignorant.”
