As morally depraved and reckless as it was, I at least understood the political logic of Trump rushing to blame the dread "DEI" for a horrific tragedy on his watch, but I today I guess he's rushing to blame...the troops?
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to be clear: WE DO NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH YET and there are federal investigators working very hard to get to the bottom of it. It's just insane for him to be live-tweeting his thoughts on it.
This report from CNN and the following analysis posted in a comment on an aviation news site sounds like the runway change put the passenger plane on a descent into the helicopters path of flight. Coming in from above would make visual clearance difficult.
The passenger plane was under Instrument Flight Rules... the helicopter was under Visual Flight Rules -- under VFR the onus is on the pilot to see-and-avoid any conflicting traffic. And I think the "200 foot limit" is the LOWER limit under regs. (In Europe it's 500 ft from any structure or person)
This seems like a pretty convincing analysis based on the information that we have so far. I'm sure there's more holes in Swiss cheese that we will find. I've flown with night vision goggles a few times, and I freaking hated it for exactly the reasons they describe.
My instructor almost flew us into terrain because of how it messes with your depth perception. Ug.
I can't imagine flying class Bravo airspace with it on for funsies. You can train other ways
Trump wants all of the power and attention that comes with the job, but he sure doesn't want the responsibility and consequences that come with the job.
These are not just "his thoughts" to him. To him, if he thinks it, then it must be "factual and true" simply because he is the one that thought it. He considers his own thoughts to be 100% truth. Everyone else, not. This IS Narcissism.
He doesn’t care who he blames, he just needs to keep screaming HE’S NOT TO BLAME because he actually is and he killed 67 people!!!! He’s in narcissistic collapse and the pressure on him publicly needs to increase!!!
Let’s hope those investigators don’t manipulate the evidence just to make it look like Trump was right all along. I don’t trust anything or anyone at this point.
He’s been obsessed with this since he first got intel on the crash. Why? My speculative theory is that it is because one of the helicopter pilots was - GASP - a woman! Maybe she was a woman of color or - gasp - a trans woman. So, he feels it’s a victory for him and his bigotry…..
Because it’s important for everyone to know that it wasn’t his fault, he has no responsibility, and if there were no minorities it never would have happened.
There is political logic in his continuing diatribes and theories on the the cause of the crash. It is distracting everyone from the hearings going on this week for three of his most dangerously unqualified appointments. He's in office, these others don't have to be. Focus.
I've been thinking this since the election. Even mentioned it to my wife as we drove home from dinner tonight. We need some reporter to mis-hear a chant and blast it out to the universe unknowingly. I've often wondered what Kelli Stavast's politics are & her thoughts on the whole thing
I like “Make Assassinations Great Again” but you might get in trouble with the gestapo since we’re apparently ushering in fascism. To be clear, Mango Mussolini wrote an “eXecUtIvE oRdEr” saying that “anti-fascists are terrorists” Guess we’re all terrorists here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Is it crazy to wonder if NTSB is feeling pressure to find a way to pin most of the blame on the female member of the helicopter crew? We shouldn't even have to think about this. If you interview any NTSB folks, please ask their thoughts on in Musk's SME-lobotomy of federal subject matter experts.
To be clear: If 𝘢𝘯𝘺 of the helicopter's crew is black (which he may very well know by now), he 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 blame that person for the accident.
Reconstruction 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 and now 𝙙𝙚construction is upon America.
But, hey, Canada would be more than willing to acquire a few extra provinces from the wreckage. 😉
Throwing his troops under the bus. Who didn't see that coming? As an eight-year Navy veteran I hope every service member that voted for him is proud of themselves today.
He was probably told that the pilot was either black, and or female with a Hispanic last name. I bet he tried it with the airline pilot and the traffic controller. He is desperately looking for his scapegoat.
He’s a reactive toddler, an insecure fool, constantly posturing to seem smarter and more masculine than you. A pathetic clown who, by some cruel twist, holds the most powerful position in the world.
Well, PBS has some reporting on it that says the helicopter was definitely in the wrong space, and they don't know why (it was alerted, it acknowedged, it then crashed into the plane). I assume Mango Toddler got that info, too
It doesn't fucking _matter_ if the helicopter was too high, it's still vile & depraved for the president of the United States to focus on that after an accident that killed a plane full of children.
Nope! I don't think it's something that even occurs to him. He's literally a sociopath, and now one with frontotemporal dementia. He's not going to be able to do that until someone puts a script in front of him.
I don't know that if it's been confirmed that the Blackhawk pilot was a woman, but Hegseth has got to be salivating right now to start lobbing blame at women in the military....oh right, they're the pro troops party....
The voice of the helicopter pilot on the recording with ATC was male but I heard a female voice on a different recording (the one who called in the crash) so I figured Trump would run with DEI based on that.
He is responsible for the loss of air traffic controllers so he is at fault. That is why he’s trying so hard to divert the blame off himself. He murdered all those people.
I think all this tweeting by a president should not be allowed. He speaks with the correct information at the time with the press, not tweeting to his little hearts content about Garbage.
Stinky doesn't know the helicopter's altitude, but I found it with a simple Google search:
Data from FlightRadar24, which tracks and records aircraft data for most flights across the U.S., showed the helicopter's last estimated altitude was about 400 feet when it crashed.
I guess as someone who occasionally flies in military helicopters along that route he does have some personal interest in figuring out if the military pilots are getting a little reckless.
#avgeek here. Simple ADS-B data does suggest the helicopter was above the 200 foot limit of this part of route 1. However, it is absolutely INSANE for him to upstage an investigation. This doesn’t even happen in dictatorships. It could also call into question our membership in ICAO.
I am not above saying Donald Trump is responsible and the blood of all these people are on his hands considering he’s already blamed DEI, Biden, Obama, Buttiegeig, and now the troops.
He will order the NTSB restaffed so that the report can say, Our Savior is always right and the crash never happened, and besides, it was Biden's fault, also Obama and DEI and windmills and low-flo showerheads.
Once again when disaster hits , it’s not his problem, “ it’ll go away” or “drink bleach” or “ It’s a love fest”. I think we all can agree he is not a leader. My heart goes out to the families who have lost their loved ones. This sentiment is something our delusional crybaby is incapable of saying.
I don't doubt extremism in the military is a problem that needs to be acknowledged, but it's never okay for our leaders to throw unconfirmed blame around and it's especially appalling when it's coming from the President on the day of a deadly tragedy when people are mourning.
Omg
He’s such an ass I thought US military officials do not salute ppl outside of the US military - ever
Assuming this is when he was the chief? I hope it was a thing cuz I’m offended on behalf of the US
I googled - unbelievable
I haven’t been sure if he was becoming even more stupid recently
This answers it - it not more that he’s any more stupid-just the sheer number of examples of his stupidity is astounding
This has all happened before. At this point, many of them will accept any rationalization because they are convinced he is there to deliver the nation from the Evil of Woke
What we do know is that the helo was rising in altitude but we don’t know why… No telling what was going on.. I don’t blame them… or anyone…. I’m just sad.
The military should never be going above 200 in that zone bc of all incoming/outgoing flights. But he may have had a reason
The airliner was descending toward the runway, so at some point it would have been at 200 feet, possibly on a collision course or at best a near miss. I cannot imagine that's what was planned if the helio was at the prescribed altitude.
It’s all about money for Trump supporters. Somebody break down the costs from this crash and the investigation and tell us how many air traffic controllers that would pay for.
This! Absolutely agree that he needs to stop sharing his every thought about this incident (and in general) since the cause is still under investigation and his followers hang on his every word, furthering misinformation. We all know he won’t stop, but he absolutely needs to!
trump has to tweet anything he thinks immediately because he can't remember important things for more than a minute, you know what I'm talking about...
... important things like he was married when he started up with Marla, and when he started up with Melania and when he started up with Stormy!
There is a story circulating on the web that this helicopter was serving an address connect to a property owner from Saudi Arabia - can you verify this story?
It's a sign of weakness as well as a failure of impulse control
Utterly un-majestic and impotent president
Trump is trying to distract from the specific imputation of responsibility for this disaster but more broadly he's trying to train us to put him outside any circle of imputability
It doesn’t matter what any investigation says. He will never admit he’s wrong and will call whatever the result a lie. And the media won’t challenge him and that will be the story. And by then, there will be 50 other outrages that overshadow this.
to be clear: WE DO KNOW WHAT MADE THE CRASH POSSIBLE and that was the Trump admin's incompetent recklessness in "administering" (tearing apart) the federal gov't which includes the FAA and Air Traffic Controllers. It's not that hard to figure out.
Not to mention anytime a tragedy happens involving the federal gov't and the two executives who run the federal gov't rush to the cameras to declare "Not my fault! It was the women and the minorities!"
That's a really BIG TELL that the executives are responsible for the tragedy.
The President and VP are in charge of the federal gov't and they've been causing nothing but havoc with the agencies that make sure crashes like these don't happen. Trump and Vance absolutely bear some responsibility.
We don't yet know that the crash is in any way the result of any of the stupid, awful things they are doing in government. Hopefully we will, but you jumping the gun is unhelpful.
the rush to get that lie out makes me think Trump and Putin had cooked up a plan 2 get rid of 2 Russian assists and the rest of the people were acceptable collateral. Trump know the military plane was flying to high and all of the flight on the military jet were white.
It's likely it's something he heard in a briefing that he took out of context (or not, who knows) and he decided to run with it. Seriously, someone needs to take his phone/tablet/whatever he uses to post with away and let him just watch Fox News from the residence all day.
The full cause of the crash will undoubtedly have multiple elements, but the only one without which the crash for sure wouldn't have happened is the altitude deviation by the helicopter. 200 feet was the maximum. The helicopter should have been at 100 or even lower, but was at 300+, same as the jet
POTUS is setting up investigations by 🚩 his 🚩 own 🚩 government to become fake news so that, in his propaganda war at least, he’s the only reliable source of information.
Sounds to me like different scapegoats for different audiences. He never worries about contradicting himself, because he assumes people will believe the things they hear from him that they like, and disregard the rest.
He’s not asking what drove the pilot off course- he’s just assuming a wrong decision in his mental vacuum of total ignorance. He can’t even wait til the black box data is examined/ nope he gotta be the big man- yell it all out feel important
Well, we have the most beautiful, highest flying helicopters the world has ever seen. They fly higher than any other previous administration; including Lincoln and Washington.🤥
Going to make a lot of moderate to left leaning out of work former soldiers at every single ranks... If they wanted they could probably team up and...IDK...Do something about it, maybe with the backing of the less stupid half of the country that makes most of its tax income.
He and a bunch of people like him are DEI, as the biggest recipients are White/Orange. He'll eliminate DEI to bring in people through selective practices...DEI helps him do that when you think about it.
Lmao. Alrite bud. I'm also bisexual and don't fear "queer theory" in the slightest. I know education doesn't make people queer or trans. Do you let other people make your decisions for you in other categories or just sexuality?
God you people are dense
The military has always been strict on vaccines, you have to have most vaccines to ensure you're combat ready at all times, if half the military was out of operations due to a measles outbreak, that wouldn't be very good would it?
So yes, you're required to have them
Regardless of if Biden or Trump is the president, you have to get them
It's a very simple concept to understand
And there's no "queer theory"
It's just people
If you're so scared of it then maybe you need to take a look at yourself and wonder if you're just insecure, that's probably it
That is totes coming. First step - get rid of women, trans and piss off people of color. Next step - divide the white guys into who really is a patriot and who is a bitch (aka has morals, understands the purpose of their job is to defend the constitution & it's citizens). Third step - hire crazy ppl
On the top, yea. But wait till its using military psych evals in reverse. Enlist the really unhinged ones only instead of elim. Declare martial law, use force against the people. Which is ACTUALLY what 2nd amendment is about. Solution-army of tech nerds, gamers w/drones & hackers We need to org now
Organizing seems to be the hardest part. A lot of people are complacent and apathetic. On top of that, you likely face physical and/or economic retribution. “It’s not THAT bad” they’ll say… until it DIRECTLY affects their own lives. Fucking sad, but that’s only part of what we are up against.
Groups that created change often did it in secret. Just throwing that out there. Some will be lazy and some will actually do something about it. And a lot will do something about it when they have nothing left to lose. You can overthrow from within. Civil disobedience works. Even in small measure.
If they push ppl out, like Hegseth is very clearly signaling&military persnl starts to have valid moral reasons 4 not wanting 2 serve corruption or being retal'd against because they are minority w/o support, it will be become far more white. Theyre already deporting their own that served wartime.
If the Blackhawk was flying high, Did Air traffic controllers issued a direct command to adjust the aircraft’s altitude to maintain safe separation from other traffic? If no, it’s their fault
The ATC warned the the Helicopter pilot of the CRJ & asked it if they saw it. Pilot said yes & asked for “Visual Separation”, which means he saw the Jet & would maintain separation. The ATC allowed it as this is SOP. Later the ATC asked again & the pilot said he saw the CRJ & will stay away from it.
Technically though, the helicopters in that area over the river are not supposed to fly over 200 feet and they know it. When they ask for “Visual Separation”, they automatically acknowledge that they are responsible for staying away from the other aircraft.
The whole thing makes him look bad, so he'll blame whoever is easiest. He doesn't care one iota if it's our military. For him, the helo pilots might as well be the server who placed a dirty fork in a place setting. His pride before their honor every darn time.
"We did not have a FAA administrator to respond to the tragic crash last night in DC. Why? Because #ElonMusk pushed the agency head appointed under Biden to resign after he fined SpaceX for failing to follow safety requirements." Robert Reich
The helicopter had requested visual separation after acknowledging that they'd seen the aircraft. That means the responsibility to avoid collision was primarily on the pilot at that point due to the proximity of the two aircraft.
ATC warned the helicopter twice about the plane approaching, and the helicopter wasn't under direction from the tower. The helicopter pilot was pretty obviously in the wrong here.
ATC was too busy cuz DCA has been facing personnel shortage. He was coordinating multiple aircrafts just before the collision so probably didn't have spare attention.
And in order to address aviation safety and restore 'highest standards', President Trump FROZE HIRING in the face of ATC SHORTAGE...
And Let’s collectively continue a timeline until this Bloke’s last day in office of the absolute idiocity he continues to display each day he is IN office and capture his most bizarre statements in a daily timeline
That one's easy. He's been using Goebbel's playbook since 2015 and with a bit of help from Putin, Murdoch, the American Oligarchy and Citizens United it's been just as effective for #TheFelon as it was for his inspiration 90 years ago in Germany.
What an incredible insult to the family of those soldiers as well! Goes without saying. Thank you sir, may I have another? Will you please go step on some graves for another photo op? Can you eliminate my VA benefits while we’re at it?
Entirely on brand for someone who thinks our military are suckers and losers, especially the dead ones, and has zero respect for the living ones ESPECIALLY disabled veterans cause fuck them for surviving their service- they're cheaper dead.
When Biden stepped out, media became less indulgent of Trump: Arlington actually had legs. Something’s different.
Did the Biden interregnum induce not-this-guy-again boredom/disgust in the press? After 10y of this, are reporters horrified that he’s consumed so much of their careers?
Well, of course it was the fault of the “suckers” and “losers” in uniform.
But don’t worry, Trump may have dodged the draft but he “always thought he was in the military” and “got more training” than actual troops, because he went to a fancy prep school where he had to wear a military uniform.
And promote! It’s an American culture problem. Corporate leaders are like this everywhere. We promote people with huge egos, no empathy and that are ruthless. Driving profits over humanity. Capitalism by way of psychopathy & narcissism.
He only cares about the troops that will follow his orders without question and I doubt we'll ever get an answer that makes sense. Remember, those investigators can't release any info and a leak might get them all fired.
Listening to dozens of pilots of Blackhawks and airlines, aircraft. 99% of them seem to point to the Pilot of the Blackhawk as not following proper protocols.
Blaming DEI undoubtedly played poorly with the 40% of active military personnel that are women or minorities. But now he is blaming the military directly - even better!
How bout this…. Even if there *were* an error in judgment, attention or comm with the helicopter pilots… It was a training exercise. They were probably 22 years old, short lives ended in service. When the leadership of this country sows chaos, people get stressed and scattered.
I think it's safe to say, that unless the NTSB reports that the hiring of gays, blacks, disabled employees etc. either in the Army or FAA... was the reason for the crash, we are not going to see the complete report. It will cross Don's desk and get some red pen treatment.
That is how much that cabal hates women. They would absolutely throw the military under the bus if it means they can use it to attack women to try to get their privilege bank. They have no alliance to anything except themselves. They are clinical narcissists. That will also be how they fall
I haven’t heard anyone comment on the possibility that the helicopter pilot intentionally flew into the aircraft? He flew straight into it with no evasive action
He can try but he’d end up with hardly any officers or enlisted. While you will always have some who will be vocal in their politics, a vast majority of the military—esp commissioned officers—go to great lengths to remain politically neutral bc their oath is to the Constitution not the POTUS.
I meant more holistically. Like he can buy the loyalty of folks like Hegseth or Flynn (although tbf Flynn is for sale to anyone) but he can’t buy the entire military leadership wholesale. Most of them take their oaths to the Constitution seriously. T doesn’t get that and it scares/enrages him.
The military works for the constitution. Its people do not have to obey orders that go against that. Like attacking citizens. He knows this and it terrifies him.
What do you expect from mr. bone spurs. He knows all the veterans & current personnel were brave enough to become a part of it, while he faked bone spurs to avoid serving.
I’m done flying until he’s out of office. It’s bad for the environment, the customer service sucks, and it seems my chances of dying are increasing by the second.
Imagine being the loved ones of the pilots and everyone else involved in this terrible tragedy. To have the President on social media like a damn 13 year old talking crap he has no idea about. He’s disgraceful. Such an embarrassment.
The “troops” now include their leadership, Pete He-who-drinks-too-much. I truly feel an ache in my heart for the real soldiers who have take an oath to serve and protect. Sickening. 💙🔥
Trump is still engaging in irresponsible speculation about the cause before the investigation’s findings. He can’t help but cast blame, even if it’s on the military pilots.
No matter the cause, they will find some way to twist it to fit their narrative, conservative media outlets will repeat it and conservatives will believe it.
It's been reported that there are certain areas around the airport where helicopters are supposed to stay below a certain altitude.
I'm guessing that's what he's spouting off about, even though the investigation is in its infancy.
Don't worry, Chris. I just saw a post only a few above this one with multiple screenshots taken of them trying to blame a transwoman who's actually still alive.
Bingo - he scoured the data looking for a Black person, woman or, his favorite scapegoat demographic, a Black woman, anywhere near either aircraft, and took aim.
Of course they are going to say that. They don’t want you to know the pilot was actually a white male.
Let me be clear, I do not want to denigrate anyone in the crash. I have my pilot’s license and family in military aviation. My heart breaks for everyone who died and their families
See, me personally, I thought Trump saw "Black Hawk" and thought that was the race of the pilot. SMH. He'll seize on anything to push his segregationist agenda.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/31/us/dc-plane-crash "Two Army officials confirmed that the pilots of the helicopter — one woman, one man — and a male staff sergeant were killed in the collision." (I did notice voice on comms to ATC, in a recording on that page, was male.) Can't see anything about black female.
Many who are in fact part of the federal work force across all federal agencies, include former MILITARY veterans! So not only is he removing regular civil servants with his fed purge, but he's also attacking military vets who served this country who then took up civil servant jobs after!
You are lucky. I spent most of his 1st term in Ireland and I wish I was back there now. But instead I’m stuck here in the States having to endure this shitstain on society. What I wouldn’t give to be back in Maynooth….
Well, don't forget that the DUI Hire wants to fire troops who aren't loyal to Felon in Chief, Debauched Donald.
And hey, the Pentagon followed patriotic Anti-Discrimination Policies in the pre-Project 2025 days.
Felon-47 knows He Has No Mandate so he's gotta raise another ruckus.
It’s Trump, he has to find someone else to blame. He is absolutely at fault here and he knows it. Instead of talking about his morals or politics it’s time to hammer him and all of Congress about their willful negligence. He overstepped and 67 people are dead, he contributed to it #trumpisatfault
The "understandable" political logic isn't the most important thing about the unfit president's blaming DEI for a plane crash. You're still sane-washing the most overt and ugly racism that has come from a president since the 19th century. Legacy media can't stop normalizing this.
You should understand NONE of his stupid- do not try to “understand” the rot of a psycho, that is like saying you “understand” why Bundy blamed the women he killed
I mean, he's part of a whole ideology that's answer to everything is blaming someone. So when asked for a response, instead of thinking about policy or structures, or even help, he thought to blame DEI, when people didn't seem to like that, he thinks he has to just blame someone else.
(personal opinion is that people like him don't attack minorities because they're racist, they become racist because their inherent world view is that bad things are someone else's fault, so on a societal level, that becomes minorities).
Thing is, I agree with him? I work in one of the buildings along the Potomac those helicopters fly by. They are usually very low to the ground. Like parallel to the 16th floor. To hit a plane that high, they had to be much higher than I usually see them.
In by which we become distracted, the point here is that we must focus on institutional damage to our regulatory systems and of course the racism behind it.
It’s all on maga. They own this pile of 💩. Never let our country forget it.
“President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe”…. Sec Pete Buttigieg.
Oh good, the guy that told everyone to drink bleach to cure covid, wants to nuke hurricanes and tells us windmills cause cancer… is now an expert on helicopter crashes.
Honestly anyone that voted for this assclown must have an IQ lower than their shoe size 🤦🏽♂️🤡
True. Don’t forget about the super wealthy people making upwards of a million dollars per year. They also voted for Trump because they want their $35,000 per year income tax break. Most working and middle class Americans will be paying thousands of dollars MORE per year because of Trump.
11 days in, I am all for the 25th Amendment. He was a rambling idiot yesterday. I know what else is new. But seriously, he knows more about flying helicopters than a pilot, knows more about interest rates and the economy than the Fed, I could go on but…you all know what I mean
I count ONLY 1 person in tower and both aircraft who's NOT a white straight man -- the female 2nd pilot on Black Hawk. A white man from MS was in charge, more than 1,000 hours flight instructor. Looks like Felon47 is working OT to create scapegoat storyline. His named leak of trans pilot is debunked
They've already started - the argument (brace yourself) is that the burden of having to work with/carry DEI hires distracts and stresses the whites, dragging down their performance.
As soon as they confirm that the race of the pilot was not white or they weren't a man they will have their attack for fascist exploitation. Which is how every tragedy will be handled from now on.
Can you imagine what the family of the pilot thinks reading this ?
Let’s pretend it was his mistake
Only an absolute psychopath would say this today
All he cares is no one blames him
There truly never lived a more immoral disgusting POS and this country made him president
The blame is completely on the lack of understanding, education and leadership of the FELON-In-Chief!
Under his leadership, in 2020, thousands of innocent Americans lost their lives. Now in 2025, so far, 67 innocent Americans lost their lives under FELON47.
How many more will die in four years?
Can someone remind me of historically what happens when the military leader alienates the military? At this point I would welcome a light military coup.
They're not going to blame ALL troops, just those who aren't white cis-males. Which is why one pilot's family has asked for her name not to be released; they get the heartache of character assassination on top of everything else.
200' limit? To put 200' into perspective, if you've ever seen a wind turbine, they are typically 490'(ish) feet from ground to tip of the blade. Power distribution lines are about 160-200'. 200' is skimming tree tops. This is a view at 400'.
I have a commercial license, and can read the maps :)
I posted mainly so people had a concept of what 200' AGL. It *should* be below the approach path for DCA ... but it is still insanely low for flight operations in an urban environment (which is why they do training through that area).
No offense taken.
I saw a lot of people questioning 200’ elsewhere.
FWIW - I am a commercial pilot … just of really really small aircraft (drones). Because of the work I do and where I do it, I deal with low altitude airspace restrictions all the time. 120’ to 400’ is my typical ceiling.
He honestly can't control himself IMHO. He's been saying stuff like that for the past 4 years and can't stop even though he should. White House Chief of Staff apparently can't get him to stop these statements and social media statements either.
"Koziol confirmed to reporters on a conference call that the male instructor pilot had more than 1,000 hours of flight time, the female pilot who was commanding the flight at the time had more than 500 hours of flight time"
It isn’t, but it shouldn’t be fatal because ATC should have spotted it and alerted the helicopter pilot. It seems they did so, but preliminary reports are making it seem like the warnings were lacking in urgency.
I think he is grasping around and multiple times each day he will have someone else to blame. He’s working to assure the stench of responsibility for this horrific incident doesn’t get on him. What a wimp.
I dunno, why don't you ask your super experienced, best possible choice for the secretary of defense, Hegseth? Or explain why you terminated the regulatory airline safety agencies.
This is on Donald Trump, and no one else.
Pete's fault to big a project for a boozing sec. of Def. To understand alpha male director enforces bravado war monger attitudes in the ranks ...it was a training flight
We know enough. We may not know certain details, but we know musk’s rule in getting the FAA head to leave, the buy outs, the unprecedented chaos, air traffic shortages… I’m sorry but it is fine to start assigning blame.
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Juan on this video does a great job of showing you
https://youtu.be/_3gD_lnBNu0?si=3zV5lszv9XkR5no-
I can't imagine flying class Bravo airspace with it on for funsies. You can train other ways
As spoiled rich kids do, I suppose.
His Commander-in-Chief does not recognize that service or offer condolences to his family over the ACCIDENT.
Instead, he casts blame and disparages the memory of a man who served when he did not.
That’s where we are.
He has always been this way. Sad that so many in the military voted for him anyway.
My oath to the Constitution means something to me.
Honor means something to me.
The example I set for my children means something to me.
Those people can never understand any of that.
Instead, we get made up stuff about DEI.
Instead he’s just riffing about everything to distract from the fact his policies literally CAUSED the crash! 🤡
Wonder why.
That’s why.
How is - Heil GOP!
How about backwards
POG lieH
MAGA SUCKS!
YOU'RE A FELON!
TINY HANDS LOSER!
Take any you like.
But I think that would go over peoples heads
He would hate to be compared to a woman.
His supporters are calling him daddy. So creepy.
- Have some juice
- Take out the trash
- Drive the truck
- Tour the Capitol
- Dogleg Don (because he’s a brilliant golfer)
Are you mentally ill?
I want to know if anyone on the flight was "unusual", eg a political appointee or law enforcement.
Reconstruction 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 and now 𝙙𝙚construction is upon America.
But, hey, Canada would be more than willing to acquire a few extra provinces from the wreckage. 😉
Thank you, hateful, willfully ignorant America.
Has that motherfucker even offered condolences?
Because it should be every clear by now that if any were a PoC, he'd be blasting that fact.
Data from FlightRadar24, which tracks and records aircraft data for most flights across the U.S., showed the helicopter's last estimated altitude was about 400 feet when it crashed.
But yeah, he can do that in private.
Just as in his assassination attempts.
Extremism been an issue for decades in the military. GOP has bullied the FBI into not addressing.
Trump Tower/Cybertruck attacker was active military.
He’s such an ass I thought US military officials do not salute ppl outside of the US military - ever
Assuming this is when he was the chief? I hope it was a thing cuz I’m offended on behalf of the US
I haven’t been sure if he was becoming even more stupid recently
This answers it - it not more that he’s any more stupid-just the sheer number of examples of his stupidity is astounding
He doesn’t like them, by any means—but I’m not sure he likes anyone except himself. It’s all varying degrees of hate through his lens.
He's the goddam POTUS, for crying out loud. He shouldn't have TIME for tweeting (never mind constantly f**king off to the golf course)
But then, he is, pretty much, President in name only
The military should never be going above 200 in that zone bc of all incoming/outgoing flights. But he may have had a reason
... important things like he was married when he started up with Marla, and when he started up with Melania and when he started up with Stormy!
Utterly un-majestic and impotent president
Trump is trying to distract from the specific imputation of responsibility for this disaster but more broadly he's trying to train us to put him outside any circle of imputability
That’s how it works now🤷🏻♂️
Failure of president plane crasher himself
Unfortunately, he is (loudly) first and foremost an idiot.
https://youtu.be/49kG7HfD-oM?si=1BV7K6Dx7hl-V7Wb
Meanwhile, here's a superb report to help your researchers:
https://theaircurrent.com/aviation-safety/trump-dca-disaster-news-analysis-icao-annex-13/
to be clear: WE DO KNOW WHAT MADE THE CRASH POSSIBLE and that was the Trump admin's incompetent recklessness in "administering" (tearing apart) the federal gov't which includes the FAA and Air Traffic Controllers. It's not that hard to figure out.
That's a really BIG TELL that the executives are responsible for the tragedy.
It says literally nothing about who is responsible for the crash.
https://youtube.com/shorts/8bpmTEdeNyY?si=APF0PbAkLp1Ut_fV
Asking for MSNBC's dwindling audience.
To him, unless you’re a cis white male, you’re DEI and not worthy of serving in his regime.
*Nazi salute*
He and a bunch of people like him are DEI, as the biggest recipients are White/Orange. He'll eliminate DEI to bring in people through selective practices...DEI helps him do that when you think about it.
Bernie Sanders in a primary
Barack Obama in a 2 primaries and generals
Trump in 1 primary and 2 generals
Queer Theory wasn't a thing when I was growing up.
If I was growing up today, under Queer Theory, I'd likely have been convinced I'm trans and did permanent damage to my body.
The military has always been strict on vaccines, you have to have most vaccines to ensure you're combat ready at all times, if half the military was out of operations due to a measles outbreak, that wouldn't be very good would it?
So yes, you're required to have them
mRNA was not approved for full distribution, and was only allowed to be distributed because of pandemic EUA.
It was not tested and proven technology at the time.
People lost their livelihoods over beta testing on the population.
It's a very simple concept to understand
And there's no "queer theory"
It's just people
If you're so scared of it then maybe you need to take a look at yourself and wonder if you're just insecure, that's probably it
And in order to address aviation safety and restore 'highest standards', President Trump FROZE HIRING in the face of ATC SHORTAGE...
Jan 30: Trump says DEI is the cause of the crash
Jan 31: Trump says Blackhawk was flying 200 feet too high - diverging, not diversity is to blame
I would have difficulty managing all ATC has to keep track of.
https://bsky.app/profile/kylegriffin1.bsky.social/post/3lh26ipwoqk2n
Did the Biden interregnum induce not-this-guy-again boredom/disgust in the press? After 10y of this, are reporters horrified that he’s consumed so much of their careers?
But don’t worry, Trump may have dodged the draft but he “always thought he was in the military” and “got more training” than actual troops, because he went to a fancy prep school where he had to wear a military uniform.
Confusion, word salads, can’t make up his mind (or his face).
Mental incompetence/Dementia.
He’s unfit to serve!!
http://bit.ly/4gmEv6K
DEI yesterday, military today.
Obama tomorrow?
Sack of rotten offal drools.
I'm guessing that's what he's spouting off about, even though the investigation is in its infancy.
the pilot and first officer of the AE jet were both white men. The pilot and crew chief of the Blackhawk are both white men.
Let the investigation happen. Let the experts speak. Do not promote false claims that the crash was a result of DEI.
Praying for the families ❤️
Let me be clear, I do not want to denigrate anyone in the crash. I have my pilot’s license and family in military aviation. My heart breaks for everyone who died and their families
And hey, the Pentagon followed patriotic Anti-Discrimination Policies in the pre-Project 2025 days.
Felon-47 knows He Has No Mandate so he's gotta raise another ruckus.
“President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe”…. Sec Pete Buttigieg.
Honestly anyone that voted for this assclown must have an IQ lower than their shoe size 🤦🏽♂️🤡
It’s a group effort.
Traitors.
I expect a lot of his troops voted for him.
I wonder how they feel now.
How does the wife and family of the pilot deal with this unfounded allegation?
Please say Yes.
Or better. Play their game back to them.
Just say Trump is GOING to fire Hegseth now!
Also, assuming any thought goes into his statements other than DUUUUUUHHHHH is a waste of time and brainpower.
https://bsky.app/profile/chrislhayes.bsky.social/post/3lh2ccc62h22j
THE COUP? COVER THAT?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/
Elon was not born in the U.S. I would argue he is a foreign agent of China.
Elon Musk is heavily invested and looked up to by China government.
Let’s pretend it was his mistake
Only an absolute psychopath would say this today
All he cares is no one blames him
There truly never lived a more immoral disgusting POS and this country made him president
Under his leadership, in 2020, thousands of innocent Americans lost their lives. Now in 2025, so far, 67 innocent Americans lost their lives under FELON47.
How many more will die in four years?
Everyone is dispensible to him, at some point he will throw one of his relatives under the bus, that's a when and not an if.
I posted mainly so people had a concept of what 200' AGL. It *should* be below the approach path for DCA ... but it is still insanely low for flight operations in an urban environment (which is why they do training through that area).
I saw a lot of people questioning 200’ elsewhere.
FWIW - I am a commercial pilot … just of really really small aircraft (drones). Because of the work I do and where I do it, I deal with low altitude airspace restrictions all the time. 120’ to 400’ is my typical ceiling.
"Koziol confirmed to reporters on a conference call that the male instructor pilot had more than 1,000 hours of flight time, the female pilot who was commanding the flight at the time had more than 500 hours of flight time"
Can't have that.....
“Trump himself and his gangster government are proof that the current system serves the entrenched interests of the powerful and needs a RADICAL
overhaul.” #WeThePeople 💙 #NotMyPresident
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/opinion/kash-patel-fbi-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
This is on Donald Trump, and no one else.