Trump directly blames the DC crash on DEI, pointing the finger at Pete Buttigieg for running the FAA "right into the ground with this diversity" and saying that the FAA under Buttigieg "determined that the workforce was too white."
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President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while eliminating all the members of a key aviation security advisory group.
Is this what you voted for? An admin that will denigrate the previous admin, calling them out like high schoolers and uses bigotry and misogyny to explain everything that is wrong in America to build on hate and fear to control the masses. You call that leadership?
Are we going to let Trump get away with this?
January 20: FAA director fired
January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
January 28: Buyout demand sent to existing employees
January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Cause a tragedy, look for the nearest minority and blame them -- a Black woman, a gay white man -- whoever you can find to distract from the chaos you intentionally created putting incompetent criminals in charge.
This will be the pattern for the next 4 years of suffering.
I am beyond words. An unfathomable insult to those who are suffering to have their tragedy turned into a political grandstand, completely falsely, full of lies. NPR just cut him off after he started spewing the ick.
Get ready for four more years of this incredibly deranged and racist bullshit from this administration. Just as EVERYONE on the left told voters it would be like this.
Why are Americans so stupid that they forgot how terrible everything was and let it happen again.
American public should stop flying commercial jets as the President announced that many air traffic controllers are incompetent DEI hires and they caused the Collision over the Potomac. Per the President's announcement, no commercial flight is safe until all DEI Air Traffic Controllers are replaced.
He is saying that the black, brown and females are at fault? Dem leadership this requires a press conference openly calling out this display of racism. Call it out !!! As of January 30, 2025, Mike Whitaker was in charge of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as its Administrator
So after firing a bunch of people why weren't people immediately hired already trained and ready to go?
Because racists don't do that
It's not complicated it's stressful and requires constant attention and communication in a short period of time an ai program can't do that only people
H1B and H2B came about so seasonal low paying unskilled workers do jobs that need to be done White people can't be insulted to do like Janitorial property maintenance dishwasher landscaping picking crops he doesn't even understand how racism is supposed to work much less DEI
Republicans are the only party that Deregulates and wants No safety measures in food and cars and air traffic …this clown mentions other admin.
On that bullshit
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With footnotes intact,
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A thesis on how you’re a crook.
A policy graph shows my rage,
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The data is clear,
Your downfall is near,
And democracy’s back on the stage.
Exactly. We’re a country of 300M with less than 15,000 controllers and he doesn’t think we can find any minorities capable of doing that job equally as well as a white person.
Why will no journalist ask what specifically about expanding hiring opportunities beyond a narrow group to find the most qualified candidate causes plane crashes?
I mean, yeah. In a sane country not awash in money from the worst people on the planet, maybe? But this is America and our mainstream journalists are paid to push an agenda, not ask questions.
"Whatever the problem is, I'm going use racism to blame Democrats as long as the media lets me get away with it."
- Donald Trump
We're long past the point where reporters should ask for evidence. This is the "stop the steal" guy. The "testing causes COVID" guy. He loathes evidence.
Since 2014, the FAA worked to diversify air traffic control. Did they compromise safety? Everything Policy analyzed data on hiring and mishaps. While mishap rates vary, there is no sign that the initiative reduced safety. For details, see https://tinyurl.com/yc456yw8. #AirDisaster #AA5342 #FAA #DEI
FOTUS can't even do a post-air disaster right! What a fuck-up, incompetent, fatuous lunatic. Just express sympathy for the victims, promise a thorough investigation, and get the F out of the way. Let the NTSB do its job objectively.
He doesn't have a secretary of transporation yet, does he? I blame him entirely for firing the FAA administrator and disbanding the safety board within the last week.
Yep. Nobody, including FOTUS, should be blaming or not blaming anyone. We don't even have the black boxes yet. By speculating on the cause, FOTUS is overstepping his authority, going beyond the facts, and interfering with the investigation.
Is there even any evidence to say the controller in the tower failed last night? It seems as if they did their job, and are going to get thrown under the bus for no reason.
The army helicopter pilot is to blame here, imho, tho my mom told me not to speak ill of the dead.
The question is, why?
It’s not that he’s popular .
It’s not that he won by 60%. He didn’t even win a majority.
Is it just because people feel that it “ can’t be as bad as it looks” and tune out?
The MAGAs are proud of what Trump, JD Vance, and Hegseth did today. The 3 of them mocked the entire tragedy, mocked the skill and courage of all involved, Pilots/ATC, and mocked their grieving families. But none of that matters. He "owned the Libs".
No airplane crash under Buttigeig's watch. Is Trump too stupid to realize that the crash occurred under his watch? Trump went golfing after his inauguration. The crash occurred during the presidency of a disgusting piece white racist rapist, Trump.
No crashes during Buttigeig's 4 years.
At a sorrowful time like this, how dare his misogynistic racist a$$ spew divisive, hateful, and outrageously unsubstantiated finger-pointing at Pete, DEI initiatives, and people if color & women. Makes me sick!
The only reason he’s on TV, is because all the networks were on the crash and not talking about him. It was TOO MUCH for this narcissist.. he’d do the same thing if a meteorite hit earth and killed millions.. blaming DEI at NASA..
🤷🏻♀️ I’m sure they all have alts. Feels as if they’re all sitting back watching and waiting as the shit show unfolds. Would be nice if they were here.
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#TrumpAlwaysLies
1. He is racist.
2. He knows that all the air traffic controller hiring freezes and the FAA firings contributed to this accident.
January 20: FAA director fired
January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
January 28: Buyout demand sent to existing employees
January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
This will be the pattern for the next 4 years of suffering.
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#DamagingElonsInterests
Musk forces that kind of DEI hire out.
FAA head Michael Whitaker was "harassing" SpaceX with fines.
Musk sabotaged the FAA.
Musk should be tried for sabotaging civil aviation infrastructure.
#SaboteurMusk
#MuskDay911
Why are Americans so stupid that they forgot how terrible everything was and let it happen again.
Because racists don't do that
It's not complicated it's stressful and requires constant attention and communication in a short period of time an ai program can't do that only people
On that bullshit
I wrote it all down in a well-sourced book.
With footnotes intact,
And history’s fact,
A thesis on how you’re a crook.
A policy graph shows my rage,
A case study spans every page.
The data is clear,
Your downfall is near,
And democracy’s back on the stage.
Fuck this man all the way to hell.
Notice also his habit of telling female reporters "that's not a smart question."
Trump put a freeze on hiring air traffic controllers and, on Musk’s instruction, fired the FAA chief early without replacing him.
In plane crash wake a baseless claim,
DEI's fault? A misplaced blame.
Why wait for truth when he can claim,
Progress is the one to blame?
- Donald Trump
We're long past the point where reporters should ask for evidence. This is the "stop the steal" guy. The "testing causes COVID" guy. He loathes evidence.
Why was the helicopter on the route it was on? That kind of thing never happened when the adults were in charge.
Trump, of course, doesn't communicate with anybody directly like a normal leader. He immediately goes to the media.
The army helicopter pilot is to blame here, imho, tho my mom told me not to speak ill of the dead.
It’s not that he’s popular .
It’s not that he won by 60%. He didn’t even win a majority.
Is it just because people feel that it “ can’t be as bad as it looks” and tune out?
No crashes during Buttigeig's 4 years.
https://bsky.app/profile/bjc860.bsky.social/post/3lgxixykkbc2t
F him!!