While Trump admitted he does not "know that it's necessarily the air traffic controllers' fault," he hit Buttigieg and Biden for lowering the standards he had put in place for air traffic controllers.
While Trump admitted he does not "know that it's necessarily the air traffic controllers' fault," he hit Buttigieg and Biden for lowering the standards he had put in place for air traffic controllers.
Buttigieg ran things "into the ground with his diversity," Trump said, pulling no punches on Biden and his unwinding of the first Trump administration's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and ATC (air traffic control) standards and a federal DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) push.
Buttigieg was pointed at specifically for unwinding the first Trump administration standards for ATCs, claiming the transportation secretary thought the ATC workforce "was too white."
"Tragically last night a mistake was made, and I think the president is right: There was some sort of an elevation issue that we have immediately begun investigating," Hegseth said at the briefing.
Trump also blasted the Biden administration for air traffic control systems having not been built properly.
"They spent a lot of money renovating a system, spending much more money than they would have spent if they bought a new system for air traffic controllers, meaning the computerized systems," Trump said. "There are certain companies that do a very good job. They didn't use those companies."
Liberal media members asked why Trump was blaming previous administrations' efforts to promote diversity at federal agencies for contributing to the crash.
Trump Mourns, Blasts Biden, Buttigieg on DEI, Lowering Air Traffic Control Standards
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While Trump admitted he does not "know that it's necessarily the air traffic controllers' fault," he hit Buttigieg and Biden for lowering the standards he had put in place for air traffic controllers.
Buttigieg ran things "into the ground with his diversity," Trump said, pulling no punches on Biden and his unwinding of the first Trump administration's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and ATC (air traffic control) standards and a federal DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) push.
Buttigieg was pointed at specifically for unwinding the first Trump administration standards for ATCs, claiming the transportation secretary thought the ATC workforce "was too white."
"Tragically last night a mistake was made, and I think the president is right: There was some sort of an elevation issue that we have immediately begun investigating," Hegseth said at the briefing.
Trump also blasted the Biden administration for air traffic control systems having not been built properly.
"They spent a lot of money renovating a system, spending much more money than they would have spent if they bought a new system for air traffic controllers, meaning the computerized systems," Trump said. "There are certain companies that do a very good job. They didn't use those companies."
Liberal media members asked why Trump was blaming previous administrations' efforts to promote diversity at federal agencies for contributing to the crash.
Trump responded, "Because I have common sense."