You had a helicopter and a plane.
That shouldnt have happened, Trump said.
Were going to look into that and were going to see.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about the collision of an American Airlines flight with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.© Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
But certainly for an air traffic controller, we want the brightest, the smartest, the sharpest.
Somebody thats psychologically superior.
And thats what were going to have.
Trump said the helicopter should have been at a different height, while also blaming DEI for the crash.
Dont you think youre getting ahead of the investigation right now?
Trump deflected and said Collins was asking stupid questions.
Another reporter in the room asked about why Trump was blaming members of the military for the crash.
You then said perhaps the helicopter pilots were the ones who made the mistakes.
Because I have common sense, okay?
And unfortunately, a lot of people dont.
We want brilliant people doing this.
This is a major chess game at the highest level.
And then we had an election that didnt turn out the way it should have.
But they didnt build the systems properly.
We will not accept passing the buck, Duffy continued while passing the buck.
Trumps administration instituted ahiring freezeon air traffic controllers in the earliest days of coming to power.
Hiring air traffic controllers is the number one safety issue according to the entire aviation industry, wroteRep.
Rick Larsen, a Democrat from Washington.
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