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He’s run it right into the ground with his diversity.”
The era of DEI is gone at the defence department and we need the best and brightest.”
Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying … One of [Trump’s] first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe.”
After Thursday’s debacle, Buttigieg responded on the X social media platform We can only accept the best and the brightest in positions of safety that impact the lives of our loved ones, our family members, and I think you make a really important point on that, Mr President. That is the motto of your presidency. The best and the brightest. The most intelligent coming into these spaces.”
Transportation secretary Sean Duffy lavished praise on the president’s “remarkable” leadership and said It just could have been,
teased the president, who has spent the first 10 days of his presidency hammering DEI in government and beyond We are one family and today we are all heartbroken,
The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time,
I have been fully briefed on the terrible accident which just took place at Reagan National Airport. May God Bless their souls. Thank you for the incredible work being done by our first responders. I am monitoring the situation and will provide more details as they arise.”
On Thursday morning, Trump posted Because I have common sense,
Trump said when asked how he could already come to the conclusion that diversity had something to do with the crash We don't know that necessarily it’s even the controller's fault, but one thing we do know: there was a lot of vision, and people should have been able to see that,
I am monitoring the situation and will provide more details as they arise,
On behalf of the First Lady, myself, and 340 million Americans, our hearts are shattered alongside yours, and our prayers are with you now and in the days to come, we'll be working very, very diligently in the days to come,
I’d like to request a moment of silence for the victims and their families,
Trump said, bowing his head Sadly, there are no survivors,
Trump stated from the White House briefing room on Thursday The work has now shifted to a recovery mission,
When you don't have the best standards in who you're hiring, it means on the one hand, you're not getting the best people in government, ... But on the other hand, it puts stresses on the people who are already there."
I did change it. I changed the Obama policy, and we had a very good policy. And then Biden came in and he changed it. And then when I came in two days, three days ago, I signed a new order, bringing it to the highest level of intelligence
It's one thing for internet pundits to spew off conspiracy theories, it's another for the president of the United States,
said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York Some really bad things happened and some things happened that shouldn't have happened,
the Republican president said from the White House briefing room, just over three miles or five kilometers from the scene of the disaster While these events are incredibly rare, our safety system is showing clear signs of strain that we cannot ignore,
Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, told lawmakers in 2023
