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janice shell

01/30/25 12:46 PM

#509330 RE: B402 #509323

Maybe you need to watch that presser again. It was one long attack on the air controllers, Pete Buttigieg, Obama, Biden, and pretty much everyone else in the DC area but himself.

It was absolutely shameful. And for large parts of it, he was incoherent. Just babbling about stuff he knows nothing about.

"it's called practice"...

He didn't blame dei, he pointed out del has no business in a merit based gotta get it right position such as atc...

Yes he did. At least a half dozen times. And he very specifically listed what he considered to be disabilities air traffic controllers could have: "dwarfism", "missing extremities", and many more. That was insulting and irrelevant. And as noted, that was just part of it. If he hadn't been president, someone would have arrived to usher him into a back room.

And yes, unlike you, I will not give Trump a pass. His entire performance was a disgrace. If we're gonna see four years of this, we really might as well prepare the papers to administer the 25th Amendment immediately. He is not competent, and he's saying dangerous shit.

What was wrong with that press conference was ALL his fault. Not mine, not the air controllers', not the Army's, not ANYONE's but his.

Melania just issued a far more appropriate message.
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janice shell

01/30/25 1:02 PM

#509339 RE: B402 #509323

And this is a typical headline for stories about the press conference:

Washington plane crash live: Trump blames DEI hires for deadly collusion
President condemns Obama and Biden in press conference, claiming they put politics first

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/washington-plane-crash-video-trump-live-latest-news-w2zz5z2vh

More:

Trump threatens to fire diversity hires linked to crash

Trump issued an executive order titled “Keeping Americans Safe in Aviation” on his first day in office. It claimed the FAA under the Biden administration had sought to recruit and hire “individuals with serious infirmities that could impact the execution of their essential life-saving duties”.

The order directed the aviation agency to “return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring, as required by law”.

Trump said during Thursday’s press conference that he would look at firing any diversity hires who were linked to Wednesday night’s crash.

“I would say the answer is yes, if we find that people aren’t mentally competent,” he said.

More:

Trump blames workers with ‘intellectual disabilities’ for crash

President Trump shared several theories on what could have caused the midair collision, including that the Black Hawk helicopter had inadvertently flown into the path of the American Airlines passenger jet as it came into land.

He also claimed that diversity, equity and inclusion hiring policies had played a part.

“The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelt out on the agency’s website,” said Trump.

He added that the hiring programme allowed for air traffic controller positions to go to people with hearing and vision issues as well as paralysis, epilepsy and “dwarfism”.

“They have to be talented, naturally talented geniuses,” he said. “You can’t have regular people doing their job.”

Pressed again on the claim, Trump said there was no evidence yet that the collision should be blamed on diversity hires. “It just could have been,” he said.

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/washington-plane-crash-video-trump-live-latest-news-w2zz5z2vh

He's a vicious moron who needs to be stopped NOW.
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blackhawks

01/30/25 1:04 PM

#509340 RE: B402 #509323

Bullshit B4. 'We'll see' is an afterthought after a string of DEI insinuations. Like 'go and have a peaceful rally' was on 1/6.
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janice shell

01/30/25 1:12 PM

#509345 RE: B402 #509323

And from the New York Times:

President Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under Trump’s Watch
President Trump’s remarks, suggesting without evidence that D.E.I. and the Democrats are to blame

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/politics/trump-plane-crash-dei-faa-diversity.html

D.C. Plane Crash Live Updates: Trump Criticizes FAA’s DEI Hiring Policies And Suggests, Without Evidence, They Could Be To Blame

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/01/30/dc-plane-crash-live-updates-trump-criticizes-faas-dei-hiring-policies-and-suggests-without-evidence-they-could-be-to-blame/

Trump, without citing evidence, appears to blame FAA diversity initiatives as factor in helicopter-plane collision
"I put safety first ... Democrats put policy first," Trump said.


https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-evidence-appears-blame-faa-diversity-initiatives-factor/story?id=118272015

All that is what reporters actually said, and with good reason. There is no excuse for your hero's garbage. He lies. He makes things up. Constantly.

And if you want comments that make sense, the NTSB will be giving a press conference at 2:45.