Jan 30, 2025 · FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump began his White House briefing Thursday with a moment of silence and a prayer for victims of Wednesday’s crash at Reagan National Airport.But his remarks quickly became a diatribe against diversity hiring and his allegation — so far without evidence — that lowered standards were to blame for the crash.

Jan 30, 2025 · Donald Trump claimed, without citing evidence, that DEI initiatives at the FAA were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in D.C.

Jan 30, 2025 · As he spoke with the media later Thursday afternoon, Trump tempered his comments, saying DEI “may have" contributed to the crash. "I don’t know; incompetence might have played a role.

Jan 31, 2025 · After a passenger jet and an army helicopter collide in Washington D.C., Trump says DEI within the FAA could be reason for the crash. Read more here.

Jan 31, 2025 · President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed the Federal Aviation Administration’s “diversity push” in part for the plane collision that killed 67 people in Washington, DC. But DEI backers ...

Jan 30, 2025 · President Donald Trump, without offering evidence, said the collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter "could have been" due to DEI.

Jan 30, 2025 · Trump Misleads on D.E.I. Policies in Blaming Biden for Plane Crash There is no evidence that diversity efforts played a role in the crash, and his statements disregarded his own administration’s ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Without evidence, President Trump and other administration officials claimed that DEI programs led to Wednesday's fatal air crash. DEI has recently become a common talking point to blame disasters on.

Jan 30, 2025 · In a Thursday press conference addressing the plane-helicopter collision that killed 67 people near Ronald Reagan National Airport, President Donald Trump made an array of statements about past ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Trump blames DEI initiatives in deadly plane crash; NTSB says focus on ‘facts' The collision occurred Wednesday evening in one of the world's most tightly controlled airspaces, just over 3 miles ...