Speaking at the White House Thursday, Trump addressed Wednesday night’s midair collision at Reagan National Airport, which has switched to a recovery phase after it is believed all 60 passengers on the commercial jet and four crew aboard the army helicopter have been killed.

 

Saying that the crash was ‘entirely preventable,’ Trump blamed DEI hiring practices and the Democrats while also slandering the former transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg.

Buttigieg slammed Trump’s ‘ ‘despicable’ comments and noted that there were no commercial flight tragedies under his watch.

‘President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe. Time for the President to show actual leadership and explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again,’ Buttigieg responded.

 

 

Others spoke out against Trump trying to push a political vendetta against the Democrats.

‘I just watched President Trump’s news conference,’ said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on the Senate floor.

‘Listen, it’s one thing for internet pundits to spew off conspiracies, it’s another for the president of the United States to throw out idle speculation as bodies are still being recovered.’

Democratic Congresswoman Summer Lee of Pennsylvania called Trump’s comments ‘absolutely vile.’

‘A tragedy happens, and instead of mourning the lives lost, they use it to demonize marginalized people as they continue stripping our rights away. Not to share facts, not to offer condolences—just to push a bigoted political agenda. Disgusting,’ she wrote on social media.