Trump attacks Dei politics after the DC aircraft accident, says FAA employees have to be held at the “highest standards”
President Donald Trump On Wednesday, he set up his standards of Dei at the Federal Air Force Administration after a deadly collision in the state capital.
Trump, speaking with journalists in the briefing room in the White House, emphasized the efforts of the Administration of Biden to lower the Air Force standards, although he admitted to the cause of the cause Collision on Wednesday night It is yet to be determined.
“We need to have only the highest standards for those who work on our aircraft,” Trump said. “Only the greatest ability – you have to be the highest intellect – and psychologically superior people, were allowed to qualify for air traffic controllers.”
“We have to have our smartest people. It doesn’t matter how they look, how they say, who they are.” We can’t have regular people who do the job. They won’t be able to do it. “
President Donald Trump says he signed the Executive Command last week, raising qualifying standards for air traffic controllers. (Jim Watson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump noted that during his first administration he had raised the qualifications for air traffic controllers, but said President Joe Biden had lowered them after abandoning his duty.
The president returned more standards to an executive order last week, he said.
“We do not know what has led to this fall, but we have very strong opinions and ideas. I think we will probably list these opinions, because over the years I have watched how such things happen and they say, so we always explore. Ministry of Defense and the National Transport Safety Committee.
The southwestern aircraft departs from the National Airport of Reagan, while flights continued on Thursday, January 30, 2025, the flights took place last night after the fatal collision of the American Airlines flight and Black Hawk Hawkopters. (Leigh Green for Fox News Digital)
Trump continued a prominent series of articles covered by FAA -in “pushing diversity”, which he said happened before he took his duty.
“FAA actively hires workers who suffer severe intellectual difficulties, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical states within the framework of the employment initiative for diversity and involvement on the agency’s website,” he said.
Although the language was present on the FAA website during the Biden administration, it was also present during Trump’s first administration.
American skating members, Russian Olympians at an aircraft at the National Airport Reagan
Asked for a comment on the initiative last year, including what role of people with disabilities will fulfill, FAA told Fox News Digital that the Agency is also thoroughly looking for veterinarians of qualified candidates “from as many sources as possible” for a number of positions.
29 January DC Map of the collision with plane-helicopter.
Later, at a press conference, Trump criticized the former secretary of the transportation of Pete Buttigieg as a “disaster.
“He just had a good bull’s line,” he said about the Democrat.
Journalists then pressed Trump to the facts of the collision, asking if he had evidence that this was caused by the inability to dei. Trump said the investigation lasts, but that it could be.
Buttigieg quickly returned X, calling Trump’s comments “despised”.
“While the families regret, Trump should lead, not lie,” Buttigieg continued. “We set safety, we took close calls, increased air traffic control and had zero death cases of commercial airline from millions of flights to our clock.”
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Collision on Wednesday night and involved and American Airlines Jet Carrying 60 passengers and four crew members. They clashed with the Blackhawk military helicopter, who carried three members of the service. Trump confirmed that there were no survivors.
Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.
