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President Donald Trump On Thursday he established his DEI standards at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after a fatal collision in the air in the country’s capital.
Trump, talking to journalists in the White House Information Room, highlighted Biden’s administration’s efforts to reduce aviation standards, although he acknowledged that the cause of Wednesday night crash Still must be determined.
“We need to have only the highest standards for those who work in our aviation system,” Trump said. “Only the highest aptitude, which must be the highest intellect, and the psychologically higher people, were allowed to be described for air traffic controllers.”
“We need to have our smartest people. No matter what they look like, as they talk , he continued. “We can’t have usual people doing this job. They will not be able to do
Trump later attributed the fall to a “confluence of bad decisions.”
The video show DC Plane Crash involving the American Airlines flight, Black Hawk Helicopter
President Donald Trump says he signed an executive order last week by increasing the standards of qualification of air traffic controllers. (Jim Watson/Pool/AFP through Getty Images)
Trump said that he had increased the standards of air controller qualification standards during his first administration, but said that former President Joe Biden had dropped them once he left the post.
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The president reestablished the highest standards last week with an executive order, he said.
“We do not know what this accident caused, but we have some very strong opinions and ideas, and I think we will probably indicate these opinions, because over the years I have seen things like this and say, well, we are always researching. Department of Defense and the National Transport Safety Board.
A southern plane -west comes from Reagan National Airport, as flights resume Thursday after the fatal fall of an American Airlines flight and a helicopter from the United States Army Army Wednesday. (Leigh Green for Fox News Digital)
Trump emphasized a number of articles covering the “diversity push” of the FAA, which said he took place before he took office.
“The FAA is actively recruiting workers suffering from severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions in a diversity and inclusion contracting initiative explained on the agency’s website,” he said.
Although this language was present on the FAA website during the Biden administration, it was also present during the first Trump administration.
When he was asked to comment on last year’s initiative, including what roles people with disabilities would play, FAA told Fox News Digital that the agency is looking for thoroughly and veto the qualified candidates “from as many sources”. For various positions.
January 29. DC Pla-Helicopter collision map.
Later at the press conference, Trump criticized the former Secretary of Transport Pete Buttigeg as “disaster”.
“He only has a good line of oxen, t,” the President said about the Democrat.
The journalists pressed Trump about the events of the accident, asking -if he had evidence that was caused by incompetence due to Dei. Trump said the investigation is underway, but that he could “have been.”
Buttigeg hurried to hit -Name “Trump” Comments “despicable.”
“As families hung up, Trump should go, not lie,” continued Buttigeg. “We put the safety first, we went down from calls, grew control of air traffic, and we had zero fatalities from the commercial airline of millions of flights on our clock.”
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Wednesday night’s accident was a American Airlines Jet Bring 60 passengers and four crew members. He collided with a Blackhawk military helicopter with three members of the service. Trump confirmed that there were no survivors.
Emma Colton contributed to this report.
