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Trump was questioned after blaming Dei for the DC plane crash. This is what he said

Trump was questioned after blaming Dei for the DC plane crash. This is what he said

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – President Donald Trump It began on Thursday in the White House from the moment of silence and prayer for victims Wednesday’s disaster at the reagan national airport. But his comments quickly became Diatriba against the employment of diversity and his allegations – so far without evidence – that the reduced standards were guilty of the accident.

Trump on Thursday pointed with a finger at the helicopter pilot, air traffic control, its predecessor, Joe Bidenand other democrats, including the former transport secretary Pete Buttigiegiewhich he called a “disaster”. Buttigieg answered, calling Trump “wicked”.

The cause of the failure is still unknown. The authorities examine and They did not publicly identify the reasons Or he said who could be responsible for the collision of the American line aircraft and the American army helicopter.

Reporters challenged Trump on Thursday. Here’s how Trump reacted to some of his questions.

Blaming the variety of employment

Trump was repeatedly asked to explain why he blamed the federal Promotional efforts of diversity and inclusion In the case of a disaster, at some point, claiming that the previous management determined that the working strength of the federal aviation administration was “too white”. He did not support these claims, and also stated that it was still unclear that FAA or air traffic controllers were responsible for the accident.

Q: “Do you say that this disaster has been somehow caused by employment of diversity? And what evidence did you see to support these claims? “

Trump: “It could have been. We have a high standard. We had a much higher standard than anyone else. And there are things in which you must go through the brain strength. You must go from psychological quality, and psychological quality is its very important element. These are different, very powerful tests that we used. And ended by biden. And Biden has undertaken a standard that is looking for an exact opposite. So we don’t know. But we know that you had two planes at the same level. You had a helicopter and plane. This should not happen. And we’ll see. We are going to look and see it. But certainly for the air traffic controller we want the brightest, the smartest, most magnificent. We want someone who is psychologically better. And that’s what we’ll be. “

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Q: “Today you blamed the elements of diversity, but then you told us that you were not sure if the controllers made any mistake. Then you said that maybe helicopter pilots were those who made a mistake. “

Trump: “Everything is examined.”

Q: “I understand it. That’s why I’m trying to find out how you can come to the conclusion that diversity had something to do with this disaster. “

Trump: “Because I have common sense. Ok? And unfortunately many people do not do it. We want brilliant people to do it. This is the main chess game at the highest level. When you have 60 aircraft arriving in a short time and they are all in different directions and you are dealing with a high -level computer, computer work and very complex computers. “

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Trump was questioned in his claim that FAA under democratic presidents promoted the employment of disabled people. The website to which Trump mentioned has been on the FAA website for a decade, including its first term.

Q: “Implication that this policy is new or that it results from the efforts that began under the president of Biden or the Secretary of Transport, Pete Buttigieg, is clearly false. It was on the FAA website – “

Trump: “Who said that, you?”

Q: “No, it’s on the website, FAA website. It has been there since 2013 … It was there because of the whole, it was also there for all your administration. So my question is: why didn’t you change your policy during the first administration? “

Trump: “I changed it. I changed Obama’s policy and we had a very good politics. And then Biden came in and changed it. And when I came in two days, three days ago, I signed a new order, leading it to the highest level of intelligence. “

Calling for quick confirmations

Trump agreed that it was helpful to have Sean DuffyHis new transport secretary, sworn and ready to answer when the main crisis hit.

Q: “Is it helpful to confirm the secretary of transport and will this intensify your interest in quick confirmation of other nominees?”

Trump: “We definitely want quick confirmation. And democrats, as you know, do everything in their power to delay. Too long. We try to get very good people, whom everyone knows that they will be confirmed. But we try to pull them faster. We want them faster. “

Calming people can be safely flying

Trump was asked if Americans should feel safe after the accident.

According to FAA, Trump is to fly to Palm Beach in Florida, where his club Mar-a-lago is located for the weekend on Friday.

Trump took advantage of another opportunity to criticize the efforts of employment of diversity in the event of an accident when he finished the briefing.

Q: “Should people hesitate to fly now?”

Trump: “No. Not at all. I wouldn’t hesitate to fly. This is something that has happened for many years, which happened something like this, and the collision is something that we do not expect that it will ever happen again. We will have the highest level people. We have already hired people you have already employed for this position long before we learned about it. I mean, since I entered, we started to leave and get the best people because I said: “It is not right what they are doing.” I think it’s a huge mistake. Do you know that? They like to do things and like them too far. And sometimes it happens.

“I don’t blame the controller now. I say that there are things you can listen to, for example the helicopter helicopter, the height of the aircraft was at the same level and was heading in the opposite direction. This is not positive. But no, we already employ people.

“Flying is very safe. We have the safest flying anywhere in the world and we will keep it this way. “

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The writer of Associated Press, Jill Colvin in New York, contributed to this report.

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