DC plane crash: Trump slammed by Republican over ‘aggressive’ blaming of diversity policy

[@GreyCrowe]

They got rid of DEI for everyone except billionaires and Cable News hosts

[@Lilian-n6i1c]

Even Musk suggests, if I recall correctly, that he is on the spectrum. Trump is said to have narcissism. That's a debility. We have voted in and gotten approval for top DEI people.

[@Carlos12160]

They kept Dei for maga voters and representatives too. After all he says dei allows people without exceptional psychological qualification to be in positions.

[@jaimemartinez9792]

For a Presidency so defined with trying to restore meritocracy, it sure has a lot of nepotism.

[@shadowfox9490]

@@jaimemartinez9792 THANK YOU! Finally someone else sees that.

[@gearaldbecker6015]

We have a serious problem of incompetent cheif executives with severe mental disabilities. Better hiring practices are needed!

We really need to elect people with common decency.

[@Chicago48]

Trump's tanning is off setting. "I have common sense and most people don't? Yep, Orange Jesus."

@@Chicago48 He will plant passports from Greenland so he can invade them.

[@aaat4873]

Or not on the verge of dementia!

[@Joe-ey7cu]

He has Dollars and Cents , not to be confused with Common Sense.

[@cynthiaedwards954]

More like common decency.

[@pjhgerlach]

It's his job to convey his sympathy to the families of the victims and reassure the public that this will be investigated. NOT to misuse it for political gain or to blame people. This man is not fit to be president.

[@rdelrosso1973]

pj: YOU know that, and I know that. Unfortunately, 49% of the people who bothered to vote, did NOT know that.

[@jeffreyedwards5262]

Not fit to be a dog warden.

[@Thoughts_from_a_Small_Island]

I agree with President Trump, nobody should be in a critical job that they are not qualified for. Therefore President Trump please resign, as you have proven once again that you are not qualified and that you are in the job under false pretenses.

[@380webdesigns8]

Why is someone "Not Qualified" because of their Sex or Skin Color. That is sheer stupidity.

[@rachelgrigg7189]

He’s unhinged.i can’t believe this is real. He’s so dumb it’s completely insane.

[@jb894]

You are dumb

[@KirstyCaddick-ne4vk]

I literally can't believe what I'm watching. It sickens me!

[@kevlarmac10]

Trump is one of the dumbest human beings ever born..

[@patriciagodin8032]

He is one to speak about no common sense, for him to blame others, instead of giving details of this horrible disaster and send out condolences. Every time he speaks he bashes other people and his people he put into positions are doing. the same. Shame on his cabinet. This was not the time for it.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

He COMPLETELY lacks empathy, which is typical of malignant narcissists.

[@JohnSmith-it6hj]

Probably not true, but even so, empathy is not really an important trait in a leader, objectivity, decisiveness and good judgement are what really count.

[@Alitacyan]

@@JohnSmith-it6hj 1) Actually empathy is important in a leader. 2) Trump is utterly and completely incapable of objectivity and has exceptionally poor judgement. He is decisive though I'll give you that.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

​@@JohnSmith-it6hjYea, I'm sure that's why 68 people so far agree with my previous statement, and so far YOU are the only one who doubts me.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

​@@Alitacyan👍👍

[@Gattobuono]

@@JohnSmith-it6hj Well, he completely lacks all of those qualities as well.

[@BillDavies-ej6ye]

0:24 "Because I have common sense, OK? And, unfortunately, a lot of people don't." Stable genius. Off-the-cuff meaningless babble about the nature of the work. You country is getting trashed.

[@PatrickHart-p9w]

Inject bleach? Yes. Trump has common sense. He showed us his common sense and we fired him. Now he"s back and his chaos is with him. No common sense to be found.

[@Libranlady00]

He has no common sense or integrity at all let alone empathy and intelligence 😢

[@terrencekane8203]

4 years under Joe Biden not a single airline fatality. I blame Trump.

[@artie218]

The Trump FAA in full glory, accidents and high prices will continue under a Trump regime, whats inexcusable is America already knew that and still vote for it.

[@domorehilton5476]

No one even reports that fact

[@eyeshalfwayopeneyeshalfway2603]

From things being shown it is looking more and more like a deliberate ‘accident’.

[@trevaudio]

…..and Hegseth

[@SBryt-h8g]

@@trevaudiowotsit had 400 FAA staff fired. My God.

[@matthewmccarter3284]

The first time the idiot was elected I was embarrassed. This time as an American I'm ashamed. I'm 67 years old and never thought I'd see my country collapse like Germany in the 1930's

[@heidimueller1039]

DEI might give you an opportunity to apply. You still have to pass strenuous tests to become an air traffic controller.

[@fred5399]

Now that's common sense.

[@mandeeqahmed9225]

😂😂😂😂😂😂this guy needs to fire his make-up artist

[@tzzz7]

Seems to have gone from pumpkin orange to burnt sienna.

[@spatiumclinicalternativeco5432]

What diversity has something to do with Trump' s common sense comment? Bigotry and not common sense!

[@GreyCrowe]

Hahaha 😂 She really said, "Maybe Trump wasn't born with empathy."

[@lisa5249]

People are born with empathy, trump was raised by sociopaths and lost it. He is a malignant narcissist, a cancer on our country

[@alicemcleod6149]

Anyone who is classified as DEI is overqualified for their position because non-minority workers put extra obstacles for anyone who falls under the DEI category.

[@lfarrell6375]

Watching this guys descent into madness is sad but not only US will suffer unfortunately.

[@MartinMontgomerySmith]

He gutted the FAA earlier this month.

[@renshin5671]

That's his common sense working.

[@dganitch]

JANUARY 20 - Trump fires the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, the department in charge of flight safety JANUARY 21 - Trump freezes hiring for Air Traffic Controllers JANUARY 22 - Trump disbands the Aviation Safety Advisory Committee JANUARY 28 - Trump sends out a buyout/retirement demand to existing employees, removing experienced safety staff JANUARY 29 - First American mid-air collision in 16 years

[@NickGodwin]

Excellent reporting. Horrible day for the families. Most awful day with their personal loss then this orange blimp shoots his mouth off trying to dictate what the report will say, cos of course they won't contradict him.

[@paneko1]

This Republican strategist start with her opinions about DEI cancelation as a good thing was beyond absurd.. there is shortage of people in aviation yet Trump signed, in a staged circus show, executive order to even lower it, while she didn't mention for a once Senator Duckworth and her investigations. But, she didn't forget to add T doesn't have a lame duck problem.. jeez.

[@CRISTINATORRESTALLABOA]

When are YOU ALL are going to start questioning the mental state of D trump?

[@RobertaPartinoble]

He has no common sense at all, it's all about him being the smartest with an IQ of 2

[@peterstaniforth451]

Well in Magaworld that may well be true.

[@ironmaiden2772]

Trump looks particularly Orange today 😂

[@waltsnow1762]

With all the fanfare he has to go to the BROWN SHOE POLISH AGAIN !

[@SBryt-h8g]

@@waltsnow1762definitely trying to hide how very unwell geriatric 🇷🇺🐖felon really is & good. Trump IS the swamp then & now.

[@rr7firefly]

@@waltsnow1762 The only color bottle in the medicine cabinet before the mad dash to the rostrum.

[@terryfeusner3089]

I am sure the makeup company loves him 🤮

[@DiannaLong-v9r]

An old blabbing🎉 fool! He is old & time is having its way. All the wealth & money in the world can’t stop old age dementia.😂😂

[@Sano417]

People who voted for Trump are ashamed of him saying things like these, when families lost their beloved ones in this accident.

[@trustmattersadvanced1717]

Do they really believe that, or hatred has reached a point of no return, Demonic level

[@Lilian-n6i1c]

Isn't a possible alcoholic Defense Secretary Hegseth a DEI hire at the top of the agency, and one with not a behavior we want modeled for Americans, even enemies, and military promotions.

[@9chknox9]

He should resign..it was his chopper...

[@WinstonToppin-l6d]

Is it possible to know what DEI played in this tragedy? Or are the very baseless accusations enough?

[@JimLay]

Who talks like this?

[@rr7firefly]

You're really opening a can of worms with that question. Lots of people ready to dive into it. BTW, nobody talks about Elon's failed rocket launch in the news recently.

[@eldajackson1]

A total idiot.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

How do we know it wasn't down to a lack of funding due to people _committing tax fraud?_ (and getting away with it). We don't know it isn't. That should be looked into.

[@michaelpaulayala6333]

No empathy for anyone! Nothing for all those people on the plane! Indifferent to all the people that lost in the fires! I guess this is what everyone wanted that voted for him! Good Job America!

[@BeegirlsHoneyHouse]

lol, ‘he has common sense…!’ There he goes gaslighting himself again! 🇺🇸🌎🙄🩸

[@bigmountain6402]

He doesn't have much common sense to begin with.

[@yellowboeing6030]

America what have you done.

[@424vids]

Um... the pilot of the helo was not a minority and he flew straight into the plane. So... there's that...

[@eyeshalfwayopeneyeshalfway2603]

Seeming more and more like it was planned.

[@rr7firefly]

@@eyeshalfwayopeneyeshalfway2603 Planned by whom? And for what purpose? What's the agenda?

[@reneamcgee3057]

He keep talking about brilliance and he lacks everything he requires of others. Smh

[@martinrooms3084]

He's what the public voted for,happy now?

[@PatrickHart-p9w]

I voted blue up and down the ballot. What happened?

[@stannieholt8766]

It’s hilarious that Amy Tarkanian is criticizing DEI and affirmative action policies when she belongs to one of the best-known and richest families in Nevada. Her father-in-law was Jerry Tarkanian, the famous basketball coach at the University of Nevada - Las Vegas, and her husband drew on family money to run for Congress in 2022. (He lost, but has been elected to a lesser, local role.) If she were plain Amy Jones, I doubt she’d have been chair of the Nevada Republican Party or a successful pundit today.

[@shadowfox9490]

Exactly!! Wealth Nepotism, the rich people's DEI.

[@KirstyCaddick-ne4vk]

I am so sorry, America , I truly am.

[@bwillsboys]

Pray for us Americans

[@christinemary7101]

UK envy you all , will swap with Stammer the hammer .

[@normanskelton]

My gawd,what a fool!!

[@annishilcock4587]

Does this lady think given the redundancies he has instigated and the sycophants on his payroll the inquiry will be impartial? And one week in he has had to rescind the finacial cuts that would cause untold harm, tragically the first major plane crash in years has occured after he cut the FAA and he's planning to appoint an antivaccer as Health Secretary Carry on like this and the country won't survive.

[@SBryt-h8g]

That’s the plan

[@moneymay6324]

This guy is a fool

[@brianwilliams4883]

When I heard that a helicopter had crashed I was kinda disappointed that it wasn't one with a serving US president on board! My sympathy to all those involved in this tragedy, my prayers are with the families and friends of those affected

[@Not_So_Weird_in_Austin]

So did every member of Congress from Kansas, the Mayor of DC, the governors of Virginia and Maryland... none of whom has anything to do with the investigation.

[@jimlee2664]

Hows that lady pilot landed the blown away open door jet. I suppose she has to be grounded too!

[@MissChristine-wo6vp]

Aviation experts have explained that Reagan Airport is overloaded with too many commercial flights - this is due to lawmakers who approved an increase in traffic at that very airport a couple of months ago. It is easier for them to fly in and out of Reagan when they are coming into Washington, DC. The other, larger airport nearby would require about an additional hour of driving to get them into the city. So they slid this approval inside another bill and got it approved. The two senators from Virginia were vehemently opposed to this based on safety concerns. The Director of the FAA resigned in early January as a result of harrassment from Elon Musk. This is America today.

[@maggieedward3951]

If you had common sense mr Trump that was not the time to use to be bashing other parties, and what you deemed were their failings ,who is your press secretary or admin for they clearly are inadequate.

[@bettygray1213]

Trump needs to Stop Campaigning and be a President

[@conunpocodefe]

Oh no! Your in for a 4 year ride. Hang on!

[@andrewholdaway813]

Trump claims he has common sense - who wants to tell him

[@rr7firefly]

Tonight he can climb into bed, hug his widdle teddy boo boo and have his baby nap.

[@colin-tf1bx]

He is definitely sick in the head.

[@eldajackson1]

Enough already.

[@Josef12056]

He has common sense? Really?

[@garyleahy2524]

His lack of empathy was certainly astounding today. His focus was so clearly on himself. But then, he has always been like this..

[@mrb.5610]

He hasn't a clue what he's talking about.

[@waltsnow1762]

NEVER DOES !!!!!

[@davidsutherland4280]

As an incident investigator, this is a classic tactic by those who wish to influence the direction of the investigation conclusions.

[@LadyM6728]

I am happy to hear reporters asking questions that put trump’s feet to the fire.

[@antoineroberts2693]

This is sickening

[@DetroitMicroSound]

She's trying to sane-wash Trump. 😂

[@Leon-qh9br]

come on republicans you have to know this makes sense i dont care if you voted for trump but come on now please I beg u have to know this was wrong to say people died

[@nichmcneil8563]

She's forgetting She's who he call DEI. Good luck!

[@jimmykovalak6442]

He should have thought about that before he downsided the FAA 🤔

[@dougpaul2949]

Empathy is a gift?

[@KelleyWatkins]

WHAT BS

[@franciselonye8548]

This lady is really crazy...she did say anything truthful about her assessment of trump...she wanted to defend his actions so badly but the horror of what his actions caused made her speak with restraint

[@catherinemeakes9234]

Trump you are unbelievable " you have comman sence" what a joke you are a disgrace

[@muratoz2931]

This guy is on another level. Knows everything but knows nothing. Clown.

[@cassyj3001]

Common sense! He’s a nut job!!!

[@stevendavid7483]

Drama follows this guy on a daily basis, loves the cameras, the spotlight all about him

[@user-sq7nk9us6f]

Previous presidents of either persuasion were at least presidential. This basket case just ego trips and has nothing of value to offer. The less he says the better for the nation = shut up.

[@guadalahonky4002]

Commercial plane crashes under Biden in 4 years: 0 Commercial plane crashes under Trump in 8 days: 1

[@misterbonzoid5623]

'... very high level compuder, er compuder work...'

[@georgethompson453]

It’s scary if the people in control of air traffic or any other safety critical role are not hired on ability. This is a terrible tragedy but Trump has made a very valid point and at what point do you address this issue if not when it’s in sharp focus.

[@MichaelUrocyon]

"It definitely isn't because the FAA is underfunded and understaffed. The government is totally inefficient and incompetent, not because of any action my colleagues have deliberately taken over the course of decades. It might just be because the pilot was a diversity hire, guess we'll just have to wait for Elon to tell us what happened."

[@EarlThomasIII-u7u]

She sounded somewhat clueless

[@sophiegonzalez2841]

DANO, YOU GOT WHAT OF CENTS ???? OR NO COMMON SENSE. I'M SURE U MENT U HAVE NO SENSE!!! EVIL DONT HAVE SENSE. 🤔

[@kanweiwu7339]

Trump has common sense?!!! He has narcissistic and idiotic craziness.

[@TheMg49]

It's incorrect to say that "more than half of Americans voted for him [Trump] in the last general election." In fact, about one fifth of Americans and about one third of eligible voters voted for Trump in the last election. It's important to clarify that most Americans do not support Trump or the Republican "Project 2025" policies that the current US administration is enacting.

[@petertucker2303]

If trump has common sense, I certainly have never, ever seen any evidence of trump’s assertion that he has common sense. Madness definitely, but common sense? Nup!

[@ainsleymccullagh8939]

Common sense .Might as well consult a witch doctor.

[@jacquelinemarie6325]

"...even richard nixon has got soul" --Neil Young

[@jacquelinemarie6325]

is this woman excusing shitler anyway???? it is a lot more than dumpty not "hitting the mark"

[@slammydog9831]

Says all that and got shot by a guy with the crowd of civilians telling you that he was ther

[@renshin5671]

MAGA chants Trump is their savior. Well why didn't he saved the Americans who died in this crash? Most of them probably MAGAS flying out from Wichita Kansas, a red state.

[@BruceSteele-lp2gv]

“I have common sense.” That is rich.

[@seanoconnor8843]

I always thought dwarves were alright

[@johnnylafayette]

They believe that sending us into a recession will make us dependent on them😂😂😂😂. What happens when the u.s. devalue our own dollars and start actually just helping one another out without money???? I mean seriously

[@Daveyboy1066]

Trump is so busy deflecting blame because he knows full well the one who is most to blame is him. Contributing Trump moves as shown below (as posted by many others). Jan 20th: FAA Director was fired. Jan 21st: Air traffic controller hiring frozen. Jan 22nd: Aviation safety advisory committee disbanded. Jan 28th: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees. Jan 29th: First American midair collision in 16 years.

[@vanessaashmore4865]

More like no sense

[@maggieedward3951]

He has none just no sense ill-timed

[@bobikdylan]

Buy Greyhound shares now.

[@ThomasMc-h5r]

He needs the conflict, and he'll create it anyway he can. He learned he cant do as he wants through executive orders, so he'll tear the country apart through such disgusting remarks and actions, then blame everyone else.

[@waltsnow1762]

Ah, the brown shoe polish begins again.........the hair is Jim Bakker, the make-up is Tammy Fay Bakker !!

[@dennisphippen97]

Trump you have no sense

[@keithmath.8826]

God bless American 😊 make America great again. So far it's been killing my

[@johnnylafayette]

The chaos of a kingdom has always united the peasants!!!! Historical facts. Let the government battle itself lol. Let us know who wins. Ima go be an actual Christ follower and be a friend to my community. 😂

[@Joe-b5b]

*No not half of American voted for him more then half voted against him for the factual record * and black women boted 92 percent for VP Harris and black men voted 72 percent for Harris - just fyi

[@NewDealDem2187]

Her dad famous winning coach, her brother famous loser

[@JavierArroyo-ri3kw]

Yeah its a safe way to travel but you always take a chance on a boat ,plane,teain ,car,bikes,ect

[@vanessaeden8174]

He obviously has a daily BS upload, probably charged by Elon Musk😂

[@frdrckcole]

Judging by the comments, it seems the Maga dimwits have gone quiet.

[@mickodillon1480]

I have common sense! Gobshite settings enabled.

[@marionmarshall7107]

I agree with trump no one should be in a job they are mo quality for start with his dumb a.. he should be need the white house