Trump blames diversity hiring as probe into deadly midair collision begins - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "We want the most competent people," Trump said.
63% : Duffy took the White House podium alongside Trump and declared, "When Americans take off in airplanes, they should expect to land at their destination."
56% : ""He's run it right into the ground with his diversity," Trump said, adding profanity to his description of Buttigieg.
53% : Trump had already signed an executive order ending diversity initiatives at the FAA last week.
45% : After telling the families of the dead that "our hearts are shattered alongside yours" and leading a moment of silence, Trump proceeded to speculate about what had occurred.
44% : He questioned why the Army pilot didn't change course, saying that "you can stop a helicopter very quickly."He also mused about the air traffic controllers, saying of the two aircraft, "for whatever reason they were at the same elevation," adding "they should have been at a different height."Even as Trump rushed to publicly ponder reasons for the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board was more circumspect as it begins examining what happened.
40% : Asked why he was blaming diversity initiatives, Trump said, "because I have common sense, and unfortunately a lot of people don't."Trump said air traffic controllers needed to be brilliant to ensure safety.
37% : "We don't care what race they are."Asked if he plans to visit the crash site, Trump said he would meet with family members of the victims.
33% : ""As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying," he added.
26% : Vice President JD Vance, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth all lined up behind Trump to praise his leadership and echo his concerns about diversity programs and hiring.
25% : "Trump did not share any evidence that unqualified people were being put in critical positions like air traffic control, and he acknowledged that there was as yet no indication that air traffic controllers at Reagan National Airport made any mistakes.
19% : Trump wondered if the helicopter pilot was wearing nightvision goggles, declared that "you had a pilot problem" and that the helicopter was "going at an angle that was unbelievably bad."
14% : Trump blamed former President Joe Biden's administration for encouraging the Federal Aviation Administration to recruit workers "who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative."
8% : "Trump made a point to tell Duffy, who was sworn in on Tuesday as Buttigieg's replacement, "It's not your fault."
1% : "Trump complained specifically about Pete Buttigieg, who was Biden's transportation secretary and was a contender to challenge Trump for the White House in 2020, calling him "a disaster.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.