Trump Blames DEI for Plane Crash That Killed 67 in Ridiculous Press Conference

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Trump replied.
51% : "When you have 60 planes coming in during a short period of time and they're all coming in different directions, and you're dealing with very high-level computer work and very complex computers," Trump said.
47% : Trump said.
46% : " The FAA had been operating without an administrator but Trump named Chris Rocheleau for the post during his press conference.
41% : That shouldn't have happened," Trump said.
39% : Trump said the helicopter should have "been at a different height," while also blaming DEI for the crash.
37% : Trump provided no evidence and said it was "common sense" the crash was caused by diversity in hiring.
28% : Trump said the Democratic presidents that preceded him were to blame for the crash because they instituted policies that hired people who were unqualified to be air traffic controllers.
26% : Reporters in the room repeatedly pushed Trump on his claims that DEI initiatives had somehow caused the crash, including Kaitlan Collins from CNN.
26% : Another reporter in the room asked about why Trump was blaming members of the military for the crash.
21% : " Trump continued by rambling about computer systems he clearly knows nothing about.
14% : Trump deflected and said Collins was asking "stupid" questions.
14% : "We are going to take responsibility at the Department of Transportation and the FAA to make sure we have the reforms that have been dictated by President Trump in place to make sure that these mistakes do not happen again," Duffy said, trying to give credence to Trump's absurd arguments about diversity being the cause of the crash.

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