Northern Ireland political leader slams Trump's response to deadly plane crash

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

79% : Referencing a January 2024 Fox News article, which was also published on the New York Post website, Trump said: "'The FAA's diversity push includes focus on hiring people with severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities.' "That is amazing.
65% : " Later, when he was again pressed as to how he concluded that diversity had something to do with this crash, Trump said: "Because I have common sense, okay?" During his first days in office last week, Trump took aim at DEI policies, in particular within the FAA.
56% : On January 22, he signed a Presidential Memorandum that "orders the Secretary of Transportation and FAA Administrator to immediately stop Biden DEI hiring programs and return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring.
54% : "I don't think so." Trump continued: "This was [published] January 14, so that was a week before I entered office; they put a big push to get diversity into the FAA's program."
44% : "We do not know what led to this crash, but we have some very strong opinions and ideas," Trump said during a press briefing at the White House later on Thursday.
38% : Later during the briefing, Trump was asked if he believes the plane crash was caused by diversity and inclusion hiring, and what evidence he has seen to support such claims.
34% : Responding to the tragedy on Wednesday night, President Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: "why didn't the helicopter go up or down, or turn.
23% : He then slated former US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg as a "disaster," saying "he just has a good line of bulls--t." During the briefing, Trump referenced "various articles that appeared prior to my entering office" regarding the FAA's diversity policies.

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