Trump Blames DEI Initiatives For Deadly Washington Plane Crash

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Buttigieg responded on social media, saying that "Trump should be leading, not lying," and took steps to defend his record in office.
45% : Trump has also signed several executive orders scrapping DEI schemes in his first days in office, including one that targets the FAA specifically.
41% : "We do not know what led to this crash, but we have some very strong opinions and ideas," Trump told reporters.
38% : Trump also blamed the previous government for shortcomings that led to the crash, reports Business Insider:After calling for a moment of silence, Trump spent the bulk of his remarks in the White House briefing room laying out a series of diversity initiatives within the FAA that he suggested could have contributed to the crash, which happened Wednesday evening.
25% : At the same time, Trump repeatedly acknowledged that he did not have direct evidence of a causal link between those initiatives and the crash.
24% : The blame game continued and Trump took aim at former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, with the president adding "do you know how badly everything has run since he's run the Department of Transportation?
24% : Trump has made DEI initiatives a focus for cuts under his new administration, with a new department led by Elon Musk thought to be targeting cuts of up to $120 billion in federal DEI initiatives.
22% : Where most political leaders would take this moment to share a thought for the families of those impacted or thank first responders for their work in the recovery effort, Trump has used the disaster for his political gains.
19% : During his tirade against diversity, Trump repeatedly claimed that he didn't know the full facts that led to the disaster, even admitting that it could have been "a pilot problem" rather than anything to do with who the FAA employed.

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