Trump branded 'deranged, malignant narcissist' after FAA diversity speculation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : In his rant, Trump said air traffic controllers needed to be geniuses, adding: "They have to be talented, naturally talented geniuses.
65% : Trump said Mr Buttigieg at the transportation department had "run it right into the ground with his diversity.
42% : "The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency's website," Trump said.
42% : When asked by a journalist whether he had any evidence to support his claims that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and hiring preferences played a role in the crash, Trump said he didn't - but defended doing so "because I have common sense." His unfounded comments were widely criticised on social media, with a person writing on X, formerly called Twitter: "This deranged, malignant narcissist is as pathetic a human being as it gets."
26% : " "As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying," former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg posted on X shortly after President Donald Trump's White House news conference.
25% : " The comments followed Trump sharply criticising Buttigieg and even resorting to profanity to denounce what he called Democratic-led efforts to promote diversity at federal agencies.
23% : " Among those criticising Trump was Democrat senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who urged the president to apologise for his comments.
20% : It was the fault of diversity, Biden, and air traffic controllers who aren't intelligent enough because of targeted disabilities, eg 'dwarfism'." "One more person tweeted: "So when you think he couldn't be a worse human being, Trump blames diversity rules under his predecessors for yesterday's crash, saying he believes people were hired for air traffic control roles who were not qualified - but offers no evidence for this.
20% : "It was just grotesque the way he immediately politicised this terrible tragedy," said the senator, as he noted the way Trump started "pointing fingers" without knowing the facts of the situation.
16% : Donald Trump has been branded a "deranged, malignant narcissist" after speculating that diversity initiatives were to blame for the tragic plane crash that killed 67 people in Washington.
16% : Disgusting." After the press conference, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Trump spewing conspiracy theories about the crash "turns your stomach."

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