Trump signs new order on DEI, jokes about visiting the air crash site

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73% : We need both psychologically smart and just brilliant, period,' Trump said.
66% : I changed the Obama standards from very mediocre at best to extraordinary,' Trump said.
62% : Trump added: 'The initiative is part of the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) diversity and inclusion hiring plan.
62% : It's only continuity in the sense that we want to have very good people, and that has to be in continuity, and that's what they referred to,' Trump said.
56% : Instead, Trump, who has his own plane that was parked at DCA Thursday, spoke of his own experience and the plane and altitude being at the same altitude.
55% : A runway.'Trump tore into Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg during his remarks, which followed a moment of silence for victimsIt was Trump's first time addressing reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room since taking office for his second termRead MoreBREAKING NEWS Dozens feared dead after American Airlines jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter in Washington DCTrump blasted Barack Obama and Joe Biden for including diversity standards. '
52% : The new order came just hours after Trump held an extraordinary press conference where he blasted DEI and woke practices at the Federal Aviation Administration and complained that a commercial aircraft and Black Hawk helicopter were both at the 'same height' during the collision.
52% : 'No, I think we need very smart people running the flights and doing it,' Trump said.
52% : Trump read from what he says was the FAA website listing diversity categories.
52% : President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA.
52% : It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn't the helicopter go up or down, or turn,' Trump wondered online.
51% : He was asked about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's statement that the Army Black Hawk was doing 'annual retraining, night flights on a standard corridor for a continuity of government mission.'Trump then said he put 'safety' first while Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden put politics first in an extraordinary attackRead More Trump's wild update on Washington crash veers from call for unity to warnings about hiring dwarvesTrump did not appear to immediately know about continuity of government - which refers to how the government functions during a disaster - when asked about it.
50% : He's just got a good line of bulls***', Trump said of Buttigieg.
50% : Time for the President to show actual leadership and explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again.'Trump came to the briefing room for his first exchange with the press there in his second term.
49% : If people take the deal, 'then they'll be replaced with very competent people,' Trump said.
46% : May God Bless their souls,' Trump wrote on his Truth Social site.
44% : Incompetence might have played a role.'Trump, 78, was asked if he had any plans to go visit the site, as rescue workers scour the Potomac River for bodies and collect debris at the start of a lengthy investigation about the crash.
43% : Trump ruled out concern about congestion at the airport with the nation's busiest main runway as a culprit.
40% : He said it called for an 'immediate assessment of aviation safety in light of the damage done to aviation safety by the Biden administration's DEI and woke policies.'Scharf said it called for the new acting FAA administer to 'basically ensure that we are actively undoing all of that damage, that we are assessing how much damage was done' and ensuring that FAA employees 'are only the most outstanding, capable people for the jobs that they're being hired into.'Trump also dismissed concerns that a government-wide email this week offering paid resignation 'buyouts' to 2 million workers would take a toll on the 50,000-strong FAA.
39% : In another demonstration of how Trump and his new cabinet members are marching in the same direction, both Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Hegseth also blamed DEI during their own brief remarks.
34% : We're going to go swimming?'Instead of visiting the Potomac where only parts of the American Eagle flight 5342 are visible above about seven feet of water, Trump said he would be meeting with family members of some victims.
30% : Asked point blank if he was aware of any performance issues or disciplinary actions with anyone working at DCA's air control tower or the aircraft during the crash, Trump responded: 'No.'
30% : And nobody realized,' Trump said.
29% : I am monitoring the situation and will provide more details as they arise.'That followed an angrier post overnight, when Trump blamed the Blackhawk helicopter involved in the crash as well as air traffic controllers.
25% : But at another point, asked race and gender played a role in the tragic accident, Trump said: 'It may have, I don't know.
25% : The conversation with the press inside the Oval Office came as responders were still removing bodies from the Potomac River from a crash that killed 64.Trump again brought up DEI as the recovery effort was still underwayThe order stresses that hiring should't be on anything 'other than the brain,' Trump saidInstead, he kept his focus on policies that stress DEI hiring. ''
20% : Only under questioning by reporters did Trump get back to some of the other areas being identified as potential contributors to the tragedy.
19% : Speaking at the White House, Trump said the tragedy was entirely preventable as he slammed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) recruiting practices in federal agencies.
17% : 'Despicable,' he wrote on X after Trump's presser.'As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying.
9% : Trump's appearance came after Trump issued a pair of online posts about the tragedy.
3% : Trump then said he put 'safety' first while Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden prioritized politics and called former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg a 'disaster' in an extraordinary attack on previous administrations.

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