Trump turns a moment of national mourning into a push for his political agenda

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : " "He's just got a good line of bull----," Trump added.
53% : " Trump was joined by two members of his Cabinet, newly confirmed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
46% : "Wheels don't just fall off planes without gross incompetence in the equation!" Trump said the order he signed shortly after taking office was to "restore the highest standards" at the FAA.
45% : " During the press conference, Trump also appointed Christopher Rocheleau as acting FAA commissioner, a position that had been vacant.
43% : Trump was asked by reporters how he could know that diversity programs helped cause the tragic crash after just one day, and responded, "Because I have common sense.
41% : "I do want to point out that various articles that appeared prior to me entering office...the FAA diversity push includes focusing on hiring people with severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities," Trump said.
40% : "No, not at all," Trump said.
38% : " Officials has so far given no formal cause for the midair collision. Trump, however, also said he was "not blaming the [air traffic] controller, and said the American people should not be afraid to fly.
35% : " Trump opened the press briefing Thursday by thanking federal agencies and first responders, and acknowledging there were likely no survivors.
33% : " Both Duffy and Hegseth backed up Trump on the diversity issue during the White House press briefing.
32% : " "As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying," he posted.
30% : And while Trump faced criticism for his handling of the moment, it was in line with how he has eschewed the way traditional politicians operate.
30% : Doing so makes all Americans less safe." At one point, a reporter asked Trump whether he was getting ahead of the investigation by casting blame even before the names of the victims are known.
29% : Trump quickly put out a social media post casting blame for the accident Wednesday night, before many facts were known.
29% : "Their policy was horrible, and their politics was even worse," Trump said of past Democratic administrations that included diversity programs.
28% : Even though the investigation is ongoing and few details have been released, Trump quickly cast blame for the deadly midair collision that happened Wednesday night.
20% : They are a group of people that have lost their lives," Trump said, saying a list would be released soon. Trump also took direct aim at Pete Buttigieg, who served as Biden's transportation secretary.
17% : Just 11 days into his presidency, Donald Trump has been confronted with a national tragedy that claimed the lives of dozens of people after a passenger jet carrying 64 people collided midair with an Army helicopter in the Washington, D.C. region Wednesday night.
13% : In addition to DEI programs among air traffic controllers, Trump also blamed a "pilot problem" in the helicopter and bad eyesight -- "I can't imagine people with 2020 vision, not seeing what's happening up there." "Because it was visual, it was a very clear night," Trump said.

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