'Using tragedy to compliment himself': Critics pounce on Trump's latest press conference

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : "When good things happen, Trump takes credit.
50% : After the crash, however, Trump is pointing fingers.
38% : This is a time for consoling the families and investigating the cause of this tragedy, not shameful finger-pointing," Acosta posted on X.Right-wing watchdog group PatriotTakes pointed to a tweet from Trump in 2018 in which he took credit for "zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record."
22% : ""Trump is trying to pass the buck and blame everybody but his administration for the DC plane crash.
21% : When bad stuff happens, Trump takes no responsibility," the group said.
19% : "Trump is out here trying to blame Black people and women for a plane crash that happened *after* he announced a DEI purge of the FAA," posted journalist Aaron Rupar.
9% : ALSO READ: Marco Rubio explains Trump's bizarre stories aren't anything new -- so people won't careSoftware engineer and pilot Alex Cole responded to Trump blaming diversity by pointing to local Atlanta reports about the white American Airlines pilot with Georgia ties.
6% : Writer David Mack attacked poor news coverage on Thursday, saying, 'the headline is not 'Trump blames deadly plane crash on DEI' but 'Trump seizes on deadly plane crash to attack minorities.'"

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