White House Says FAA Elevated 'Dangerous Discrimination Over Excellence' As President Trump Comments On Tragic American Airlines Crash

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch," Buttigieg wrote in a post on X."President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA.
37% : Trump has now belatedly announced that Chris Rocheleaua, a former FAA veteran of 22 years and lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force, will take over as acting administrator of the agency.
32% : ""As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying.
28% : "Following the ousting of former FAA administrator Michael Whitaker on January 20 by Trump, the position had remained vacant and there was no one at the helm of the FAA when Wednesday night's crash occurred.
24% : "In the wake of the mid-air collision between American Airlines flight AA5342 and a military Sikorsky H-60 helicopter that tragically claimed the lives of all 67 people aboard both aircraft, Trump once again double-downed on his claims about DEI practices at the FAA during the Biden administration.
7% : "Their policy was horrible, and their politics were even worse," Trump said of former President Joe Biden and Barack Obama.

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