President Donald Trump provided a major update on Thursday to Americans on the deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport.<\/p>\n
While speaking in the White House briefing room, the president began things by holding a moment of silence for all of the victims, calling it a moment of \u201canguish.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSadly, there are no survivors,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTogether we take solace in the knowledge that their journey ended not in the cold waters of the Potomac, but in the warm embrace of a loving God,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
Trump added: \u201cThey are working tirelessly to figure out exactly what happened. We will state certain opinions, however. I\u2019m also immediately appointing an acting commissioner to the FAA, Christopher Rocheleau, a 22-year veteran of the agency, highly respected. Christopher, thank you very much. Appreciate it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump also tore into DEI and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, calling him a \u201cdisaster\u201d who just had a \u201cgood line of bullsh*t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe FAA website shows that the agency\u2019s guidance on diversity hiring were last updated on March 23rd of \u201822. They wanted to make it even more so. And then I came in, and I assume maybe this is the reason. The FAA, which is overseen by Secretary Pete Buttigieg, a real winner, that guy\u2019s a real winner. Do you know how badly everything\u2019s run since he\u2019s run this Department of Transportation? He\u2019s a disaster. He was a disaster as a mayor. He ran his city into the ground, and he\u2019s a disaster now. He\u2019s just got a good line of bullshit. The Department of Transportation, his government agency charged with regulating civil aviation. Well, he runs it, 45,000 people, and he\u2019s run it right into the ground with his diversity,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
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