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Trump steamrolls every principle of aviation safety in wild news conference

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      Karoline Leavitt
      This was not the planned topic of discussion for your program tonight,
      The Gazette
      Leavitt told host Sean Hannity
    • 88:88
      JD Vance
      When you don't have the best standards in who you're hiring, it means on the one hand, you're not getting the best people in government,
      The Gazette
      Vance said
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      We do not know what led to this crash, but we have strong opinions and ideas."
      The Gazette
      In doing so, the current president apportioned most of the responsibility to the policies of former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden despite conceding
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      Trump publicly speculated about the causes of the crash, which was not helpful to the investigators or the families of the victims,
      The Gazette
      Pitney told the Washington Examiner
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      The Obama Administration implemented a biographical questionnaire at the FAA to shift the hiring focus away from objective aptitude,
      The Gazette
      the memo stated
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      We've given up on Trump meeting the moment like Reagan's Challenger speech, but that was next-level terrible,
      The Gazette
      Heye told the Washington Examiner
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      It may have. I don’t know. Incompetence might have played a role,
      The Gazette
      he said in the Oval Office when pushed on the role of race and gender
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      What’s the site? The water?"
      The Gazette
      During that event, Trump also quipped to a reporter who asked if he would visit the disaster site
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      You must have only the highest standards to work in our aviation system,
      The Gazette
      Trump told reporters on Thursday morning
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      Do you know how badly everything has run since he’s run the Department of Transportation?"
      The Gazette
      he said
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      It's not your fault,
      International Business Times
      Trump said as he summoned a stunned-looking Duffy, who was sworn in less than six hours before the crash
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      We have some very strong opinions,
      International Business Times
      Trump announced
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      Air traffic controllers - already understaffed - got Trump's 'buyout' this week with a 1 week ultimatum to decide. It's not DEI - it's him. And Elon too,
      International Business Times
      she continued
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      I represent LaGuardia airport as well as workers for JFK,
      International Business Times
      AOC started her post
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      We've had a much higher standard than anybody else, and there are things where you have to go by brain power,
      International Business Times
      Trump stated Thursday
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      Certainly, for an air traffic controller, we want the brightest, the smartest, the sharpest. We want somebody that’s psychologically superior, and that’s what we’re going to have,
      CNN
      Trump said
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      We will see if that continues in the new administration,
      CNN
      Diehl told CNN’s Brianna Keilar
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      Sean Duffy
      I would just note the president’s leadership has been remarkable during this crisis,
      CNN
      newly confirmed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said
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      In moments like this, the differences between Americans fade to nothing compared to the bonds of affection and loyalty that unite us all, both as Americans and even as nations,
      CNN
      Trump said, in a moving statement that spoke to his potential as a healer at times of national stress
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      We will not accept passing the buck,
      CNN
      he said, moments after Trump assigned full blame for the accident