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We have to have our smartest people” as air traffic controllers
Trump said Thursday morning There’s never been any proof that DEI causes any safety issues, because it doesn’t,
It just could have been,
Trump said when asked whether he believed the crash was the result of diversity hiring President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe. Time for the President to show actual leadership and explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again,
We’re proud to see thousands of first responders in the DMV region unify to support the enormous recovery efforts taking place on the Potomac.”
About emergency response from Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia personnel, Johnson said A group within the FAA determined that the workforce was too white, then they had concerted efforts to get the administration to change that and to change it immediately,
Their policy was horrible and their politics was even worse,
It’s one thing for internet pundits to spew off conspiracy theories, it’s another for the president of the United States,
Because I have common sense, OK, and unfortunately, a lot of people don’t.”
Asked how he could so quickly decide diversity was to blame for the crash near Reagan National airport, Trump said I would say yes. If we find that people aren’t mentally competent … these are not people who should be doing these particular jobs.”
Asked if he would “fire some of the diversity hires in federal government”, Trump said Brilliant people have to be in those positions, and their lives are actually shortened, very substantially shortened because of the stress where you have many, many planes coming into one target, and you need a very special talent and a very special genius to be able to do it.”
We did not know what led to this crash but we have some very strong opinions and ideas,
On behalf of the first lady, myself and 340 million Americans, our hearts are shattered alongside yours, and our prayers are with you now and in the days to come.”
We do not know what led to this crash, but we have some very strong opinions and ideas, and I think we'll probably state those opinions now, because over the years I've watched as things like this happen and they say, well, we're always investigating. And then the investigation, three years later, they announce it,
Trump said, going on to detail an investigation including the FAA, Department of Defense and the National Transportation Safety Board We must have only the highest standards for those who work in our aviation system,
As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying,
We have to have our smartest people. It doesn't matter what they look like, how they speak, who they are. What matters is intellect, talent. The word talent. They have to be talented geniuses,
The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency's website,
They spent a lot of money renovating a system, spending much more money than they would have spent if they bought a new system for air traffic controllers, meaning the computerized systems. There are certain companies that do a very good job. They didn't use those companies,
I put safety first – Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first. And they put politics at a level nobody’s ever seen,
