Jan 30, 2025 · FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump began his White House briefing Thursday with a moment of silence and a prayer for victims of Wednesday’s crash at Reagan National Airport.But his remarks quickly became a diatribe against diversity hiring and his allegation — so far without evidence — that lowered standards were to blame for the crash.

Jan 30, 2025 · In the first national tragedy of his second term in the White House, President Donald Trump wasted no time Thursday baselessly blaming Democrats and diversity initiatives in the federal government ...

6 days ago · Aviation experts said there was little that Trump did that could have precipitated the crash between a commercial jet and a military helicopter. There was simply too little time — less than 10 ...

Jan 30, 2025 · What did Trump say in his press briefing the day after the crash? At around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday morning President Trump delivered remarks about the crash to press in the White House briefing room.

Jan 30, 2025 · What Trump said about the D.C. plane crash 04:08. Washington — President Trump spoke in the White House press briefing room Thursday morning in the aftermath of the deadly plane crash in the ...

Jan 30, 2025 · As he spoke with the media later Thursday afternoon, Trump tempered his comments, saying DEI “may have" contributed to the crash. "I don’t know; incompetence might have played a role.

Jan 30, 2025 · President Trump blasted DEI and Democrats while discussing the National Airport midair plane crash Thursday, as rescue crews searched for victims in the Potomac River and the investigation continued.

Jan 30, 2025 · MORE: DC plane crash timeline: What to know about the deadly crash 12:22 a.m.: Trump took to Truth Social early Thursday morning around 12:22 a.m., to respond to the tragic midair collision that ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Wednesday’s crash of a plane and helicopter was the deadliest in the U.S. since 2001, when a plane crashed after takeoff, killing 260 people ... Trump blames American Airlines crash on Democrats ...

Jan 30, 2025 · On the morning after a devastating midair collision of an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter that sent 67 people, not one of whom survived, into the icy waters of the Potomac River ...