Kayan Collins Collins Class

President Donald Trump defended his comments about the question of whether the policies of diversity, fairness and integration (Dei) played a role in the collision of disastrous planes over the country’s capital that killed 67 people.

Berl Trump, in his interview with correspondents in the White House briefing room late Thursday morning, the efforts made by the Biden administration to reduce aviation standards, although he acknowledged that the cause of Wednesday night was not determined yet.

The CNN Caitlan Collins has objected to Trump’s speech, and invited him to “blame the Democrats, Di Diots, air traffic control and a member of the US military, who was flying this Black Hawk helicopter.”

She continued to ask, “Don’t you think you are applying now?”

Trump says DEI policies after the DC plane crashes, FAA employees say “The highest standards” says

“No, I don’t think so at all. I don’t think, with the names of people, do you mean the names of people on board?” Trump asked. “Do you think this will make a difference? They are a group of people who lost their lives. If you want a list of names, we can give you that, we will present it very soon. We are coordinating with US Airlines.

“I think this is not a very smart question. I was surprised, coming from you,” the president told the news person.

A US airline plane crashed with 60 passengers and four crew members with a military falcon aircraft carrying three members of service on Wednesday evening in the sky over Washington, DC, causing wreckage from both planes to the Potomac River. There were no survivors.

The tragic accident sparked a national conversation on aviation safety in the United States.

5 of the most American air disasters

One of the FBI’s investigation office carries a wreck, after the American Eagle Flight 5342 with a Black Hawk helicopter as it approached Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into the Bottomac River, in Arlington, Virginia, on January 30, 2025. (Kevin Lamark/Reuters)

Click for the Fox News app

Earlier in the press conference, Trump indicated that he had raised the qualification standards for air traffic monitors during his first administration, but he said that President Joe Biden had reduced them as soon as he left his post.

“The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recruits workers who suffer from severe mental disabilities, psychological problems, and other mental and physical conditions under the initiative to use diversity and inclusion on the agency’s website,” Trump said.

Anders Hagstrom Fox News contributed to this report