Former President Donald Trump criticized DEI standards at the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday following a fatal midair collision in the nation's capital.
Speaking to reporters in the White House briefing room, Trump accused the Biden administration of weakening aviation standards. He acknowledged that the cause of Wednesday night's crash had not yet been determined.
Trump noted that he had raised the qualification standards for air traffic controllers during his first administration, but he said President Joe Biden had lowered them once he left office.
On Wednesday night, an American Airlines jet from Wichita carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with a military Blackhawk helicopter transporting three service members. Trump confirmed that no one survived the crash.
