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

The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other mental and physical conditions," Trump said.

President Donald Trump is questioning the actions of the army helicopter pilot and air traffic controller in Wednesday's deadly midair collision in Washington.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg criticized Trump on Thursday for his reaction to the devastating incident after Trump baselessly blamed the Biden administration’s policies for threatening air safety. Buttigieg called out the president for “lying” about the crash in a post on social media platform X.

CNN aviation analyst Miles O’Brien joins CNN’s Erin Burnett after President Donald Trump repeatedly suggested there was a link between the deadly collision of a passenger jet and military helicopter near Reagan National Airport and diversity hiring policies at the Federal Aviation Administration.

President Donald Trump on Thursday questioned the actions of the army helicopter pilot and air traffic controller ahead of a deadly midair collision in Washington and quickly veered into politics to speculate that Democrats and diversity initiatives shared blame for the deaths of 67 people.

President Trump spoke today on the deadly crash near Washington, D.C. between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter. MSNBC aviation analyst Jeff Guzzetti joins Chris Jansing to react to Trump’s comments and to share his expertise on the matter.

After calling for a moment of silence, Trump spent the bulk of his remarks in the White House briefing room laying out a series of diversity initiatives within the FAA that he sug