Trump, without evidence, appears to blame FAA DEI programs as factor in collision

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : But when a reporter pressed him, saying that similar language on DEI policies existed on the FAA's website under Trump's entire first term, Trump shot back, "I changed the Obama policy, and we had a very good policy and then Biden came in and he changed it.
48% : " Trump called Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary in the Biden administration, "bulls---," and said he had "run [the Department of Transportation] right into the ground with his diversity."
22% : RELATED: 14 figure skaters among victims of DC plane crash "I put safety first, Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first, and they put politics at a level that nobody's ever seen," Trump told reporters in the White House briefing room, referring to the policies, even as the investigation into what happened is just getting underway.
22% : " RELATED: Trump says no survivors after midair collision between passenger jet and military helicopter When asked by ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce whether he was saying the crash was the result of diversity hiring, Trump said, "we don't know" what caused the crash, adding investigators are still looking into that.

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