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He needs to add 'responsibility' to his vocabulary.
I await Mayor Pete's scathing comeback.
Trump Blames Buttigieg for Air Safety Crisis on MAGAs Watch
FOR PETES SAKE
The president has pointed the finger at Joe Biden and his transport secretary.
Leigh Kimmins
Reporter
Updated May 8 2025 11:50AM EDT
Published May 8 2025 10:20AM EDT
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From last week, a mix of tech issues and a lack of staffing has triggered hundreds of flight disruptions. As Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy struggles to resolve the problem, Trump has taken to his keyboard, hit the caps lock key and started blaming everyone but his own administration.
Early in Trumps second term, he had to deal with a raft of problems at airports after Elon Musks cost-cutting force DOGE fired employees left, right and center, including hundreds at the Federal Aviation Administration. The cull came just weeks after a mid-air crash over Washington, D.C. that killed 67 in late January.
A crack squad of experts from Musks SpaceX was set to visit the FAA to suggest improvements to the U.S. air traffic control system after that accident, but it continued to falter last week due to a fried piece of copper wire, according to the New York Post.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-blames-buttigieg-for-air-safety-crisis-on-magas-watch/
Lovie777
(21,788 posts)cause the true culprits are on their jobs right now 100 days later.
And who fired most of the qualified and experience people Mr Duffy?
Dave Bowman
(6,687 posts)Yeah, yeah, you're the definition of incompetence, little man.😡
hildegaard28
(792 posts)Didn't have these problems when Biden was president. Planes only started falling out of the sky when Trump was elected and let Elon storm the FAA with his little band of dweebs.
Jilly_in_VA
(13,823 posts)Because it's ALWAYS someone else's fault!