Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to President Trump’s criticism of the FAA and the prior administration, calling it “despicable” at a time of tragedy and disputing his characterization of events.
Pete Buttigieg claps back at Donald Trump for blaming him for the DC plane crash
Pete Buttigieg Responds to Trump Plane Crash Remarks: 'Despicable'
"Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch," Buttigieg wrote on X.
"Despicable": Buttigieg fires back at Trump criticisms after deadly plane crash
He ran his city into the ground and he's a disaster now. He's just got a good line of (expletive)," Trump claimed Thursday during a press conference. "You know how badly everything's run since he ran the Department of Transportation.
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hit back after President Trump criticized the Biden administration and diversity initiatives in the aftermath of a deadly midair collision outside
President Donald Trump slammed former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for running the agency "into the ground" following the D.C. plane crash disaster.
Pete Buttigieg was less than thrilled when President Donald Trump called him out Thursday during a news conference.
Trump said he didn't know what caused the crash but "we have some very strong opinions and ideas."
Southeast Michigan's LGBTQ+ community can once again stand proud of our own Pete Buttigieg, who showed grace under fire while forcefully shutting down
President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted the Federal Aviation Administration's DEI standards at a press conference addressing Wednesday night's deadly plane crash in Washington, D.C.
Investigators yesterday recovered the black boxes from a passenger plane whose mid-air collision with a military helicopter over Washington’s Potomac
President Donald Trump is questioning the actions of the army helicopter pilot and air traffic controller in Wednesday's deadly midair collision in Washington. At a news conference on Thursday, he quickly veered into politics to speculate that Democrats and diversity initiatives could be to blame for the deaths of 67 people in the collision.
Initiatives aimed at expanding the workforce existed under President Trump's first term, including a program that aimed to recruit and train qualified individuals with disabilities, including veterans,
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