On Wednesday’s CBS Mornings, co-host, Obama family friend, and former Democratic Party donor Gayle King tried to tie Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to the recent high-profile aviation accidents in 2025 and ask the CEO of Delta Airlines whether he too has concern about air safety with Trump in power. Thankfully, Delta’s Ed Bastian wasn’t having any of it.
After unsuccessful attempts by King and senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave to have Bastian speak to what he knows about why a Delta Airlines flipped over Monday in Toronto, Canada, King came right out with the partisan line wondering if Trump’s “cuts worry you” to the point there will be “impacts” on “safety”:
You know, the Trump administration recently fired many employees of the FAA administration. Did those cuts, do those cuts…
