President Donald Trump stepped to the White House Briefing Room podium himself on Thursday morning to provide an update on, sound off on, and spar with reporters over Wednesday night’s horrifying crash over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport between an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter.
Following opening remarks that ranged from a moment of silence to speculating barely 12 hours after the crash about its cause having been pilot error or even diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs (and then remarks from Secretaries Duffy and Hegseth and Vice President Vance), ABC’s Mary Bruce leapt at the chance to chide Trump:
ABC’s @MaryKBruce: “Mr. President, on DEI — on DEI and the claims that you’ve made, are you saying this crash was somehow caused and the result of diversity hiring and what evidence have you seen to support…
