After briefly offering his sympathies to the families of those killed in the crash, and confirming there were no survivors, he pivoted to assigning blame for the tragedy - taking aim at his political

But within minutes, the “presidential” mirage dissolved. Trump unleashed an unusually appallingly rant, blaming the crash on Barack Obama, Joe Biden, former Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, DEI and people with disabilities.

President Trump’s remarks, suggesting that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens.

Trump used a White House briefing about Wednesday night’s deadly collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter over the Potomac River to rail against the Obama and Biden

President Trump blames diversity requirements and lax standards for midair collision over Potomac River. Investigation underway.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed diversity policies under Barack Obama and Joe Biden for poor safety standards after a deadly crash in which a military helicopter collided with a passenger plane over Washington,

President Donald Trump turned a new briefing on the tragic crash involving an American Airlines flight and an Army Black Hawk helicopter in the skies over the Potomac River into a partisan attack on Democrats and DEI programs. Trump spoke about the crash during a press briefing at the White House on Thursday morning.

Rescuers were still pulling bodies from the Potomac River as Trump cast blame on the FAA, the Army, diversity programs and his predecessors.

Recovery work continues at the crash site in Washington, where all 64 people on board an American Airlines flight died along with three soldiers on a military helicopter. Meanwhile, a report has found air traffic control tower staffing was "not normal" for the time of day.

Trump won't visit Washington DC plane crash site because it's 'the water' - The president said on Thursday he would be meeting with some of the families of victims of the tragedy, but did not specify

President Donald Trump said there were no survivors when an American Airlines flight collided with a Black Hawk by Reagan National Airport.

Investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Bombardier CRJ700 passenger jet, the National Transportation Safety Board said