After a tragic mid-air collision in Washington that resulted in 67 deaths, President Trump questioned the responsibility of an army helicopter pilot and an air traffic controller. While expressing condolences, he quickly shifted to political rhetoric, attributing fault to diversity initiatives in hiring. Trump argued that air traffic controllers should be exceptionally talented and criticized the FAA's inclusion efforts. He acknowledged the lack of evidence for his claims but maintained that diversity hiring 'could have' influenced the incident, intertwining grief with political discourse at a sensitive moment.
The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency's website.
Trump said air traffic controllers needed to be geniuses. "They have to be talented, naturally talented geniuses," he said. "You can't have regular people doing their job."
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