Donald Trump sarcastically said “You want me to go swimming?” when asked by reporters whether he would be visiting the site of the deadly air crash near Washington DC.
Authorities have given up hope of finding any survivors among the 64 passengers and crew on a doomed American Airlines flight which collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter, killing the three military personnel on board.
The president of the United States asked if he met some of the families of the victims after the tragedy of the Ronald Reagan airport on Wednesday night.
When asked about his plans to move on to the scene, he replied: “I have a plan to visit, on the site.
“Why tell me, what is the site? Do you need to swim?
His “callous” comments were condemned on social media.
On Thursday, at the White House, Trump Combative pointed to a diverse, unevidenced, hiring diversity that claims to lower the criteria for the crash.
He also blamed the helicopter’s pilot, his predecessor Joe Biden and other Democrats – including former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg – whom he labelled a “disaster.” Buttigieg responded by calling Trump “despicable.”
The cause of the accident is still unknown and investigators have not identified who might have been responsible.
Divers paused their search efforts in the Potomac River due to dangerous conditions in the water but have recovered the flight data recorders, also known as black boxes, from the American Airlines jet.
The National Transportation Safety Board said an initial report will be in 30 days.
Trump said he had no evidence to support his statements that projects of diversity, justice and inclusion and the hiring of personal tastes played a role in the accident, allowing “it could have been. ” He defended the saying “because I have no unusual sense. “
“We do not know what led to this crash but we have some very strong opinions,” Trump claimed.
It is unclear how that drive may have impacted the ranks of air traffic controllers, who Trump said needed to all be “naturally talented geniuses”.
The Federal Aviation Administration has more than 35,000 employees, a fraction of which they serve in this role.
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