Summary

After a mid-air collision between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Eagle flight near Washington, D.C., Trump speculated on Truth Social, questioning why the crash wasn’t avoided.

Billionaire Bill Ackman suggested terrorism, though the FBI found no evidence of criminal activity.

Officials confirmed 67 people were onboard but have not reported fatalities. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urged patience as rescue efforts continue.

Trump’s comments have fueled conspiracy theories despite the lack of confirmed details.

  • Veedem@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Pasting my reply regarding Trumps comments from another thread:

    The questions he’s asking aren’t wrong to ask. The real problem, IMO, is that he’s the president and can’t simply post those questions publicly. He’s an idiot, though, so this is what we get.

    But seriously, he also asks why the Black Hawk pilot didn’t do ANYTHING to avoid a known flight path and I’ve asked the same thing.

    As for Ackman: he’s just another idiot guessing.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    Buddy that’s you. You’re in charge of the army. You could have prevented it.

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      5 months ago

      Sssh, you don’t want him making changes to the army. The army might be your last line of defence against this maniac.

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      5 months ago

      To be fair, if I were asked, “crashing or non-crashing?”, on my way through the terminal, I would also prefer non-crashing.

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    5 months ago

    I mean the crash did look almost intentional but as a president he shouldn’t be spreading fear but that’s his core base.

  • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I hope Trump guts aviation safety and planes start crashing left and right like they used to. Make air crashes great again.

    People won’t stand for it and the blame will rest with Republicans.