President Donald Trump blasted the Federal Aviation Administration's DEI standards at a press conference addressing Wednesday night's deadly plane crash in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

President Donald Trump on Thursday — without evidence — blamed Democrats and diversity, equity and inclusion practices for the plane crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that he deemed was a “tragedy of terrible proportions.”

President Donald Trump appointed Chris Rocheleau as acting administrator of the FAA after a plane crash near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night.

CNN's aviation correspondent tore into President Donald Trump for blaming the deadly plane crash in Washington on DEI initiatives.

US President Donald Trump gave a White House briefing on the crash in Washington DC on Wednesday night which saw 67 people killed when an American Airlines jet collided with a military helicopter.

President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed, without citing evidence, that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for air traffic controllers at the Federal Aviation Administration -- under Democratic presidents -- were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in Washington on Wednesday night.

Before holding a moment of silence for the deceased, Trump bashed the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) policies on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), highlighting a memo that said the agency was “too white” during the Obama administration.

President Donald Trump read some headlines while speaking from the lectern at the White House briefing room, appearing to blame a “diversity push” at FAA without evidence for the midair collision in the Washington,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he was appointing an acting Federal Aviation Administration administrator, Chris Rocheleau.