WASHINGTON (WNDU) – President Donald Trump didn’t maintain again when it got here to sharing his ideas throughout a information convention concerning the deadly collision between an American Airways jet and an Military helicopter.
Throughout his briefing late Thursday morning on the D.C. aircraft crash, President Trump sharply criticized former South Bend mayor and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. He even resorted to profanity to denounce what he known as Democratic-led efforts to advertise variety at federal businesses.
Trump complained particularly about Buttigieg, who served as transportation secretary underneath former President Joe Biden. He acknowledged that Buttigieg had run the division “proper into the bottom along with his variety.”
“An actual winner. That man’s an actual winner,” the president stated of Buttigieg. “Are you aware how badly every part’s run since he’s run the Division of Transportation? He’s a catastrophe. He was a catastrophe as a mayor, he ran his metropolis into the bottom and he’s a catastrophe now. He’s simply bought a very good line of b*******.”
Buttigieg responded on social media, calling Trump’s feedback “despicable,” including that “As households grieve, Trump must be main, not mendacity.”
The remarks got here regardless of the president acknowledging the reason for the crash is unknown.
“We have no idea what led to this crash, however we’ve some very robust opinions,” President Trump stated.
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