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 on Thursday slammed his predecessors and Democratic diversity measures and suggested that the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity efforts had made air travel less safe.

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

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

Donald Trump gave a briefing on the Jan. 29 helicopter-airplane crash on Jan. 29, in which a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter collided midair with American Airlines Flight 5342 as it approached Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

But the attack on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs that Donald Trump and JD Vance advanced at their press briefing Thursday—which was nominally in response to the tragic mid-air collision over the Potomac River Wednesday night—is foolish on its own terms.

The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other mental and physical conditions," Trump said.

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.