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

The USA Fact Check Team digs into comments made about the FAA and diversity efforts in the wake of the DC plane crash.

In the deadliest US aviation disaster in 20 years, 67 people died after an American Airlines passenger jet collided mid-air with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington DC. US President Donald Trump has blamed diversity hiring for air traffic controllers,

The FAA has said that all controllers have to meet tough testing and training standards and go through a lengthy certification process.

Convicted felon Donald Trump blamed Barack Obama, Joe Biden and even DEI for the plane crash near Washington, DC.

During a White House briefing with reporters Thursday, President Donald Trump said weak DEI hiring policies in the FAA during the presidencies of Barack Obama and Joe Biden likely led to Wednesday fatal crash over the Potomac.

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.

It was Trump's first press conference after a plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter.

By David Shepardson, Steve Holland, Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided

Fox News host Jesse Watters went on a bizarre tangent Thursday, placing blame on DEI policies that embolden “dwarves” and “people with transgender issues” for the tragic D.C. aircraft collision. While Watters insinuated that DEI policies may not be the “main factor” behind the crash on Wednesday,

President Donald Trump spread unfounded claims that the midair collision that killed 67 on Wednesday night — which is in the very early stages of investigation — was the result of diversity, equity and inclusion policies that had been in place since 2013.