Dana Bash Admits Recent Plane Crashes Aren't About Trump, Then Makes Them About Trump

CNN anchor Dana Bash spoke to a network aviation expert on Tuesday, who
explained that there was no �common thread� linking recent plane crashes
despite the repeated attempts of Democrats and media to create one. Bash even
repeated the statement aloud before pivoting to suggest that there was one.

Bash spoke with aviation correspondent Pete Muntean on �Inside Politics� just
ahead of a panel discussion on the issue, and he confirmed reports that a
landing gear malfunction was the likely cause of the most recent crash in
Toronto.

Repeating Muntean�s statement that there was �no common thread� connecting
the crashes, Bash then executed a 180-degree turn and added a �but ��

�I�m back here with our fantastic panel. Let�s broaden it out a little bit to
talk about what is going on here in Washington. As he said, there�s no thread
between all of those except the obvious, which is that planes are crashing,
which is frightening,� she began. �But this is happening against the backdrop
of massive cuts across the federal government, including at the FAA.�

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Politico's Eli Stokols adds "You know, you see planes crashing left
and right�at some point people may connect the dots and they may
come to blame this administration, this government, if they have
just bulldozed their way through government, taken out a lot of
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Panelist Eli Stokols, White House and foreign policy correspondent for
Politico, also weighed in on the issue.

�You know, you see planes crashing left and right � at some point people may
connect the dots and they may come to blame this administration, this
government, if they have just bulldozed their way through government, taken
out a lot of expertise because people don�t really know what government does
or is until it�s doing something for them or until it�s not there,� he said.

CNN is far from alone in the attempts to blame the Trump administration for
recent crashes � and they�re only too happy to loop in billionaire
entrepreneur Elon Musk and the Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
whenever possible as well, arguing that staffing reductions played a role in
the recent tragedies.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who was confirmed just a day before the
first major crash involving a military helicopter and a commercial plane near
Reagan National Airport, has said unequivocally that recent cuts would have
had no effect.

�Here�s the truth: the FAA alone has a staggering 45,000 employees,� Duffy
said. �Less than 400 were let go, and they were all probationary, meaning
they had been hired less than a year ago. Zero air traffic controllers and
critical safety personnel were let go.�

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