Donald Trump Is Just Watching This Crisis Unfold But he’s not taking charge

“In the middle of the night, as news about the plane crash at Ronald
Reagan Washington National Airport was breaking, Trump posted on Truth
Social:
    The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the
airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an
extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane
were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why
didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of
asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it
should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!
He raises some valid points—ones that many people might be wondering
about themselves. The difference between them and him is that he is the
leader of the federal government, able to marshal unparalleled resources
to get answers about a horror that happened just two and a half miles
from his home.
..
This morning, Trump held an astonishing briefing at the White House
where he and his aides unspooled racist speculation, suggesting (without
any evidence) that underqualified workers hired under DEI programs had
caused the accident. “We do not know what led to this crash, but we have
some very strong ideas and opinions, and I think we’ll state those
opinions now,” Trump said, and he did. Vice President J. D. Vance and
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized diversity efforts from the
lectern as well. "
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/trump-airplane-crash/681511/