This is the Guardian.
Today.
How Donald Trump made diversity a dirty word.
I'd like to request a moment of silence for the victims and their families, please.
In the last days of January, back in the White House for a second time,
Donald Trump led a press conference after the United States worst air disaster since 9 11.
I speak to you this morning in an hour of anguish for our nation.
Just before 9pm last night, an American Airlines regional jet carrying 60 passengers and.
Four crew, with 67 dead and the aircraft's black boxes still in the river.
A US President might be expected to strike a sombre tone, but this is Donald Trump.
He does things differently.
We do not know what led to this crash, but we have some very strong opinions.
I put safety first.
Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first for Trump.
The villain in this story was DEI diversity,
equity and inclusion policies
that the Federal Aviation Administration or the FAA had been using to create a more diverse workforce.
Safety.
We have to have our smartest people.
It doesn't matter what they look like, how they speak, who they are.