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How the Plane and Helicopter Crash in Washington, D.C., Happened: Maps and Graphics
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Trump killed 67 Americans and it’s still January 2025.
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2025
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The last time he killed about 450.000 so, today is still below average.
You're assuming that the plane crash is a full count. I'd be really surprised if some of the other things he's done this week (eg: limiting access to reimbursement for health care) haven't killed people.
This is an overreach that minimizes the people who are actually impacted by Trump's actions.
This was the heli pilot's error, plain and simple. Tower was following protocol and did not grant clearance because they were short on staff or something ridiculous like that.
Individual human failures are often a symptom of broader and larger systemic problems. Pointing out these systemic problems is not over reach.
They were short on staff because of Trump.
This specific tower was not short on staff, and again, ATC doesn't just start issuing faulty clearances when they're short staffed.
Use your brain.
New York Times reported that "Staffing Was ‘Not Normal’ at Reagan Airport Tower, According to F.A.A. Report"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/business/air-traffic-control-staffing-plane-crash.html
If you read a little deeper, you'd know that ATC error wasn't the cause of the crash. The clearance issued was perfectly valid
Yeah but the Democrats hate trans people!!
LOOK, A SQUIRREL!
A genoside squirrel!
Even though this was the FIRST Mid Air Collision since 2008 and it happened AFTER gutting Federal Aviation Workers it's OBVIOUSLY BIDEN AND OBAMAS FAULT!
I heard Trump blamed this on DEI 🙄
No past tense, they are blaming this on DEI, and they will succeed. Because people are fucking stupid.
They know that their base hates it (not that they probably even understand what it is) and so it makes a good scapegoat.
I actually agree with him, if they didnt give an unfair advantage to put a rare orange manchild in the job, some 'regular' person might have become president instead. SAD
He's a DEI - Dickhead with Evil Intent
I can summarize it:
Plane going in one direction Helicopter going in a different direction
Plane and Helicopter cross paths.
3d trajectories. Heli was 100ft higher than it was cleared to be.