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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

"severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, or other mental or physical conditions"

I thought he was talking about his supporters.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 hours ago
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago

...or understaffed air traffic control where controllers have to do 2 jobs at once. Then you have a helicopter pilot who was not following ATC instructions.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago

Nepotism(hiring unqualified friends and family) is far more rampant and way more destructive than DEI policies ever could be. DEI policies may help unqualified people gain low level positions, but with nepotism it's usually high level positions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

He's talking about himself, isn't Trump?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

As an autistic person (and no, we don't throw Nazi Salutes as stimming...) I honest to fucking god am so numbed by this guy's bullshit that it is kinda incredible.

All I could think of is how the mentally disabled were the first victims of the holocaust in WW2. Starting in 1939 around the time of the invasion of Poland.

The accident is 100% on Elon Musk and Trump. They fired the FAA safety officials and never replaced them, in addition to cutting massive amounts of funding and personnel that made an accident like this inevitable.

Fuck him. Fuck him HARD.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

I just want to point out that

Trump announced sweeping personnel changes, including a hiring freeze. But aviation experts said Trump had done little that could have precipitated the crash between a commercial jet from Wichita, Kansas, and a military Black Hawk helicopter. There was simply too little time – less than 10 days after Trump was sworn in – for any of his broadly worded executive orders to have had an effect, experts said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/31/did-trumps-firing-of-aviation-officials-increase-likelihood-of-dc-crash

He is still an asshole, but the firing had, apparently, as much to do with the crash as DAI programms: nothing at all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, refuting an argument by saying "other stuff is at fault" is the work of a true well educated and informed intellectual.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

And definitely not the sign of a massive narcissist.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago

For those keeping score, in his journey to fuhrer, you can mark this spot on your "classification of people Trump will put in camps" bingo card.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 21 hours ago

And yet one of them is in the White House running things

[–] [email protected] 13 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

The fucknut Orange Nero described himself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

History is unkind to Nero, who was really not that bad in comparison to a shitload of emperors that came before and since. I'm not saying Nero was good, I'm saying his reputation of being one of the worst isn't even close. I hope history is as unkind to Trump.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

Yes, and he is the one at fault.

[–] xzot746 4 points 20 hours ago

Yup that is how this presidency will be explained. America had the potential to be the greatest country in the world, but it just always remains out of reach, and that fucker you have in charge will irreparable do even more damage.

I feel sorry for what you (not you in particular) voted for (or what was stolen by the tech bros).

Hope you make it through this.

[–] [email protected] 110 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Timeline:

Jan 20 - Federal Aviation Administration Director fired.

Jan. 21 - Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen

Jan. 22 - Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded

Jan. 28 - Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees

Jan. 29 - first American mid-air collision in 16 years

By golly, Trump is actually correct. Someone with severe intellectual disabilities did fuck us over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

He's still bitter over PATCO, 1981

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's mind boggling anyone would even try to dismantle the FAA- they're one of the most boring organizations out there and their #1 concern is safety. There's even tons of money to be made while worrying about safety, so it is so odd to do this. Trying to reduce air traffic controllers is an insane idea in general- without them everyone's flying blind. It's gonna take decades to figure out all the damage this moron has done just like with Reagan

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago
  1. Drastically reduce their budget
  2. Fire the most experienced people
  3. Watch it all go to hell. More accidents and close calls.
  4. Blame gov workers and democrats
  5. ????
  6. Profit!
[–] [email protected] 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

And it's one of the most useful government offices if you're a billionaire who travels by plane everywhere. Plebs who have to drive everywhere are a lot less affected by overworked, overstressed, underpaid ATCs than guys like him.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago

Well thanks to the ElonJet guy they know where all the important planes are.... Who needs flight control when you have xcom /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago

Blaming yourself won't help the families, Don.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

So he actually blames himself. Fair enough

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Oh hey, we're headed towards useless eaters rhetoric really quickly

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

that's a coinidence, guess what I'm going to blame America's impending economic crash on?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

Ah, right, of course the FAA is plopping unqualified people down in air traffic controller chairs to fulfill diversity goals, just like fits with Don's delusions. Except that isn't happening, ATC's have to undergo a rigorous physical and mental health check. There are plenty of other jobs in the FAA that this policy applies to.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago

He must be talking about Elon

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"We may never find out what caused this terrible tragedy, but rest assured that a minority was involved."

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

I agree with trumps sentiment. Old, fat, stupid, senile people should not be in positions that need to make critical decisions.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I agree that it is the fault of people with severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, or other mental and physical conditions...namely Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk both of whom are donkey-brained narcissists that have untold amounts of health problems including ketamine addiction, incontinence, HGH chest, and anhedonia.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago

They're a clear and present danger to the country.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

And once again, Trump controlled the conversation, and all the actual evidence is out there window for most people.

It would be awesome if there was an unspoken “don’t feed the troll” understanding among journalists, influencers, mods, forum commenters, everyone. When Trump says something outrageously stupid, just… briefly acknowledge it, and then ignore it and proceed as usual. Like he doesn’t exist.

That’s a narcissist’s worst fear.

Sure, he'd bounce around in the conservative echo chamber, but at least he wouldn’t pull more people in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

You can't ignore it when it is coming from the president of the US

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

he's going fast!

Already preparing to put people with psychological disorders into camps..

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago

He's talking about himself

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Please bring another slander lawsuit against him

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yeah, he is god emperor immune... that's a waste of time

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He should work a shift as an air traffic controller so that people can understand he's just a regular guy like they are.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People are already suffering and dying because of him, let's not make it any easier for him to take lives.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago

He's not qualified. He is considered to have to much mental degradation and is barred by federal law to hold a position that important.

...wait

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And Trump knows best, he has all the listed conditions himself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe the intellectual disabilities, but the blame list included people with dwarfism.

I'd like him to tell that directly to Peter Dinklage, because I have no doubt that he could kick Trump's ass. And probably take out half the secret service on the way.

Do not fuck with this man.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Trump is so dumb, he probably thinks dwarfism means a micropenis, so in that case it does apply to him.

Peter Dinklage can kick Trump his ass both phisically and intellectually. But to be fair, most people can, from the age of 3 and up.

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[–] [email protected] 255 points 1 day ago (3 children)

He's going to use this as an excuse to repeal the Americans with Disabilities Act. I'm calling it.

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