Trump Mocks Reporter Over Nonsensical Question On Plane Crash

President Donald Trump mocked a reporter on Thursday for asking an absurd question about him visiting the crash scene of the passenger jet that went down in the Potomac River this week.

The exchange happened after Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office and was answering a few questions from reporters.

“Do you have a plan to go visit the site or meet with any of the first responders?” the reporter asked.

“I have a plan to visit, not the site, because you tell me, what’s the site?” Trump responded. “The water?”

“You want me to go swimming?” Trump asked.

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The exchange came after Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday following the tragic plane and helicopter collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Trump’s first executive order appointed Chris Rochelau as deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. Rochelau will serve as the acting administrator since the administrator seat is currently vacant, the president’s staff secretary, Will Scharf, said at the signing.

The president’s second executive action is titled: “Immediate Assessment of Aviation Safety.” It orders the Secretary of Transportation and the FAA administrator to “review all hiring decisions and changes to safety protocols made during the prior 4 years, and to take such corrective action as necessary to achieve uncompromised aviation safety, including the replacement of any individuals who do not meet qualification standards.”

“This review shall include a systematic assessment of any deterioration in hiring standards and aviation safety standards and protocols during the Biden Administration,” the order notes.

Trump stressed to reporters on Thursday that though it is unclear what role DEI measures played in the tragic plane crash, it is extremely important to his administration that employees be chosen on merit and competency.

“We want the most competent people,” he said. “We don’t care what race they are. We want the most competent people, especially in those positions. You’re talking about extremely complex things, and if they don’t have a great brain, a great power of the brain, they’re not going to be very good at what they do, and bad things will happen.”