President Donald Trump held a press conference Thursday morning after the crash between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. After expressing the nation’s grief for those lost in the tragedy, the president denounced past Democratic administrations for weakening air traffic control standards. “I speak …
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President Donald Trump held a press conference Thursday morning after the crash between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. After expressing the nation’s grief for those lost in the tragedy, the president denounced past Democratic administrations for weakening air traffic control standards.
“I speak to you this morning in an hour of anguish for our nation,” Trump began. “This was a dark and excruciating night in our capital and a tragedy of terrible proportions. We grieve for every precious soul that has been taken from us so sadly.”
