Trump’s First Big Move? Firing the People Who Keep Planes in the Sky. What Could Go Wrong?

Trump’s First Big Move? Firing the People Who Keep Planes in the Sky. What Could Go Wrong?

Imagine taking office and deciding that your first priority—before healthcare, before jobs, before literally anything else—is gutting airline safety regulations. That’s exactly what Donald Trump did.

Within days of his presidency, he shut down an aviation safety committee, fired the head of TSA and the Coast Guard, and left an empty shell of a committee in charge of airline safety. The official headline? “Trump Guts Key Aviation Safety Committee, Fires Head of TSA and Coast Guard.”

Oh, but he wasn’t done! Just eight days ago, Trump froze all air traffic control hiring—in a country that was already desperately short on air traffic controllers. You know, the people responsible for making sure planes don’t crash into each other mid-air. A ranking member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure literally warned that this freeze would cause major safety risks.

And now? A fatal crash in Washington, D.C..

Now, I’m not saying Trump’s policies caused this disaster. I’m just saying the timeline is interesting. But go ahead, tell me again how this has nothing to do with politics.