"President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe. Time for the President to show actual leadership and explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again."
Both Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth noted the height of the U.S. Army Black Hawk is the focus of the cause of the deadly collision.
"Tragically last night a mistake was made, and I think the president is right: There was some sort of an elevation issue that we have immediately begun investigating," Hegseth said at the briefing.
Trump ostensibly cleared fault of the passenger airliner pilots, but pinned fault on the "a pilot problem" on the helicopter, because "it was very clear night," and "it had the ability to turn."