The MSNBC host reflected on an "American hero" during a previous crash whom he called the "worst thing you can be in Donald Trump's Washington."

But within minutes, the “presidential” mirage dissolved. Trump unleashed an unusually appallingly rant, blaming the crash on Barack Obama, Joe Biden, former Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, DEI and people with disabilities.

There is no evidence that diversity efforts played a role in the crash, and his statements disregarded his own administration’s hiring policies.

The plane crash at DCA raised questions about recent leadership changes within the federal agencies charged with regulating air travel.

Donald Trump has said the Washington plane crash was ‘preventable’ in a social media rant, questioning why the helicopter travelled ‘straight at the airplane for an extended period of time’. Many are feared dead after an American Airlines passenger jet collided with a US military Black Hawk helicopter before crashing into the Potomac River at 8.