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Trump blames Biden for nationwide grounding of flights, in first address since crisis
Trump blamed the Biden administration and pressed Congress for more funding after the FAA outage grounded flights nationwide and forced thousands of cancellations.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump broke his silence on the nationwide aviation crisis, blaming the Joe Biden administration for worsening the country's aging air traffic control system after a major malfunction grounded flights.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the four-hour ground stop resulted from maintenance work on an old copper wire that caused "issues" with communication and radar feeds.
- Duffy appealed for $50 billion to modernize the air traffic control system, though Congress approved only $12.5 billion for the project last year.
- Illinois state governor and prominent Democrat JB Pritzker retorted, "Cut the crap," adding Republicans could have funded the system; New York Governor Kathy Hochul called for Duffy to resign.
- Trump wrote on Truth Social that much of the current system is 50 years old and "RIDICULOUS," urging Congress to approve funds quickly to build the "BEST SYSTEM anywhere in the World.
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Biden, who ruled from 2021 to 2025, preceded Trump, but also after the Republican's first term, from 2017 to 2021.
·Warsaw, Poland
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US President criticizes Biden administration over aging infrastructure as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy estimates complete system rebuild at $50B
·Ankara, Türkiye
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"The Biden Administration was a disaster for the FAA. Everything they touched got worse. A lot of money was spent without criteria to make worse a system that was already old and failed," Donald Trump said in a message published on social networks.
·Lisboa, Portugal
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Trump called the management of aviation by the Democratic Biden administration “a disaster.” “Everything they touched ended badly,” said the president of the United States.
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Total News Sources37
Leaning Left9Leaning Right9Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Left, 37% Right
Bias Distribution
- 38% of the sources lean Left, 37% of the sources lean Right
38% Left
L 38%
C 25%
R 37%
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