President Donald Trump called a plane crash that has left 67 people presumed dead an "hour of anguish" but later claimed diversity, equity and inclusion hiring policies could be responsible.

Trump blames everyone he can.

“The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency’s website,” said Trump, noting that the program allowed for the hiring of people with hearing and vision issues as well as paralysis, epilepsy and “dwarfism.”

  • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    I used to think that this kind of statement would make people trust Trump less. But no, this is actually going to continue to convince more people that DEI is bad.

    I’ve learned that a huge amount of people seem incapable of seeing pathological lying. To them, Trump’s comments don’t lower the dignity of the presidency, they simply gained the credibility of the presidency.

    It’s so backwards, it’s hard to even admit to myself that that is how this is all working, but it’s exactly as people with dark triad mental disorders wish it, when being manipulative like Trump - their methods in fact work. And the fact that “DEI” and “crash” were used in the same sentence means that it is going to reinforce a lot of prejudices that DEI is somehow making us less safe.

    So this is digging us deeper, and oof, it’s not even February 2025 and it’s physically hard to keep watching. It’s also hard to imagine the amount of effort it will take to dig out of this hole, when we have four years of digging us deeper to still watch.