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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Melissa Goldin,Ali Swenson and Alexandra Olson

Trump targets FAA diversity efforts in plane crash probe despite no evidence they played any role

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President Donald Trump wasted little time this week trying to assign blame for the nation’s deadliest air disaster in more than two decades. Among his chief targets: An FAA diversity hiring initiative he suggested had undermined the agency’s effectiveness.

“But certainly for an air traffic controller, we want the brightest, the smartest, the sharpest. We want somebody that’s psychologically superior,” Trump said at a news conference Thursday.

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