Despite the tragedy of a deadly helicopter and passenger plane collision, Donald Trump used the event to push his political agenda, blaming diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hiring practices and attacking political opponents.
It’s easy, probably inevitable, to become inured to Donald Trump ’s meandering and often outrageous verbiage. He speaks so much, with such little regard for customs or social norms, that one can’t help but shrug a lot of it off. There he goes again.
“Because I have common sense,” Trump replied when asked how he could be so sure DEI played a role. “And unfortunately a lot of people don’t.”Credit:One thing we can be sure the US president does not have is common decency. While the bodies were still being pulled out of the Potomac River, he was on national television speculating about what happened and using it to justify his ongoing war on DEI and affirmative action.
Trump’s anti-DEI war is cloaked in the language of merit and competence; the US should be a meritocracy, he says, especially when it comes to aviation safety, where only the best will do. There’s a valid debate to be had about corporate and government DEI practices, and thanks to the president’s election victory and subsequent decisions, that debate is very much being had – globally.
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