Pete Buttigieg, former transportation secretary and former South Bend mayor, called Trump's comments during today's press briefing "despicable."
Former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg has been talked about as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential nominee.
President Donald Trump slammed former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for running the agency "into the ground" following the D.C. plane crash disaster.
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg criticized Trump on Thursday for his reaction to the devastating incident after Trump baselessly blamed the Biden administration’s policies for threatening air safety. Buttigieg called out the president for “lying” about the crash in a post on social media platform X.
President Donald Trump began his White House briefing with a moment of silence and a prayer for the victims of Wednesday’s crash at Reagan National Airport.
In his first news conference since the aircraft collision over the Potomac River, President Donald Trump on Thursday implied that diversity, equity and inclusion programs could be the cause, although an investigation has only just begun into the fatal disaster.
Trump said he didn't know what caused the crash but "we have some very strong opinions and ideas."
After mourning the loss of victims in an air collision in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump pivoted quickly to placing the blame.
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is known for keeping a cool head when confronted with idiocy. However, President Donald Trump’s press briefing yesterday over the plane tragedy in Washington DC on Wednesday evening prompted a blunt,
Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the recent fatal crash of an American Airlines plane, highlighting the safety record during his tenure.
President Trump blames diversity hiring for the Reagan National Airport crash, sparking controversy and debate over air safety.