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.

Donald Trump claimed, without citing evidence, that DEI initiatives at the FAA were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in D.C.

After a passenger jet and an army helicopter collide in Washington D.C., Trump says DEI within the FAA could be reason for the crash. Read more here.

Donald Trump caught a lot of heat for implying diversity, equity and inclusion programs could be at least partially to blame for the plane-helicopter collision this week in DC -- and the women at The View were among those enraged by his comments.

Trump “blames everything on DEI, it’s his only game,” Colbert added. “The horrific fire sweeping through Los Angeles, DEI in the fire department. Violence in America, DEI in the police departments. Grocery prices, DEI chickens.”

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.

Elon Musk, who leads the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, also quickly blamed DEI hiring initiatives for the tragedy in a string of tweets on Twitter, in which he also pointed the finger at the Biden administration.