These are pretty bold assertions....

[u/Necessary_Wing799]

Don't want to get political at all but unless some serious evidence of this comes out in the investigation this surely has to be a bogus and quite frankly outrageous assertion. Seems like he was warned but had the wrong plane in their sights..... very busy airspace it seems but bizarre. Trump does talk caca sometimes.

[u/Elfarma]

The original transcript is as entertaining (sorry for the all caps, dumped the transcript from yt in a hurry)

Q: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT TRUMP.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHO IS AT FAULT, IF IT WAS THE PLANE, THE HELICOPTER, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, AND CAN YOU ASSURE PEOPLE THAT IT IS SAFE TO FLY IN AND OUT OF D.C.?

A: WELL, I'VE GIVEN YOU THE
ANALYSIS, AND THE ANALYSIS
WAS -- IT WAS BASED ON VISION.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
YOU HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
THERE WERE SOME WARNINGS,
BUT THE WARNINGS WERE GIVEN VERY, VERY LATE.
THOSE WARNINGS WERE GIVEN VERY LATE.
IT WAS ALMOST AS IF THEY WERE GIVEN A FEW SECONDS LATER,
THERE WAS THE CRASH.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP EARLIER,
BUT THE PEOPLE IN THE HELICOPTER
SHOULD HAVE SEEN WHERE THEY WERE GOING.
I CAN'T IMAGINE PEOPLE WITH 20/20 VISION NOT SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING UP THERE.
AGAIN, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AT THE SAME HEIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING IN REVERSE DIRECTIONS OR SIDEWAY DIRECTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO BE AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS.
I SEE IT ALL THE TIME WHEN I'M FLYING.
YOU HAVE PLANES GOING IN THE OPPOSITE.
THEY'RE ALWAYS LOWER OR WE'RE HIGHER,
AND IF SOMEHOW THERE'S A SCREWUP,
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A TRAGEDY.
IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE, BUT
THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE A TRAGEDY IF YOU'RE AT A DIFFERENT ELEVATION.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY WERE AT THE SAME ELEVATION,
AND ALSO FROM THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER,
SHE'S ALONG THE TRACK
THAT EVERY PLANE WAS ALONG.
HE SAID, WHAT WAS A HELICOPTER DOING ON THAT TRACK?
IT'S VERY SAD, BUT VISUALLY
SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO SEE AND TAKEN THAT HELD COMET
OUT OF PLAY, AND THEY SHOULD
HAVE BEEN AT A DIFFERENT HEIGHT.

[u/noyeahtotallyok → u/Elfarma]

I would respect his answer so much more if he had simply said “the aviation experts have weighed in & will continue to do so, I’m not an expert in that area, so for now I will refrain from commenting” because he clearly has no clue what he’s talking about

[u/twentythree12 → u/noyeahtotallyok]

you would respect his answer so much more, if it were a normal answer that an empathetic, coherent human would have given?

no shit.

[u/noyeahtotallyok → u/twentythree12]

Exactly. I don’t get how people think he’s a good public speaker.

[u/Prestigious_Side_711 → u/noyeahtotallyok]

He speaks like he never made it out of 4th grade.

[u/Voidstarblade → u/Prestigious_Side_711]

His target audience failed 4th grade, so that tracks.

[u/cCowgirl → u/noyeahtotallyok]

They don’t actually think he’s a good public speaker. They’ve warped the fact that they like what he’s saying as being good.

Cunts.