President Trump briefed reporters at the White House Thursday morning just hours after a commercial passenger plane collided with a military helicopter while landing in Washington, DC, likely killing all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.
“A group within the FAA determined that the workforce was too white, then they had concerted efforts to get the administration to change that and to change it immediately,” Trump said. “This was in the Obama administration.”
“Brilliant people have to be in those positions,” Trump said.
“I changed the Obama standards from very mediocre at best to extraordinary,” Trump said at a press conference. “Only the highest aptitude. They have to be the highest intellect and psychological aptitude that were allowed to be qualified for air traffic controllers.”
Watch Trump’s comments above.