Democrats previously hit out at the president's federal hiring freeze for hindering the "number one safety issue" in aviation.

Watch highlights from the deadly American Airlines and Blackhawk plane crash including news conferences, Trump briefing

President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed his predecessors and Democratic diversity measures and suggested that the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity efforts had made air travel less safe.

Sixty-seven people died in a collision between a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

A passenger jet collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC. All 67 persons were killed.

More people watched President Donald Trump’s second inauguration than watched any other inaugural event in history, according to the president. According to the new commander-in-chief, while his Oath of Office was administered inside the U.

Trump has never provided proof that a single DEI hire “failed to meet established standards,” one expert said.

Trump said he was tapping Chris Rocheleau, a top executive for an aviation business association, for the post.

No one survived the horrific collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C.

Without evidence, Trump blamed air traffic controllers, the helicopter pilots and Democratic policies at federal agencies for Wednesday night's collision.

Democratic California Rep. Norma Torres is doubling down on holding President Donald Trump responsible for contributing to the fatal aircraft