Blood on Trump’s hands

Thus begins the eleventh day of the Trump โleadership,โ as I write this, and 67 people are needlessly dead. The plane crash in Washington DC was Trumpโs fault. One of the first things the MAGA toad-god did as โpresidentโ was to fire the head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), fire the entire aviation security advisory committee, freeze the hiring of air traffic controllers and fire nearly one hundred top FAA security officers. Thus ensuring that an airline disaster would quickly follow, an airline disaster quickly did.
Iโm not sure what kind of irony is at play here when the first fatal plane crash on American soil in more than 16 years happened at Ronald Reagan International Airport. Iโll sort that out later. But I join a real American and a real President in his expression of grief. President Joe Biden said in response to the crash, โJill and I are praying for the families of the victims who tragically lost their lives in the plane and helicopter crash near DCA. We are immensely grateful to the brave first responders and emergency personnel on the scene.โ
By contrast and in true โleadershipโ form, the MAGA toad-god blames minorities and women for the crash. Trump used the plane crash to attack his political enemies. The Moron-in-Chief claims Democrats were responsible for declining standards in air traffic control and that the disaster โcould have beenโ caused by diversity, equity and inclusion [DEI] policies at the Federal Aviation Administration.โ
This is bullshit, of course. Women and minorities didnโt crash the plane and the helicopter, Trump did. This is just the first of many lives lost and families ruined because of the runaway insanity that is the Trump โadministration.โ
Think about what we lost thanks to this toxic asshole. The first confirmed victims of the plane crash included US figure skating champions and Olympic hopefuls. Theyโre gone. Sixty-seven precious human lives who formerly graced this planet are gone because fools put that stupid conman in charge.
Trump claimed that โvery powerful testsโ for competence in air traffic control were โterminatedโ by Joe Biden. No they werenโt. He also claimed that when he was president between 2017 and 2021 the US โhad a much higher standard [in air traffic control] than anybody else.โ No it didnโt. When Trump was asked how he could so quickly decide diversity was to blame, Trump said: โBecause I have common sense, OK?โ No he doesnโt.
Actual common sense would dictate that competence would be the first job requirement for rehiring the aviation experts Trump fired. But loyalty to Trump will be the only requirement, thus virtually guaranteeing that competence will be nowhere to be found. So once the plane crash is investigated and it is found that Trump was to blame, you can bet it will be covered up.
When we think about the coming blue wave in the 2026 midterms, when we deliciously contemplate the expulsion of Trump in 2028, when we happily meditate on the possibility the idiot might die in office, or be impeached and ejected from office, let us also take a moment to mourn the 67 people who died in Wednesday nightโs plane crash, and mourn in advance the thousands or even millions who will die because the MAGA toad-god is in power. Blood is once again on his hands, and I am truly saddened to think there is more blood to come.
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Robert Harrington is an American expat living in Britain. He is a portrait painter.