Victor Davis Hanson: Was Trump Right on DEI Being at Fault for D.C. Plane Crash?

The Daily Signal Podcast

The Daily Signal

News, Government, Politics, Daily News

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” a Daily Signal original series, Hanson discusses the controversy surrounding Donald Trump's blunt comments about diversity, equity, and inclusion potentially being at fault in the recent commercial jet/Army helicopter collision outside of Washington. “ We do know this, and Donald Trump brought it up, and that was that the FAA consistently under Joe Biden had racial quotas, and they abolished programs, and universities that encouraged people who had either expertise through the curriculum or prior military experience who would do well on meritocratic exams to try to join the FAA—and they were rejected because of their race.” “ My point is that when [Trump] did that, everybody in the media thought it was awful. But then people who probably didn’t even vote for him said, 'Wait a minute. I want to be safe. I want my daughter to be safe. I want my husband to be safe. You mean there’s people in these control towers that were selected for criteria other than merit?'” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	It's the most wonderful time.
0:04.0	Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?
0:07.0	Smart bookers get access to a three airport lounge by booking a five-star holiday with On the Beach.
0:13.0	Silly bookers? Well, enjoy those cues at the bar.
0:17.0	Stop booking around and visit Onthebeach.co.
0:20.0	Conditions apply. Seven night minimum stay, outbound only from selected airports from the stop booking around and visit on the beach.com.
0:22.2	Conditions apply.
0:24.7	Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people, at all protected.
0:28.7	People are really angry at Donald Trump
0:32.3	because in this tragedy of the airline accident Donald Trump actually said things that were quite blunt.
0:40.3	He said that DEI was maybe at fault.
0:44.3	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal.
0:59.7	And today we're being sponsored in part by the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University.
1:07.0	And it's wonderful dean of the school, Pete Peterson.
1:11.6	I'd like to talk a day about an irony.
1:15.6	Maybe it's something that's a paradox.
1:17.6	Have you noticed that there's certain people who are coming out of the woodwork,
1:22.6	who are diehard Trump opponents, and suddenly they say,
1:26.6	well, kind of sort of, I like Donald Trump,
1:28.9	or they don't say it publicly or they don't write it emphatically.
1:33.3	And here's what I mean.
1:34.6	He went to Davos and I thought, wow, they're going to destroy Donald.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Daily Signal, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Daily Signal and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.