【中美创新时报2025 年 1 月 30 日编译讯】（记者温友平编译）特朗普总统将周三晚上波托马克河上空的空中相撞事件归咎于联邦航空管理局和他的两位民主党前任的多元化要求，称空中交通管制员的标准过于宽松。《纽约时报》记者David E. Sanger对此作了下述报道。
特朗普总统的言论在没有证据的情况下暗示，招聘多元化和其他拜登政府政策在某种程度上导致了这场灾难，反映了他立即通过政治或意识形态视角来框定重大事件的本能。
特朗普总统将周三晚上波托马克河上空的空中相撞事件归咎于联邦航空管理局和他的两位民主党前任的多元化要求，称空中交通管制员的标准过于宽松。
特朗普没有引用任何证据，甚至在被追问时承认调查才刚刚开始。
片刻之后，他指责陆军直升机的飞行员似乎撞上了正在最后进近里根国家机场的客机，里根国家机场位于首都河对岸。
特朗普反复指责多元化目标，称这些目标是由奥巴马总统和小约瑟夫·R·拜登总统制定的，然后又说有必要进行调查。
他对多元化的关注反映了他的本能，即立即通过政治或意识形态的视角来框定重大事件，而不管事实是否合适。
这是他以前做过的事情：一个月前新奥尔良发生恐怖袭击后，他指责非法移民，尽管袭击者是出生在德克萨斯州的美国公民。
当被问及他怎么能说多元化招聘是坠机事故的罪魁祸首时，尽管调查人员仍在寻找有关空中相撞的基本事实，他说，“因为我有常识。”
“对于某些工作，我们需要最高级别的天才，”他说。
对于奥巴马领导下的联邦航空管理局，特朗普说：“他们实际上发布了一项指令，太白人化了。”
尽管做出了所有这些努力，但我们现在正处于从救援行动转向恢复行动的阶段。目前，我们认为此次事故中无人生还。我们已经从飞机上救出了 27 名乘客，从直升机上救出了 1 名乘客。
空中交通管制员在坠机前向直升机发出的警告录音显示，管制员首先警告直升机寻找加拿大航空支线飞机，然后告诉直升机飞行员在飞机降落时跟在飞机后面。这次对话将成为调查的一部分。
特朗普与副总统 JD Vance、新任交通部长 Sean Duffy 和国防部长 Pete Hegseth 一起出现在白宫简报室。这三人都首先赞扬了特朗普的领导能力，并重申他们将取消多元化要求，专注于能力。
特朗普在新闻发布会上任命了一位新的联邦航空管理局代理局长；在周四之前，他还没有任命过任何人。这位被任命者没有在新闻发布会上发言，同样在场的国家运输安全委员会主席也没有发言。
题图：特朗普总统今天向记者讲述了里根机场的飞机失事事件。来源：Doug Mills/纽约时报
附原英文报道：
President Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under Trump’s Watch
President Trump’s remarks, suggesting without evidence that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens.
President Trump speaks to reporters today about the plane crash at Reagan Airport.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times
By David E. Sanger
Jan. 30, 2025
President Trump blamed diversity requirements at the Federal Aviation Administration and his two Democratic predecessors for the midair collision over the Potomac River on Wednesday night, saying that standards for air traffic controllers had been too lax.
Mr. Trump cited no evidence, and even admitted when pressed that the investigation had only just begun.
Moments later, he blamed the pilots of the Army helicopter that appeared to fly into a passenger jet that was on final approach to Reagan National Airport, across the river from the capital.
Mr. Trump went back and forth between blaming diversity goals that he said were created by President Barack Obama and President Joseph R. Biden Jr., and then saying that an investigation was necessary.
His instant focus on diversity reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens, whether the facts fit or not.
It is something he has done before: After a terrorist attack in New Orleans a month ago, he blamed illegal immigration, even though the attacker was a U.S. citizen born in Texas.
When asked how he could say that diversity hiring was to blame for the crash even though basic facts about the midair collision were still being sought by investigators, he said, “Because I have common sense.”
“For some jobs, we need the highest level of genius,” he said.
Of the F.A.A. under Mr. Obama, Mr. Trump said: “They actually came out with a directive, too white.”
Despite all those efforts, we are now at a point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation. At this point, we don’t believe there are any survivors from this accident. And we have recovered 27 people from the plane and one from the helicopter.
An audio recording of the air traffic controllers’ warnings to the helicopter just before the crash indicated that a controller first warned the helicopter to look for a Canadair Regional Jet, and then told the helicopter pilot to go behind the jet as it was landing. That exchange will be part of the investigation.
Mr. Trump appeared in the White House briefing room with Vice President JD Vance; the newly sworn-in transportation secretary, Sean Duffy; and the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth. All three men began their comments by praising Mr. Trump’s leadership and repeating that they would eliminate diversity requirements and focus on competence.
Mr. Trump named a new acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration during the news conference; none had been appointed by him until Thursday. The appointee did not speak at the news conference, nor did the head of the National Transportation Safety Board, who was also in the room.
