HOT TOPICS | Another Plane Crash! Is it Safe to Fly??? - February 18th, 2025
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
You're muted, Don. Good morning, good morning, good morning. How are you guys? Thank you for joining us on Hot Topics. 10 a.m., a little bit late. I have good reason, and I hope you're okay with it. So my apologies, but let me say, I'm serious, okay? Think about this. Would you get on a plane right now? Would you get on a plane right now? I've been thinking about this. I have to travel soon. And I'm wondering, can you drive to Los Angeles? I'm kidding. But I'm wondering, am I going to drive? What am I going to do? I've always had a very healthy, shall we say, respect for flying. And now I just don't know. I mean, you tell me. Am I just being overly concerned? Am I being a fraidy cat? Well, someone in the chat says take Amtrak.
But do you remember what happened to Amtrak a couple years ago, too? Excuse me. Drive. Well, I'm going to show you some driving stuff today that's a little bit scary, too. I don't know. What do you do? Look, I think about driving in trains, I'm cool with that. But I am, let's just say, I don't want to say deadly, right? Hella serious about these airplanes. If you look at some of the videos of what's happening. It is concerning to say the least. I mean, what do you guys think? Tell me, where are you streaming from? Good morning. I'm going to send you something, guys.
And whatever else.
I'm texting.
Is it safe to fly after multiple recent plane crashes?
Whatever else you can get quickly. No, I'm serious. Someone said prayer. Someone has Psalms in there. Yeah. Yes. As we get a little bit revved up here, I asked the producers to give me something because I just want to show you examples of things. This is what I'm concerned about. And the question is, now imagine. We had this discussion this morning. Imagine if this was happening on Joe Biden's watch, what they would be saying. They're already saying it's Pete Buttigieg's fault. And remember when Pete Buttigieg was transportation secretary, this shit didn't happen. So the Republicans will do anything to blame folks. They're very good at messaging. And I want to know, should the Democrats be saying, hey, look, this is Republicans and MAGA to blame for all of these planes falling out of the sky.
Because you know they would be going to the extreme, and I don't want to say it. Well, this one is not because no one is dead on this one. Thank goodness no one died. It is laughable, Amanda, that they would blame Pete Buttigieg, but they're doing it. So I'm wondering, are Democrats missing an opportunity here to point out the obvious and say... Donald Trump is cutting all of these jobs from the FAA. He's eliminating all these positions.
Is he to blame for this? The job stealers in Washington, D.C. Is he to blame for this? Who is? Are they missing an opportunity by saying, you know what they would be saying about Joe Biden? especially if Joe Biden was flying off, doing laps around Daytona 500. While there were, Kentucky was dealing with at least 11 people who died in storms. What is he doing? Oh my gosh, Joe Biden has what? They would be saying, you know what on his hands, come on. I know you guys know what I'm talking about. I know you know what I'm talking about. I'm watching the chat. I'm watching you people. And I think you agree with me. So where is... The press conference, Hakeem Jeffries. Where is the press conference, Chuck Schumer?
Where is the press conference? For all of that stuff. Where is it? Hey, look, we need to talk about something. We need to discuss what's happening. The folks in Washington who are stealing your jobs are also stealing your safety. Do you think that getting rid of all of these positions, you don't think that has an impact on the safety of the travel, our air travel? When they should be focusing on why these planes are falling out of the sky? They are instead trying to change the name of the Gulf of America. They are rolling around on racetracks. They are flying off to football games.
Why? Now, let me just show you what precipitated this. And then I'm going to show you. I'm going to give you the breaking news, but I'm going to do it in a way that the mainstream media is not going to do it to you.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:12–2:38
2
Is it safe to fly after multiple recent plane crashes?
2:38–15:20
3
Are recent FAA job cuts and policy changes linked to aviation safety problems?
15:20–29:00
4
What video evidence shows about the Washington and Pennsylvania midair incidents?
29:00–38:54
5
How did passengers describe surviving the Delta plane crash?
38:54–1:06:39
6
How are Democrats mishandling messaging and what should they do differently?
1:06:39–1:21:29