Lemon LIVE at 5 | Another Trump Air Disaster-Who Will He Blame Now? - February 17th, 2025
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What happened in the latest Delta CRJ900 crash at Toronto Pearson and who was injured?
Hello, family. Welcome to Lemon Live at Five. I'm so glad that you are here with us today. What a day. Now, you guys remember the last time there was an air disaster, right? The last time there was an air disaster... Uh-oh, my dog is sick. The last time there was an air disaster... Donald Trump blamed it on diversity, equity, and inclusion, DEI. And now he is saying he has the best people. He has been firing people from the FAA, hundreds of people. So days after he did that, a few weeks after the air disaster in Washington, D.C., and guess what? Another plane incident. This one is a Delta plane. It happened in Toronto. but I believe it left from Minnesota, a flight out of Minnesota carrying 80 passengers.
I'm going to update you on that. But welcome to the Don Lemon Show. This is breaking news. It's not quite as tragic as you think because so far no one has died. Now, we are told at this point there are critical injuries, but the critical injuries are not life-threatening. This is breaking news. Remember, that could change at any moment. So at least eight people are injured. That's according to local authorities. One person listed in, quote, critical with critical injuries. And that person with critical injuries, again, at this point, appears not to be life threatening. This is a Delta Airlines flight out of Minnesota carrying 80 passengers and crew crashed while landing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport just a little over an hour ago.
And of course, there is some context here, because as I said just yesterday, two Americans were killed in a plane crash at Georgia's Covington Airport. In total, there have now been eight aviation crashes or disasters or whatever you want to call them since Trump took office less than a month ago. Now, here's what we do know. This did not happen under Biden and Buttigieg. Not in this rapid a succession. Over the last three days, the Trump administration fired several hundred FAA employees, as I said, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after the January midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The impacted workers included personnel hired for FAA radar landing and navigational maintenance.
So what is going on here? Who is he going to blame? Is he going to blame DEI again? Because, you know, the buck stops with him. The buck stops with the person in the White House. So thank you for streaming live with us today. We are streaming live on YouTube. We're on TikTok. We're on Instagram and Facebook. And if you are joining us, if you want to watch the show, as I say, full frontal, then you need to join us on Instagram, where your comments will be up on the screen, as well as these folks who are joining us. These are our members. This is a top tier of our membership. These are Lemon Legends. They get to be on the show. They get to voice their opinion. They get to tell me how they feel. They get to agree or disagree with me.
They get to tell me what they think of this whole DEI mess. James Grimm is here, Lemon Legend. Kim Page, a Lemon Legend. Maureen Marfell, a Legend. Warren A., Legend. Marina Salazar, Legend. And new to this, right, Marina? We haven't seen Marina in a while, if at all. May Money's here. Andrea Denman is here as well. New. Natasha Williams and Nicole Cox. We've got the full Brady Bunch going today. So thank you all for joining us. I appreciate it. Here's the headline. Full screen to put it up now. Delta Airlines plane crash. Here it is right here. News is emerging of the Delta Airlines CRJ900 suffering a crash landing at Toronto Pearson Airport. And as you can see, it is upside down. Upside down. Here's the video of the crash plane upside down and someone speaking about what happened.
Watch.
We just landed. Our plane crashed.
It's upside down. Fire department's on site. Upside down.
Everybody, most people appear to be okay.
We're all getting off. This is what's going on. Now here's...
I am not a nervous flyer, but I have a very healthy respect for flying. Actually, I think flying for humans, obviously not natural.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What happened in the latest Delta CRJ900 crash at Toronto Pearson and who was injured?
0:19–6:57
2
How many recent aviation incidents have occurred since Trump took office and what pattern is being alleged?
6:57–8:02
3
Did recent FAA firings and staff cuts contribute to rising aviation safety concerns?
8:02–25:30
4
Why is Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy criticized for attending Daytona and the Super Bowl during aviation crises?
25:30–33:59
5
How are Lemon Legends and frequent flyers reacting to travel safety and FAA workforce cuts?
33:59–1:20:53