'Using tragedy to compliment himself': Critics pounce on Trump's latest press conference

President Donald Trump was eviscerated online after blaming diversity for the plane crash at the Washington, D.C. airport on Wednesday night.

"Trump's press conference today, blaming the FAA's hiring of women and black people for the crash - was disgusting," said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) in a response video. "Especially after he just threw the FAA into chaos, ousting the Administrator and the whole FAA safety board. He's in charge. This happened on his watch."

"Trump, looking like an Oompa Loompa with severe scalp mange uses the American Airlines / Blackhawk helicopter tragedy to trash Obama and Biden and complement himself. This deranged, malignant narcissist is as pathetic a human being as it gets," bashed singer-songwriter Bill Madden.

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Software engineer and pilot Alex Cole responded to Trump blaming diversity by pointing to local Atlanta reports about the white American Airlines pilot with Georgia ties.

"Trump is out here trying to blame Black people and women for a plane crash that happened *after* he announced a DEI purge of the FAA," posted journalist Aaron Rupar.

Long-time journalist Jim Acosta recalled the quote from President Harry Truman that with the presidency, "the buck stops here."

"Trump is trying to pass the buck and blame everybody but his administration for the DC plane crash. This is a time for consoling the families and investigating the cause of this tragedy, not shameful finger-pointing," Acosta posted on X.

Right-wing watchdog group PatriotTakes pointed to a tweet from Trump in 2018 in which he took credit for "zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record." After the crash, however, Trump is pointing fingers.

"When good things happen, Trump takes credit. When bad stuff happens, Trump takes no responsibility," the group said.

Writer David Mack attacked poor news coverage on Thursday, saying, 'the headline is not 'Trump blames deadly plane crash on DEI' but 'Trump seizes on deadly plane crash to attack minorities.'"