Posting on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump wrote: "The airplane was on a perfect and routine approach to the airport. The helicopter had been heading straight toward the plane for an extended period. It was a CLEAR NIGHT, with the plane’s lights blazing—so why didn’t the helicopter ascend, descend, or turn? Why didn’t the control tower instruct the helicopter rather than just asking if they saw the plane? This is a bad situation that appears to have been preventable. NOT GOOD!!!"
The collision occurred Wednesday night outside Washington, D.C., involving an American Airlines plane carrying 64 people and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter with three soldiers on board.