President Donald Trump's bizarre Tuesday morning boast in which he took credit for ensuring global airline safety set off immediate ridicule across the internet.
Responding to news that there were no commercial airline crashes anywhere in the world last year, Trump credited his own policies with preventing people from suffering airline-related deaths.
“Since taking office I have been very strict on Commercial Aviation,” the president wrote. “Good news – it was just reported that there were Zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record!”
Given that the president offered no evidence that he had enacted any restrictions that could have possibly affected global airline safety -- and given that no commercial airlines have crashed in the United States since 2009 -- the internet was quick to dismiss Trump's latest ramblings as yet another example of his delusional bragging.
Check out the top reactions below.
planes no longer crash in the era of the Godking https://t.co/gBAE5OGSPO— kilgore trout (@kilgore trout) 1514902963.0
BUCKHANNON, W.V. — The coal mines haven’t quite reopened, but here in this small West Virginia town, voters see rea… https://t.co/hh5OHUSWaB— Matt Fuller (@Matt Fuller) 1514903799.0
Trump: Planes don't crash because of me! Airlines: Actually it's because we've invested in new technologies to impr… https://t.co/Xq5fGvQ18h— Andrea Romano, M.A. (@Andrea Romano, M.A.) 1514903141.0
I’m willing to be a hundred billion Galleons that since taking office, Trump has had more conversations about Nords… https://t.co/Sa3H4pehTw— Jason Pinter (@Jason Pinter) 1514904162.0
@MAGAArizona @realDonaldTrump You know Trump is a sicko when he takes credit for no aviation deaths instead of cred… https://t.co/iV3QxKfTjo— Bishop Talbert Swan (@Bishop Talbert Swan) 1514904413.0
@realDonaldTrump Thank you President Trump for making America safe again! Obama didn't secure the border, didn't c… https://t.co/huShjLlfIC— Comfortably Smug (@Comfortably Smug) 1514903953.0
@realDonaldTrump Trump University now teaches aviation! It truly is the greatest school on any planet in the universe!— Jason Clay Ⓙ (@Jason Clay Ⓙ) 1514902539.0
I would like to thank Donald Trump for single-handedly making commercial aviation safe. Oh, wait, correlation =/=… https://t.co/PIPyDGLoJV— Kayle Hatt (@Kayle Hatt) 1514904720.0
