Trump 'finally' breaks silence on airspace disaster as he finds someone to blame

President Donald Trump has finally weighed in on the nationwide flight grounding, and he knows exactly who’s responsible: President Joe Biden.

“The Biden Administration was an FAA disaster. Everything they touched turned bad,” Trump wrote on Truth Social early Sunday. “Big money spent unwisely, making an old and broken system worse than when they began.”

“We have the knowledge and plan for the Flight Control Systems, we need Congress to give the money, FAST! Our FAA is doing a great job, and is ready to go,” he added.

Trump linked to a Just the News story headlined “Trump admin rips Biden admin handling of air traffic control after FAA ground stop.” It quoted the administration complaining that “under Biden, the FAA was focused on ‘inclusive language’ — like banning the term ‘airman,’” and that “even after the 2023 nationwide ground stop, they did absolutely nothing to address the problems plaguing ATC.”

The post was Trump’s first public comment on the FAA after it halted every domestic departure Friday. His silence had drawn criticism even from his own allies.

“The president has been unusually quiet about whatever caused the FAA to shutdown American airspace,” conservative radio host Todd Starnes posted Saturday. “Where is POTUS?”

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was blunter. “While everyone was freaking out thinking we are under some sort of attack, Trump didn’t even bother to address the nation,” she wrote, accusing him of posting about saving Hollywood instead.

The watchdog account PatriotTakes was quick to point out the timing.

“Trump finally posts about his administration grounding airline flights, shares article blaming Biden and asking for money,” the account wrote. “He’s been in office nearly 2 years and his party controls Congress."

Trump’s attempt to pin the meltdown on Biden skips over some inconvenient timing. He has been back in the White House since January 2025. His Transportation Department picked the contractor for the air traffic control overhaul in December 2025, and Congress approved $12.5 billion for the project last year.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has blamed overloaded routers and old, broken equipment for Friday’s shutdown, and the administration is now pressing Congress for billions more to finish the job.