President Donald Trump took some criticism on MSNBC on Thursday for his social media post about Wednesday's plane crash in Washington D.C. in which he appeared to fan suspicions that there was more to the disaster than met the eye.
In a Truth Social message posted shortly after midnight on Thursday, Trump questioned how such a crash could have occurred despite the fact that, as president, he has far more access to intelligence and information about the crash than any other American citizen.
"The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport," wrote Trump. "The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane."
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MSNBC's Katty Kay reacted to this by questioning why Trump was posting as though he were still just a civilian instead of a president with real-world responsibilities.
"If you read that Truth Social post, I don't know if the president is saying that because he's been briefed that there was something odd going on that shouldn't have been going on," she said.
Willie Geist then chimed in to level some more direct criticism at the president.
"Whether he's actually informed speculation or just reacting to what he saw on television, seems really irresponsible to get ahead of the investigation," he said. "We've seen this from Donald Trump since he entered political life, and certainly since he became president... where he reacts to things as an observer as opposed to being the person in charge."
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