Republican political strategist Brad Todd acknowledged on CNN Friday that President Donald Trump shouldn't have rushed to baselessly cast blame on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the wake of a tragic plane crash this week.
While discussing Trump's response to the tragedy, Todd criticized Trump for not being able to read the mood of the nation immediately after horrific events such as this week's plane crash.
"Yesterday was the day when the president needed to be a mourner and needed to lead the country in mourning," Todd said. "And he's really bad at that. I think before he went out, he should have gone and watched President Reagan's speech after the Challenger disaster, where Peggy Noonan had written for him a poem... it was a moment for poetry yesterday. There is going to be plenty of time to argue about the FAA's policies and DEI and other mistakes it's made, but yesterday was definitely not that time... He's just more comfortable in combat and confrontation."
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Later in the segment, Todd said that "unpredictability has always been an Achilles [heel] for Trump" and he said that Trump this time "got in a hurry" to blame DEI for the tragedy and emphasized that "it is not what you do 12 hours after the plane crash."
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