Aviation safety meets political brinkmanship in the form of an erratic social media post by President Donald Trump on air traffic controllers.
President Donald Trump weighed in this weekend with a message that combined encouragement, threat, and incentive. In a statement posted to Truth Social, Trump demanded controllers return to work immediately and warned those who do not would be “substantially docked” while praising those still reporting for duty as “patriots” who could earn a $10,000 bonus:
That prompted a harsh rebuke from former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg:
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