Lamentations 3:40
King James Version
40 Let us search and try our ways,
and turn again to the Lord.
No wonder GOD wanted me to keep writing about Trump.
Which I did yesterday.
The 10-day-old leadership of president Trump was to be tested.
As well as the five-day-old leadership of Pete Hegseth, the new defense secretary.
Not to mention the day-old leadership of Sean Duffy, the new transportation secretary.
A commercial plane and military helicopter collided yesterday.
The airliner carried 64 on board; the chopper, three.
At least 28 bodies were recovered.
Many believe no one could have survived the impact and explosion in mid-air.
Neither the freezing, choppy waters of the Potomac.
CBN News reports the water temperature was at least 35 degrees F.
35 °F is equal to 1.67 °C
We commiserate with the families of all who may have lost their lives.
It's especially poignant, considering their plane was already preparing to land.
Something that happened a month ago, with the south Korean incident.
Should people be afraid to fly now?
No -- our lives are in GOD's hand alone.
Job 12:9-10
King James Version
9 Who knoweth not in all these
that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
and the breath of all mankind.
A true tragedy in the early throes of the renewed Trump administration.
Reminding me of a tragedy that faced my own Philippine president, Benigno Aquino III, after he just sat in office on 30 June 2010.
Barely two months in office, he, too, got a "baptism of fire".
A disgruntled police officer took 25 hostages in a bus, 20 of whom were tourists.
"The Philippine and Hong Kong governments conducted separate investigations into the incident. Both inquiries concluded that the Philippine officials' poor handling of the situation caused the eight hostages' deaths."
-- Wikipedia
The first thing that came to mind?
President Aquino was being tested for his "leadership".
Now, it's happening with president Trump, and his two newly-confirmed cabinet members.
I mean, what are the chances that he, and his two men (relevant to the incident), would be tested so early on?
In any major leadership, crucial "tests" are given.
Somehow, I know how Trump would handle it.
With heart, firmness, and common sense.
Strangely, the American Airline incident directly involved the Federal Aviation Administration, too.
Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, just mentioned the FAA in her FIRST press briefing two days ago.
That was her opening at the briefing, talking about the "drones" over New Jersey, silencing all qualms, and conspiracy theories.
As if by GOD's design, we also just mentioned the FAA in our article yesterday.
This will test Leavitt's leadership, too, for she will be busy addressing questions from hereon.
Even as the president already did today.
All these, I was made to "witness".
THANKS to the HOLY SPIRIT.
Who keeps leading me, inspiring me, and teaching me.
I really must keep writing about Trump.
It's the assignment GOD had given me.
Is GOD keeping us all "sharp"?
That, I am wont to believe.
Now, Hegseth, and Duffy's, will look into their departments.
Yesterday, president Trump blamed air traffic control.
Today, the DEI issue came up.
Expect Trump to be rid of that, completely.
Trump said he made reforms after Obama's presidency.
But Biden reformed his reforms.
And now, Trump reformed it again three days ago,
Knowing the president, he will make sure an incident such as this never happens again.
GOD-willing, it won't.
The air space in D.C. is very busy.
Trump, in his usual common sense, questioned why the plane, and helicopter, were on the same level, and direction.
Arthur Rosenberg, an aviation attorney and former pilot, felt the same way, too.
As the president gave his initial statement last night, I thought to myself he won't let this pass, without an uproar.
He cannot bear lives lost, because of ineptness.
After all, who could be the busiest "flier" than Trump?
He has his own TRUMP plane.
Now, he's got back his Air Force One presidential plane.
Not to mention his Marine One helicopter.
Of course, I expected his critics to forget that.
They sure did, as they "attacked" him at the presscon.
To know more, here are THREE relevant, short videos:
Trump fires back at press over DEI, DC plane crash: 'Not a very smart question'
'This is not rocket science': Former pilot gives straightforward analysis on DC plane crash
Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth remarks on deadly crash of passenger plane and Army helicopter
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Donald Trump full press conference on DC plane crash with Army helicopter near Reagan Airport
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