Trump calls fatal crash 'terrible'
President Donald Trump speaks with the media before boarding Air Force One on Monday. Credit: AP/Mark Schiefelbein
President Donald Trump on Monday called the fatal collision at LaGuardia Airport “terrible.”
“They made a mistake,” Trump told reporters, without elaborating, at Palm Beach International Airport before departing for an event in Memphis, Tennessee.
“It's a dangerous business," he said. "That's terrible.”
After his brief remarks, Trump boarded Air Force One.
Laura Figueroa Hernandez is the White House correspondent and previously covered New York City politics and government. She joined Newsday in 2012 after covering state and local politics for The Miami Herald.
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