NBC News Reporter Blames President Trump For Delta Plane Crashing…in Canada

Leave it to the fake news media for using a disaster that happened in another country to attack President Trump…

After the horrific Delta plane crash earlier today, NBC News reporter Tom Costello attempt to shift blame onto President Trump.

Costello claimed that the recent “string” of plane crashes raises “concern about FAA staffing.”

He went on to say, “As you know, there has been talk about maybe staff cuts at the FAA as a part of President Trump’s effort to trim down the federal workforce,” and that the staff cuts are “going to feed into all of these recent incidents.”

Just, wow.

Newsflash, Tom: this happened in Canada.

Which isn’t part of America or under President Trump’s or the FAA’s jurisdiction…at least, not yet…

Just watch for yourself:

NBC News attempts to blame President Trump for Toronto plane crash due to FAA cuts.

FACT CHECK: This happened under Canadian authority under Canadian air traffic control. pic.twitter.com/EeKoe7OBcO

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 17, 2025

🚨BREAKING: Fake News NBC attempts to blame President Trump for the Delta Airlines Toronto upside down crashed Delta plane due to the FAA staff cuts. #planecrash

This was under Canadian authority and under Canadian air traffic control. pic.twitter.com/C0h3oHT2yz

— AJ Huber (@Huberton) February 17, 2025

For reference, here’s the full NBC News segment on Youtube:

The Daily Mail commented:

NBC pundit Tom Costello immediately blamed the horrific Toronto plane crash on President Donald Trump, despite it happening in Canada.

On Monday afternoon, a Delta plane crash-landed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport after flying from Minneapolis to Toronto.

The aircraft, a Bombardier CR900, carrying 80 people, flipped and appeared to land upside down shortly before 3pm. Miraculously, everyone on board survived. At least 15 people have been taken to the hospital.

Shortly after news of the frightening incident was shared, Costello, a senior correspondent, said that the ‘string’ of recent plane crashes will ‘yet again raise the concern about FAA staffing.’

‘Now, this is a Canadian air traffic control tower, and this is under Canadian authority once it crosses the border, and yet, as you know there has been talk about maybe staff cuts at the FAA as a part of President Trump’s effort to trim down the federal workforce,’ Costello continued.

He then went on to contradict what he said, adding: ‘At yet, as you also know, the FAA has been complaining for years that they are understaffed in critical job positions, especially air traffic control.

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‘I was having a conversation with somebody today about whether air traffic control in America has been affected by the staff cuts – so far not to their knowledge,’ Costello said, adding that ‘this is going to feed into all of these recent incidents.’

On Monday, the Trump administration started firing hundreds of workers at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

How shameless can you get?

Everything is Trumps fault according to our media. This is beyond propaganda. The more DOGE finds, the more Trump is to blame.

— LisafromTX (@LisaFAllison) February 18, 2025

NBC is trash media.

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) February 18, 2025

He controls the wind now? 😆 they still don’t get why their viewership is less than a kid playing video games on twitch, or how the democrats lost. These people need psychological help.

— Tony Starkastic (@tonybagalaughs) February 18, 2025

Carter makes a good point:

if Canada were a state, Trump would be at fault… so what NBC is saying is that we need Canada to be a state…

— Carter Garza (@cgrockstar74) February 18, 2025