Twitter Pounces on Trump Claim Airplanes ‘Far Too Complex to Fly’: ‘Anti-Intellectualism Takes Flight’
Donald Trump is back on Twitter and giving his expert aeronautics assessment that modern airplanes are “far too complex” to fly.
The president’s latest tweets are a weird statement that technological advances in air travel are a bad thing, that “the complexity creates danger,” and that pilots are “no longer needed” because they’re somehow incapable of taking manual control of their planes.
Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly. Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT. I see it all the time in many products. Always seeking to go one unnecessary step further, when often old and simpler is far better. Split second decisions are….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 12, 2019
….needed, and the complexity creates danger. All of this for great cost yet very little gain. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot. I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 12, 2019
Judging by Trump’s tweets today so far, it’s possible his latest bit of online rambling has something to do with Fox News’ coverage on Boeing’s public scrutiny after one of their planes went down two days ago in Ethiopia. Even so, political observers at large are responding to Trump’s tweets with confusion about the Albert Einstein mention, questioning Trump’s expertise on air flights, and outright mockery.
The president misunderstands the problem…and in this case I do truly think he misunderstands it and isn’t lying.
Also a reminder that he has direct access to the world’s foremost experts on every topic and chooses not to consult with them or take their counsel. pic.twitter.com/R5NSKhmhkp
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) March 12, 2019
Live look at the new Air Force One pic.twitter.com/V6IQORjcwC
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) March 12, 2019
“Let’s make aviation great again!” — @realDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/mbmvDdDerH
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 12, 2019
shocked that this president is not compelled by data https://t.co/LzWNB20FdS
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) March 12, 2019
Or it’s possible — bear with me here — that he has no idea what he’s talking about. https://t.co/esj6D35Pg3
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) March 12, 2019
The ultimate Boomer president https://t.co/RckLEa56ra
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) March 12, 2019
Anti-intellectualism takes flight. https://t.co/puOr39Ss5S
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) March 12, 2019
The planes are too complex and the pilots are too smart is not where I saw this morning heading.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 12, 2019
Also wish I could be in the room with the Fox & Friends booker who now has to spend the day on the phone trying to find an expert who will come on tomorrow and argue that airplanes are too smart
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) March 12, 2019
I’da gone with Tim Apple instead of Einstein.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) March 12, 2019
Gotta agree with the prez here. I also don’t want Albert Einstein, who has been dead since 1955, to be my pilot https://t.co/cUnLvmGgsS
— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) March 12, 2019
What’s wrong w Albert Einstein?!? https://t.co/CXALbEVJKK
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) March 12, 2019
Looking forward to being ratioed for this observation
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 12, 2019
Just a reminder of the time Trump has an airline, which utterly collapsed. One of his planes had to do a crash landing at Boston’s Logan Airport: https://t.co/uKreElaR8m https://t.co/QtBjEQgUu6
— Matt Viser (@mviser) March 12, 2019
From Mediaite’s Caleb Howe.
In my day we didn’t have your fancy iPants and selfiephones. We had to yell across a field and if they couldn’t hear you, too bad. And we liked it that way, kept the chatter down. https://t.co/Nnx38JzElB
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) March 12, 2019
[Photo via Getty Images]
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