Trump Takes Credit for Air Safety System Run by Obama Holdover
- In tweet, president cites lack of airline fatalities in 2017
- Last commercial passenger airline death in U.S. was in 2013
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump is taking credit for the safety of the U.S. aviation system even though it is being run by a holdover from the previous administration and has avoided any commercial passenger fatalities for several years before he took office.
"Since taking office I have been very strict on Commercial Aviation," Trump said in a tweet Tuesday morning. "Good news -- it was just reported that there were zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record."