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Amid a nationwide ground stop that has halted all flights across the U.S. on Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump took to social media to rant about reviving the entertainment industry.
“I am working with Senator Tim Scott and, believe it or not, Senator Adam Schiff, and, additionally, Senators John Cornyn, Raphael Warnock, Steve Daines, Bernie Moreno, Tim Sheehy, Alex Padilla, Mark Warner, Thom Tillis, Chris Coons, Katie Britt, and **** Durbin, together with Representatives Jason Smith, Nathaniel Moran, Brian Jack, Linda Sanchez, and many others, both Republican and Democrat, on the Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act,” Trump wrote on Truth Social at 5:52 p.m. ET just over an hour after the Federal Aviation Administration issued the ground stop.
As of 6 p.m. ET, the president has not yet released a statement or addressed the American people on the ground stop.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told reporters outside the White House just after 5 p.m. ET that Trump had been briefed on the matter and there is no danger to the general public.
“There is no reason for the public to be afraid or scared for your loved ones,” Mullin said. “This isn’t another 9/11, I just can’t repeat that enough. People are making that assumption because that’s the last time we had a nationwide ground stoppage. This is a telecommunication outage. This is much different.”
It should be noted that the last time the U.S. experienced a nationwide ground stop was in 2023.
Source: sg.news.yahoo.com
