Trump blames Biden for US FAA ground stop, urges Congress to fund air traffic control system upgrade

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Trump blames Biden for FAA ground stop disrupting US flights, urges Congress to fund air traffic system upgrade.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday blamed the previous Biden administration for the nationwide flight disruption caused by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday. He accused the Biden administration of making the country's already old and outdated air traffic control system worse.

Trump made his first public comments about the nationwide FAA ground stop since the incident took place on Friday. He also urged Congress to quickly approve more money to modernise the country's air traffic control system, according to CNBC.

The nationwide ground stop lasted for more than four hours on Friday. It disrupted flights across the US, leading to thousands of flight cancellations and delays and affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers.

Trump criticised the Biden administration in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social. He called the previous administration's handling of the FAA a "disaster", according to Trump's Truth Social post.

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Trump also accused the Biden administration of spending large amounts of money without using it properly. He said the government had made an already old and broken air traffic control system even worse.

The US president said his administration has the knowledge and a plan to improve the country's flight control systems. However, he stressed that the government needs Congress to approve the required funding quickly, according to CNBC.

Congress had already approved $12.5 billion in funding for the FAA last year. The money was included in a major tax and spending package. However, the funding may not be enough for a complete modernisation of the country's ageing air traffic control system. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has said that the FAA will need additional money for a wider overhaul of the system.

The FAA said the latest disruption happened after a large amount of data flooded its network, making its…

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