Trump, in first comments on air travel halt, blames Biden

On Sunday, former US President Donald Trump accused the administration of his successor, Joe Biden, of causing a nationwide halt in air travel that left domestic and international flights grounded for several hours on Friday. In his initial remarks about the incident, Trump described the current aviation management under the Biden administration as a "disaster."

He further criticized the administration's decisions, stating on social media platform Truth Social that "big money spent unwisely" had made the old and broken system even worse than before. The Trump account highlighted the extent of the disruption, noting that "everything they touched turned bad." The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted the four-hour nationwide flight halt after resolving an air traffic control failure, and flights have since resumed.