US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has warned of the long-term consequences of the shutdown. Air traffic will continue to suffer long after the funding freeze ends, Duffy explained on the US broadcaster CNN. The reason: Too many air traffic controllers quit because they no longer receive a salary. Before the shutdown, around four controllers per day would have been lost nationwide; currently there are 15 to 20.
Duffy warned against flights over the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday: “A large number of Americans want to fly home, see family. Listen to me: many of you will not be able to board a plane.” The amount of Americans who won’t be able to see their family will be “substantial.”
On his social network Truth Social, US President Donald Trump made a series of posts in which he raged against the US Supreme Court. The nine judges are currently dealing with the question of whether the US President can impose tariffs without congressional approval. A decision has not yet been made. However, the judges, including those nominated by Trump, had so far asked the US President’s representative strikingly skeptical questions.
Trump wrote, among other things, in a post: “People who are against tariffs are MORONS!” However, whether tariffs in themselves make sense or are permissible is not at all part of the question that the judges are dealing with. Trump wrote in another post: “This is all ridiculous! (…) Companies come to the USA ONLY BECAUSE OF THE TARIFFS. DIDN’T YOU TELL THE SUPREME COURT ABOUT THIS??? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE???President DJT (sic)” Read more about this here.
