I mostly know Trump through news sites like AP and Reuters. I heard one of his speeches after a flight accident early in his term though and he was blaming retards and amputee midgets for the collisions.

Didn't see any mention of that in the news.

He was blaming it on DEI, and listed some of the groups he claimed were hired via DEI programs for air traffic control.

Most mainstream news covered him blaming DEI and and most mentioned specifically people with disabilities. Many didn't go into the laundry list of specific disabilities Trump mentioned.

The sanewashing is pretty bad. The headline probably reduced it to "Trump speaks out on aviation safety".