Hakeem Jeffries Blames Trump For Newark Airport Chaos, Accuses White House Of 'breaking The Faa'

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries slammed President Donald Trump while discussing nan caller chaos astatine Newark Liberty International Airport, saying he had "decimated nan FAA."

During a property convention connected Monday, Jeffries took a reporter's mobility astir nan caller delays astatine Newark Airport.

"Well, it's surely thing that I deliberation we're each invested successful looking into, arsenic it relates to nan expertise of nan American group to beryllium capable to recreation successful an businesslike way," nan Democrat began, earlier turning his attraction to Trump.

"We do cognize that nan Trump management has decimated nan FAA successful a assortment of different ways, and they've been doing this from nan very beginning," he added. "They are breaking nan national government."

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries slammed President Donald Trump while discussing nan caller chaos astatine Newark Airport. (Getty Images)

Jeffries added that nan Trump management is "breaking nan FAA."

"And whether nan circumstantial business astatine Newark Airport has thing to do pinch that remains to beryllium seen," he continued.

"But it's my anticipation that nan Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will look into this situation, and we should get immoderate answers to fig retired really to get it turned around."

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Jeffries said that Trump "has decimated nan FAA." (Getty Images)

The convention came days aft nan massive delays and cancellations astatine nan New Jersey airdrome began.

On Thursday, much than 500 flights successful and retired of Newark were delayed and astatine slightest 200 others were canceled, and chaos followed passim nan weekend. As of Monday afternoon, 172 flights person been delayed and 76 person been canceled connected Monday.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed nan business connected mediocre exertion successful an X station connected Friday.

Representative Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news convention astatine nan US Capitol successful Washington, DC, US, connected Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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"The exertion that we are utilizing is old. That’s what is causing nan outages and delays we are seeing astatine Newark," Duffy wrote.