The Morning After

imagine taking sean duffy's advice and wearing a suit to the airport instead of comfy sweats and then not being able to fly for an indefinite amount of time

— derek guy (@dieworkwear) November 14, 2026

Markwayne Mullin on the nationwide ground stop: This is what Trump does. He puts people in place to lead. You’ve never had a builder like Trump in charge https://t.co/JUVamRiuEO

— FactPost (@factpostnews) November 14, 2026

Sec. Mullin during tonight’s briefing at the White House : “What it appears to be right now is, as secretary Duffy and FAA was going in and putting patches into the system, they were putting new equipment and new technology and that new equipment, new technology just wasn’t— it was overwhelming the older system, which is why secretary Duffy made it very clear the patchwork doesn't work. We need one complete system. We need someone to come in and build the whole system, doing it nickel and diming it together does not work. This is what happens when that takes place. That's why the president has made it very clear we can't do this. It has to be a complete overhaul of the system, which we estimate to be about $50 billion. However, out of an abundance of caution, we are still going to do everything we can to rule it out. If that changes, we will let you know.”

— Olivia Rinaldi (@olivialarinaldi) November 14, 2026

Sec. Mullin during tonight’s briefing at the White House : “What it appears to be right now is, as secretary Duffy and FAA was going in and putting patches into the system, they were putting new equipment and new technology and that new equipment, new technology just wasn’t— it was overwhelming the older system, which is why secretary Duffy made it very clear the patchwork doesn't work. We need one complete system. We need someone to come in and build the whole system, doing it nickel and diming it together does not work. This is what happens when that takes place. That's why the president has made it very clear we can't do this. It has to be a complete overhaul of the system, which we estimate to be about $50 billion. However, out of an abundance of caution, we are still going to do everything we can to rule it out. If that changes, we will let you know.”

Yeah, that didn’t inspire confidence.

I’ve spoken with 60 air traffic controllers tonight about what Sean Duffy said at the White House today. None of them are buying what he said because they said these types of switches that the FAA is doing, they don’t happen during the day, they don’t happen during busy times like a Friday afternoon. They’re doing these midweek, middle of the night when there is no air traffic going on. The controllers were saying, “We don’t buy that this is actually what’s happening, the reason that Sean Duffy is saying this has happened.”

— Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) November 14, 2026

I’ve spoken with 60 air traffic controllers tonight about what Sean Duffy said at the White House today. None of them are buying what he said because they said these types of switches that the FAA is doing, they don’t happen during the day, they don’t happen during busy times like a Friday afternoon. They’re doing these midweek, middle of the night when there is no air traffic going on. The controllers were saying, “We don’t buy that this is actually what’s happening, the reason that Sean Duffy is saying this has happened.”

“We can’t do this, give us $50 Billion”

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) November 14, 2026

So we give these clowns $50 billion, and don’t expect them to just light it on fire? Or to threaten Congress with criminal charges if they try to conduct oversight of the use of that money?