# US flight halt follows telecoms outage as Trump promotes Hollywood plan

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/president-trump-is-silent-on-nationwide-ground-stop-crisis-as-he-clears-his-weekend-schedule-and-brags-about-his-plan-to-save-hollywood-instead/
- Published: 2026-11-14T00:38:53+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T00:47:22+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16291673/trump-faa-ground-stop-reaction.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Culture, Entertainment, Film, Government, Politics, Travel, World

## Key points

- A telecommunications outage prompted a nationwide US flight halt.
- The FAA said all flights had been accounted for.
- Trump posted about Hollywood while the disruption continued.

## Summary

The FAA grounded flights across the United States on Friday after a telecommunications outage, disrupting thousands of travellers’ plans. President Donald Trump had not publicly addressed the halt by Friday evening, while posting about legislation intended to revive the US entertainment industry; the contrast drew criticism.

The FAA said the pause was a precaution and that every flight had been accounted for, with international flights handled case by case. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no indication of a threat and described the problem as a communications outage. It was the first nationwide halt since a computer failure in January 2023, and the second since the September 11 attacks; officials had yet to give a clear timetable for restarting flights.

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