# Trump blames Biden admin for FAA outage debacle — as he repeats Duffy’s call to spend billions on upgrades

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trump-blames-biden-admin-for-faa-outage-debacle-as-he-repeats-duffys-call-to-spend-billions-on-upgrades/
- Published: 2026-11-15T17:10:54+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T18:43:09+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/15/us-news/trump-blames-biden-admin-for-faa-outage-as-he-repeats-duffys-call-to-spend-billions-on-upgrades/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Trump blamed Biden’s administration for the FAA outage.
- The grounding stranded over 1.5 million travellers.
- Duffy is seeking $50 billion for air-traffic-control upgrades.

## Summary

President Trump blamed the Biden administration for a nationwide FAA outage that grounded flights on Friday, while backing a large-scale overhaul of the country’s ageing air-traffic-control system. The disruption stranded more than 1.5 million travellers and caused cancellations into the weekend; Trump said Congress should fund a rapid, comprehensive upgrade.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has asked Congress for $50 billion, up from his September request for $30 billion, on top of $12.5 billion approved last year. The FAA halted departures nationwide for more than four hours, its longest such stoppage since the 11 September 2001 attacks. Officials said a failed telecommunications upgrade by contractor L3Harris overloaded routers; up to 17 of 22 air-route control centres were affected, with no evidence of a deliberate attack.

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