# Trump Kept Out of Sight as F.A.A. Issued Flight Ground Stop

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trump-kept-out-of-sight-as-f-a-a-issued-flight-ground-stop/
- Published: 2026-11-14T22:10:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T09:26:50+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Times (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/14/us/politics/trump-flights-air-traffic-social-media.html
- Topics: Culture, Government, Politics, Travel, World

## Key points

- The F.A.A. ground stop affected about 10,000 flights.
- Trump did not comment publicly on the disruption.
- Officials had not settled on the cause of the outages.

## Summary

The F.A.A. halted flights nationwide for nearly five hours on Friday, grounding or delaying about 10,000 flights and exposing concerns about the fragility of the country’s flight safety system. President Trump did not address the disruption publicly, instead posting about the entertainment industry and later criticising California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy briefed reporters, saying Trump was engaged behind the scenes. Their explanations initially differed: Mullin said new technology upgrades had overwhelmed older systems, while Duffy said old equipment had failed. On Saturday, Duffy said a routine router replacement in a remote area had triggered the outages, but officials had yet to determine whether a faulty part or contractor error was responsible.

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