“Last-minute announcements and abrupt changes by the Trump administration have caused confusion in an already strained U.S. aviation system.”

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“Mr. Trump made a similarly alarming statement last month that quickly turned out to be not as serious as it first seemed — the president had appeared to threaten to ground Canadian-built aircraft flying in the United States over a regulatory dispute, but air industry regulators quickly clarified that air travel would not be disrupted by the president’s threat.”

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“It was the latest dust-up in an increasingly fractious relationship between two powerful government agencies, the F.A.A. and the Defense Department, as they attempt to fulfill differing objectives in a chaotic administration.”

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“Trump administration officials said the sudden closure of El Paso’s airspace this week was because of a drone flown by a Mexican cartel.”

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