Trump Goon Serves Up Dizzying Word Salad on Flight Chaos

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DHS chief Markwayne Mullin’s head-spinning explanation of whether sabotage caused the nationwide ground stop left even Fox News asking questions.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin offered a less-than-reassuring take on the possibility that a “bad actor” caused the nationwide ground stop.

Mullin appeared on Fox News’ Sunday Briefing, where he was asked about his initial assumption that a cyberattack was behind the chaos.

“Isn’t it possible that a bad actor, whether it’s a state leader, a state government, or just some hacker somewhere, could have flooded these routers in Arkansas with data to shut things down?” host Peter Doocy asked.

Mullin responded with a head-scratcher: “Well, here’s where I come from, Peter: I don’t believe in coincidences until I’m proven wrong. And right now, I’m being proved wrong.”

The MAGA politician’s explanation only grew murkier as he attempted to clarify whether sabotage remained a possibility.

“So is it a possibility?” he asked himself, before answering: “Possibly.”

Mullin, 49, then suggested that despite the self-professed chance of sabotage, he had decided it almost certainly wasn’t the case. Instead, he echoed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s explanation of outdated tech systems.

“I would love to point it at a bad actor because then we know who to go back and punch. But the fact is, it isn’t.

“It really appears to be, with 98 percent certainty, that this was—this is because of a 50-year-old system that we’re trying to operate in today’s world.”

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