President Trump has responded to the Friday night plane crash in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, expressing his sympathy for the innocent souls lost. 

As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, a small airplane in Philadelphia fell out of the sky at around 6:30 pm. It reportedly crashed into multiple homes in Philadelphia, causing a massive explosion and multiple casualties.

BREAKING: Plane in Philadelphia Explodes After Crashing into Row Houses (VIDEO)

Footage from a doorbell camera shows a large explosion from a neighborhood near the crash site.

WATCH:

Additional footage from the crash shows the airplane barreling down into the houses "like a freaking MISSILE," said Nick Sortor.

HOLY CRAP! The plane in Philadelphia just slammed into a row of houses like a freaking MISSILE.

WTF? https://t.co/w9rHje9RWc pic.twitter.com/eTf0nlUARR

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 31, 2025

According to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, six people were on board the flight, which was en route to Missouri's Springfield-Branson International Airport. Duffy further confirmed that the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident.

Here is what we’ve learned thus far.

A Learjet 55 crashed around 6:30 p.m. after departing from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. There were reportedly 6 people on board.

The plane was en route to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri. The @FAANews and @NTSB will…

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) February 1, 2025

President Trump departed the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews at approximately 5:20 pm ET after signing executive orders in the Oval Office.

He later arrived in Palm Beach, Florida, at approximately 8 pm ET.

President @realDonaldTrump arrives in Palm Beach, FL pic.twitter.com/w7Cw2QEekC

— Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) February 1, 2025

Duffy confirmed that he briefed the President just before 9 pm ET and said investigators are at the scene.

Just briefed the President and @GovernorShapiro from FAA HQ. I offered the full support of the @USDOT to the Governor and local officials.

Investigators are on site. @FAANews pic.twitter.com/CZOjE8TFKk

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) February 1, 2025

Notably, this latest incident comes after an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, collided with a US military helicopter on Wednesday night.

President Trump has blamed incompetence and DEI hiring practices as a potential cause of Wednesday's tragedy. The President addressed Wednesday's crash during a press conference Thursday and pointed out the disastrous record of Pete Buttigieg, the DEI hire and former Transportation Secretary.

The Gateway Pundit will continue to provide updates on the White House's response to the latest airplane tragedy. 

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Welcome to The Gateway Pundit’s Week-in-Review with Elijah Schaffer, where he covers the top 5 stories throughout the last 24 hours. 

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The Trump administration has issued a directive to ban 50 former intelligence officials, including high-profile figures like John Brennan, John Bolton, and James Clapper, from accessing secure U.S. government facilities.

This decision comes after these officials misleadingly characterized Hunter Biden’s laptop as Russian disinformation.

In 2020, it was 51 lying intelligence officials who were quarterbacked by Anthony Blinken to pull off the greatest election fraud in American history.

It was Tony Blinken who was in charge of collecting signatures from corrupt and partisan Trump-hating intelligence officials to sign off on the letter that the laptop was a Russian op.

Blinken, a very unimpressive man, was later awarded the Secretary of State position for organizing this elaborate lie.

It should be noted that the legacy media was more than happy to push this complete lie on the American public in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election.

It has now been determined that several of the 51 were actually CIA Contractors when they signed the 51 Intel Officer letter that was replete with fictional statements that broached the 18USC1001 statute on False Statements by Federal Officials.

Most of the names are forgettable wannabes who are trying to stay relevant in the Swamp. Then you have lowlifes like Jeremy Bash, a repeat offender and an alumnus of the 51 Intel Officer. Jeremy Bash is also married to Dana Bash of CNN.

The list of signatories includes several prominent former intelligence officials:

• James Clapper: Former Director of National Intelligence
• John Bolton: Former National Security Advisor
• Michael Hayden: Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency
• Leon Panetta: Former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense
• John Brennan: Former CIA Director
• Thomas Fingar: Former Chairman of the National Intelligence Council
• Rick Ledgett: Former Deputy Director of the NSA
• John McLaughlin: Former Acting Director of the CIA
• Michael Morell: Former Acting Director of the CIA
• Mike Vickers: Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
• Doug Wise: Former Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency

Now, a newly surfaced Cabinet memorandum and first reported by The Daily Wire reveals a damning effort to crack down on these traitors, 50 former intelligence officials who played a role in election interference and improperly disclosed sensitive government information.

The document, issued on January 29, 2025, expands on Executive Order 14152 (Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information), which had already revoked the security clearances of these traitors.

According to the memo, these former intelligence officials have been stripped of unescorted access to U.S. government secure facilities and revoked of security clearances.

These same operatives were instrumental in pushing the now-debunked Hunter Biden laptop cover-up, dismissing it as “Russian disinformation” right before the 2020 election.

The political shielding of Joe Biden’s scandal-ridden family and their foreign business dealings was just one chapter in a broader intelligence community war against transparency.

Now, under new directives, the State Department, Department of Defense, CIA, Office of Personnel Management, and the Director of National Intelligence must ensure these former officials no longer have access to classified government information.

Moreover, any former officials who obtained security clearances through private entities will now see those permissions revoked as well.

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