Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and a retired air traffic controller have absolutely demolished failed former DOT head Pete Buttigieg for his shameless attack on President Donald Trump’s no-nonsense demand that air traffic controllers end their walkout and return to their posts.
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Monday to rally America’s air traffic controllers back to their posts amid the latest Democrat-engineered government shutdown, courtesy of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s radical obstructionism.
“All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!! Anyone who doesn’t will be substantially “docked.” For those Air Traffic Controllers who were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn’t take ANY TIME OFF for the “Democrat Shutdown Hoax,” I will be recommending a BONUS of $10,000 per person for distinguished service to our Country.
For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK that was only meant to hurt our Country.
You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record. If you want to leave service in the near future, please do not hesitate to do so, with NO payment or severance of any kind!
You will be quickly replaced by true Patriots, who will do a better job on the Brand New State of the Art Equipment, the best in the World, that we are in the process of ordering.
The last “Administration” wasted Billions of Dollars trying to fix antiquated “junk.” They had no idea what they were doing!
Again, to our great American Patriots, GOD BLESS YOU – I won’t be able to send your money fast enough!
To all others, REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY. GOD BLESS AMERICA! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP”
Enter Pete Buttigieg, the absentee former Transportation Secretary whose tenure was a disaster of epic proportions, marked by supply chain collapses, endless train derailments, and a complete failure to modernize our infrastructure.
Buttigieg wrote on X:
“The President wouldn’t last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they’ve been through – and the way this administration has treated them from Day One – he has no business shitting on them now.”
But Secretary Sean Duffy, a true conservative warrior who’s been tirelessly cleaning up the mess left by Buttigieg and the Biden clown show, wasn’t having any of it.
Duffy, who’s spent his days at the Department of Transportation fixing the neglect and incompetence of the prior administration, clapped back hard: “Give me a break. You were basically AWOL at the DOT. I spend my whole day dealing with your neglect and cleaning up your messes. Sit this one out.”
Give me a break. You were basically AWOL at the DOT.⁰⁰I spend my whole day dealing with your neglect and cleaning up your messes. Sit this one out. https://t.co/DPptdJ3wOm
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) November 10, 2025
But the real gut-punch came from Joanie Scott, a retired air traffic controller with 34 years of frontline experience, who eviscerated Buttigieg on X.
“I worked under your FAA Pete Buttigieg and, after 34 years, mostly as an Air Traffic Controller, I retired because of how you and the Biden administration, to use your words, shit on every employee at the FAA and ruined a once fine agency.
You allowed men into my office bathroom.
I had to work with and for people you hired and promoted because of the color of their skin or who they have sex with who were wholly and completely unqualified for their job.
You FORCED me to inject an experimental dangerous drug into my body in order to keep my job and paycheck.
As for what the current ATC’s “have been through”, every single one of them is eligible for an interest-free loan program which their credit unions initiate during every government shutdown. As well, they all can withdraw from their TSP accounts. Every FAA employee knows these are both well established, common practices during shutdowns, so the only ones not coming to work are the ones making a political statement.
President Trump is right to call them out.
You, sir, can sit down and shut up.”
I worked under your FAA @PeteButtigieg and, after 34 years, mostly as an Air Traffic Controller, I retired because of how you and the Biden administration, to use your words, shit on every employee at the FAA and ruined a once fine agency.
You allowed men into my office… https://t.co/bEoq2zm6wR
— Joanie Scott (@JstJoan) November 10, 2025
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