Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and current Secretary Sean Duffy traded sharp words Monday over the air traffic controller shortage that has disrupted U.S. travel during the government shutdown.

Buttigieg, who led the Department of Transportation under President Joe Biden, blasted President Donald Trump on X after he told controllers who walked off the job to “get back to work” and offered a $10,000 bonus for those who stayed on duty.

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“The President wouldn’t last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they’ve bee

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