Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) made accusations on Sunday that the Trump administration and budget cuts initiated by the Department of Government Efficiency contributed to the Mexican navy training ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge, which killed two people and injured 20. 

“With the Brooklyn Bridge strike last night, I’m fighting for answers about whether Trump and DOGE have impacted water traffic control,” Schumer said. “We know they’ve been meddling with U.S. Coast Guard staffing. Trump relieved Admiral Linda Fagan as Commandant of the USCG, and that position is still vacant.”