President Donald Trump commented on the raging fire at the iconic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris by suggesting firefighters use “flying water tankers” to extinguish it.
“So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris,” the president tweeted shortly after news broke of the blaze.
“Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out. Must act quickly!”
The White House did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for additional comment about Trump’s suggestion.
Officials say the blaze broke out at the historic cathedral around 6:50 p.m. local time. Video of the fire showed the structure nearly totally engulfed in flames and smoke.
The fire, which appeared to be in the cathedral’s attic, is “potentially linked” to ongoing renovations, firefighters told Agence France-Presse.
First lady Melania Trump tweeted that her “heart breaks for the people of Paris.”
“Praying for everyone’s safety,” she wrote.
Trump’s tweet about the Notre Dame fire was his second piece of unsolicited advice related to aviation on Monday.
Earlier, he tweeted that Boeing should “FIX the Boeing 737 MAX”, the type of aircraft flown in the recent Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes n which hundreds of people died.
“REBRAND the plane with a new name. No product has suffered like this one. But again, what the hell do I know?” wrote the president, who walked away from his own failed airline, known as the Trump Shuttle, in 1992.