Washington DC - President Donald Trump has blamed his predecessor Joe Biden for the nationwide ground stop that disrupted domestic and international travel earlier this week.

In a Truth Social post on Sunday, the president claimed the Biden administration was "an FAA disaster" due to reckless spending that made "an old and broken system worse than when they began."

"We have the knowledge and plan for the Flight Control Systems, we need Congress to give the money, FAST!" Trump wrote.

In a follow-up post, Trump claimed that if the funds are granted, his administration will build "the BEST SYSTEM anywhere in the World," further arguing that Biden had "set it back years!"

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The Republican's comments come after flights across the nation were grounded on Friday for several hours due to what the Trump administration originally claimed was a communication issue.

While Trump remained unusually quiet on the matter until Sunday, Transportation Secretary Scott Duffy quickly called on Congress to provide $50 billion to overhaul the system.

Throughout his second term, Trump has resorted to blaming Biden when his administration comes under criticism, particularly in regard to the economy.

The tactic was employed by Duffy in a subsequent interview with NBC News on Sunday, where he parroted Trump's talking points and claimed that a poor FAA system was "passed off to us."

Meanwhile, Democrats have called on Congress to repurpose some of the $74.85 billion granted to the Trump administration last year for immigration operations towards rebuilding the country's infrastructure.