Or does MAGA dislike NPR because it does not bow down and kiss the ring of Pres Trump?

This is obviously a rhetorical question?

does Pres Trump have modicum of a clue of how interest rates work?

It won't be long before he appoints himself Chairman of the Fed, so we will find out then.

The answer will be, "no".

Why?

That would be the big question.

the switches seemed to have been moved to the cut-off position.

Yep. And then back to the run position some 10 seconds later.

Bad business in any case. They don't even train for an event like that since there ain't much you can do.

thx for the follow-up.

Voice recorder data released says one pilot asked the other why he cutoff the engines and the other pilot said he didn't.

Flight data recorder says both engines were shut down and then restarted, but there was not enough time for them to generate enough thrust to keep the plane in the air.

So, then... intentional?

Or the switches never moved in the first place, but the signals they generate did. Apparently the switches were found in the "run" position in the wreckage.

The timing is very suspicious. Both engines shut off within a second of each other just at the critical point when the plane is lifting off?

Guessing the switches are not placed in a position on the control panels or overhead switch-bays where they can be be accidentally flipped to "Off" setting.

They are guarded and have spring loaded latches to prevent accidental operation. Very unlikely to have been both shut off by accident.