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This post does not claim that Trump caused the crash. It only says that Trump gutted a key aviation safety committee, presumably because he believes they aren't necessary (or they slighted Elon or whatever the reason may be), only to have a terrible aviation disaster happen on his doorstep.
The contrast is what makes this a juxtaposition. It displays Trump's lack of good judgement, it doesn't blame him for the accident.
But the juxtaposition itself is stupid and is only being made in response to Trump's dumbass claims as some sort of straw-grasping gotcha.
Imagine I had a roof that needed repairs and I decided to save my money and not fix it. Then the next day a meteor falls down and crashes through the roof. Two groups of people then report the damage, one next to claims that the original roof was made by immigrants, one next to claims that I didn't spend money on repairs. But these are both dumb juxtapositions because it doesn't matter. Neither would have changed anything. A meteor is a meteor and it will crash through regardless of who built it or what state of repair it's in. It's pretty clear that neither group actually gives a shit about the meteor or about my roof, they just have an agenda they're trying to push.
It really feels like you're misreading this post. I know people have been trying to gotcha him, but that's really nowhere to be read in this post.
I'm not really sure I follow your metaphor. This post isn't claiming Trump should have "fixed the roof". At best it claims we should fund NASA to detect meteors, to stick with your metaphor.
Trump's claims are also not mentioned in this post, so whether or not it is "in reply" is also just a matter of your interpretation.