Worse than that: Even after the plane was basically grounded by all other significant regulators, FAA was made to take a show flight on board the aircraft, and

Worse than that: Even after the plane was basically grounded by all other significant regulators, FAA was made to take a show flight on board the aircraft, and Trump directly discussed the matter with the company. Grounding was then announced by Trump. Didn't exactly give confidence of FAA acting independently.