Trump Tells Jaw-Dropping Lie About Being ‘Rescued’ on 9/11
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Donald Trump took his years of embellishing his role in the aftermath of 9/11 to another level Tuesday by suggesting firefighters pulled him from Ground Zero.
The wild remarks were made at a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks, as the White House honored a man who died saving people at the site.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks while standing behind protective glass. Nathan Howard/REUTERS
Speaking on stage near a display of structural steel that had fallen from the towers that day, Trump veered into a story about his own alleged presence at the scene of the attack a quarter-century ago.
“The United States Steel Building was creaking, really creaking, and we thought it was going to fall down,” Trump began.
Photographs of victims who died in the September 11, 2001, attacks, are displayed at the Steel Across America event. Evan Vucci/REUTERS
“We thought it was coming down on top of us, and two firemen - big, strong guys, and I’m not the smallest guy in the world - they grabbed me under the arm, said, ‘Got to get out of here!’ And they literally lifted me up.
“This is not easy to do. I’m big. They lifted me up and they started running with me. I said, ‘Fellas, I can run myself’ – but they were amazing. But they thought it was coming down. It didn’t come down.”
The comments appear to be an extension of a story Trump has told before, including during a head-scratching interview on Newsmax in 2021.
New York City firefighters take a rest at the World Trade Center after two hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers September 11, 2001 in New York. Ron Agam/Getty Images
But it immediately sparked a backlash online, with some suggesting it sounded as though the president was claiming he had been pulled from the rubble as though he was one of the September 11 survivors.
“So many lies. It’s exhausting,” quipped artist Angu Walters.
“Our president is completely delusional,” said Huffpost senior White House correspondent S.V. Date.
“Don’t allow Trump to sully the 9/11 tragedy with his sick fantasies,” added Tara Setmayer, co-founder of the Seneca Project.
Alastair Grant/Pool via REUTERS
And golf writer and author Rick Reilly - who detailed Trump’s extensive golf cheating in his book Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump - claimed he had first-hand knowledge that the president was lying.
“I know this is BS because I was with him in his Trump Tower apt once. I was looking through his telescope. He said, “I watched the twin towers fall through that ... it’s solid gold.” Those were his exact words and not a single word about going down there to help," Reilly wrote on X.
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He didn't do diddly squat on that day except brag about his stupid building. I bet his hands are as soft as a baby's butt
You would think after 25 years someone in the fire department would back him up. NYPD has a lot of big fans of his after all.
This goes with his claim he saw Arab Americans dancing in the streets after the twin towers fell.
I remember that. That claim was later debunked (by several reliable sources).
Sickening. He was the one celebrating the deaths of innocent people on that day
Anyone on the Right wanna defend this?
Trumps nephew Fred called him a liar today. He says Trump didnt have a construction crew working for him on Sep 11 .
At best, what I expect is either “he’s trolling” and we’re too stupid to appreciate it, or “blah blah blah something about Biden.”
It was just a matter of time before he would claim he was in danger at Ground Zero on Sep 11.
New York City firefighters take a rest at the World Trade Center after two hijacked planes crashed into the C in New York.
There's a lot of coverage of the terrorist attack on the #WTC in 2001. As there should be. But many people remember the 2001 attack as if it was only one.
What most people forget is that the 2001 terror attack on the World Trade Center was not the only one. In fact it was actually the second one. They totally forget there was a prior (failed) attack-- . way back in 1993!!!
7 Facts About the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
The attack by a group of Islamic fundamentalists announced the growing threat of terrorism on US soil.
Jeez, can you believe Trump lied to that man about watching the towers fall from his telescope, when he clearly couldn’t have because he was at ground zero trying to help! /s
the 2 firemen that carried trump's lying ass out of the collapsing building must've left his telescope behind ...