President Donald Trump has routinely tried to put himself in the middle of the story of New York City’s recovery after September 11, 2001 — despite no evidence showing he was at Ground Zero in the wake of the terror attacks or marshaled resources to support relief efforts. The president has repeatedly claimed that he visited the World Trade Center site and worked closely with first responders, who say they never saw him on the ground. Yet the president continues to insert himself into the narrative each year the nation approaches the anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
In an appearance on Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy on Fox News, the president said he witnessed the second plane crash into the Twin Towers and then “worked hard” on construction in the city one day later. And I watched that happen. And I said, ‘wow, we are now in a different time,’” he said.
Such a terrible thing.” The president is not expected to attend New York City’s memorial commemorating the 25th anniversary of the attacks. All four living former presidents are expected to attend. And they came straight down.
And it was done so quickly. And the job was approved. And the job went up, the new one, the new World Trade Center, and it was amazing.
Within a relatively short period of time, you had a new building up, gleaming and glistening, and I don’t think New York had gotten enough credit for that.” The Independent has requested comment from the White House about the president’s remarks. On the day of the attack, Trump had called into WWOR-TV, saying that a window at his Trump Tower looked directly over the World Trade Center. During a wide-ranging live phone interview aired over footage of the burning towers, Trump claimed he had “somebody down there” who witnessed at least 10 people jumping from the buildings, then falsely claimed that one of his properties is now the “tallest” in lower Manhattan.
Ground Zero is a disaster,” he said. Richard Alles, a former deputy chief with the New York Fire Department, who arrived at Ground Zero within 20 minutes of the attack and spent months at the site, told The New York Times he “never witnessed” Trump there. It’s possible, but I know of no one who ever witnessed him there.” While speaking on the campaign trail in Ohio in 2015, Trump said “many people jumped and I witnessed it, I watched that.” “I have a view — a view in my apartment that was specifically aimed at the World Trade Center,” he claimed at the time.
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