President Trump 9/11
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Posted September 11,
2017
How
President Trump Has Talked About 9/11, Then And
Now
By
Rebel
President Donald Trump and the first lady are
marking the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11
attacks on Monday by observing a
moment of silence and
attending a Pentagon ceremony with Vice
President Mike Pence.
[O]ur
Nation recalls the nearly 3,000 innocent
people murdered on September 11, 2001. As we
reflect on our sorrow and our grief, we come
together to pray for those who lost loved
ones. As a Nation, we pray that the love of
God and the comfort of knowing that those
who perished are forever remembered brings
them peace and gives them courage.
But how
did Trump talk about the attacks before coming
to the White House?
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Two days later: “New York is very
strong and resilient and will rebuild very
quickly”
Trump is a native New Yorker, meaning the events
of Sept. 11 have an additional significance to
him. The former real estate developer was
interviewed in Lower Manhattan near the site of
the attack by German news network N24 on Sept.
13, 2001.
“I’ve
never seen anything like it, the devastation …
New York is very strong and resilient and will
rebuild very quickly,” he told the network. He
also advocated for a “quick” and “effective”
United States response to the perpetrators of
the World Trade Center attacks and vowed that he
and his businesses would “be involved” in
clearing and reconstructing the area around
Ground Zero.
On Twitter: “Best wishes” on this
“special date” In 2013, Trump
tweeted his “best wishes” to everyone, even his
oft-disparaged “haters and losers,” on this
“special date,” Sept. 11.
“@realDonaldTrump:
I would like to extend my best wishes to
all, even the haters and losers, on this
special date, September 11th.”
A missing donation On the campaign
trail in 2015, Trump boasted that he’d given
enormous amounts of money to charity in the days
after the attacks, including a $10,000 donation
to the Twin
Towers Fund, one of the two foremost charities
handling charitable giving and support for the
9/11 attacks. The Twin Towers Fund was dedicated
to first responders and their families,
especially families who lost a first responder
in the attack;
they disbursed $216 million before closing.
Reviews of charity records,
however, showed “no evidence”
that Trump or his foundation gave any money to
the Twin Towers fund or its counterpart,
New York
City Public/Private Initiatives Inc.
While he received praise and credit for that
donation on Howard Stern’s radio show, the money
never showed up in charity records or IRS forms.
The mystery of the missing
Muslims
Trump also claimed to have seen “thousands” of
“Muslims” on “rooftops”
cheering the 9/11 attacks as they went on,
a claim that has yet to be verified or even
substantially corroborated by anyone beyond a
few fringe internet sources.
The July 11 attacks
Last year, in a
campaign speech in Buffalo, N.Y.,
Trump said he “watched
our police and our firemen down on 7/11, down at
the World Trade Center, right after it came
down.” He likely meant 9/11, not July 11 or the
convenience store that carries the Slurpee.
Better ratings than 9/11
This year, during an
interview with the Associated Press,
he claimed to have given CBS’ “Face the Nation”
its highest ratings since the show’s coverage of
the 9/11 attacks, with “5.2 million” people.
“It’s
the highest for ‘Face the Nation,’ or as I call
it, ‘Deface the Nation.’ The highest for ‘Deface
the Nation’ since the World Trade Center, since
the World Trade Center came down. It’s a
tremendous advantage,” said the President of the
United States.
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