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White House lashes out after Trump's 9/11 story reduced to rubble
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., en route to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, August 21, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci
The White House Turns a 9/11 Fabrication Into an Attack on the Press
A Ceremony Made Into a Prop
Donald Trump used a ceremony honoring 9/11 emergency personnel to place himself inside a dramatic rescue story: two firefighters supposedly carried him away from a building they feared would collapse. When CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale asked the White House for evidence or even basic details, it supplied…
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