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'No evidence': Trump 9/11 speech fact-checked in brutal takedown
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, while standing behind protective glass, during the Steel Across America event featuring near the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 8, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
The President Is Stealing the Dead’s Heroism
A Lie With a Job to Do
Donald Trump did not merely embellish his proximity to September 11. In a White House speech, he placed himself near Ground Zero, invented a moment in which two firefighters carried him from danger, and folded himself into the heroism of people who actually risked their lives. Contemporary evidence cited in the…
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