President Trump Blasts Reports About Why He Skipped 9/11 Event In NYC: ‘It’s Just Not True’

“It’s just not true. I didn’t demand to speak,” he told Sid Rosenberg on 77 WABC on Friday.

“I’m sure if I wanted to speak, they would have let me,” he said, adding that he’s president and he knows “the guys down there.”

“I am 99 percent sure,” he continued.

The New York Times reported last month that the president’s team told the organizers of New York City’s ceremony that he would like to speak. The National September 11 Memorial and Museum has banned speeches from politicians at the ceremony since 2012.

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25 years ago, Donald Trump went to Ground Zero and said he paid workers to help find and identify victims and clear rubble.

Today on 9/11, Muslim NYC Mayor Mamdani laughed as the names of 9/11 victims were being read.

We are not the same. pic.twitter.com/v8vaqwwXMo

— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) September 12, 2026

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JUST NOW: President Trump is dropping VIDEO PROOF for every Fake News outlet lying to millions that he was nowhere near Ground Zero after 9/11

They want to memory-hole this footage.

Donald Trump: "Well, I just went to what they call Ground Zero. I've never seen anything like… pic.twitter.com/FH5qt9qcsD

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 9, 2026

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JUST NOW: President Trump is dropping VIDEO PROOF for every Fake News outlet lying to millions that he was nowhere near Ground Zero after 9/11

They want to memory-hole this footage.

Donald Trump: “Well, I just went to what they call Ground Zero. I’ve never seen anything like it. The devastation, the human life that’s been just wasted for no reason whatsoever. It is a terrible scene. It’s a terrible sight. But New Yorkers are very strong and resilient, and they’ll rebuild quickly.”

“I think they have to respond quickly and effectively. They have to find out exactly what the cause was, who did it, and they have to go after these people because there is no other choice.”

Trump VERY CLEARLY said he showed up to the scene when the law allowed him to, not while the building was actively crumbling.

They put words in his mouth to lie. RETRACT!

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Trump and first lady Melania Trump listened as the names of the 184 people killed at the Pentagon that day were read aloud, a bell tolling between each. In his remarks, Trump recounted the stories of several of the victims and insisted that the moment has led to a fortification of American resolve.

“We will never, ever forget,” Trump said. “That’s why we fight today. We don’t have a choice.”

Earlier, in a downpour at daybreak, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and top military officials stood outside and watched as a giant American flag was unfurled on the building struck by one of those planes a quarter-century ago.

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NOW: Literally FIVE HOURS after getting back to DC, President Trump has taken the podium at the Pentagon to honor the victims of 9/11

"25 times, we have gathered at this hallowed place and at Ground Zero in New York, and a lonely field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In 25… pic.twitter.com/u8q7YDFQfx

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 11, 2026

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