Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Help Clear Rubble and Search for Survivors on 9/11?

[Lakhota]

Former President Donald Trump has used his 2024 Republican presidential primary campaign to make a number of misleading and false claims, suggesting the U.S. sent Iran $6 billion in a hostage deal, that there were no terrorist attacks while he was president, and that his uncle was the longest-serving professor at MIT.

Trump leads rival Nikki Haley in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and the two are set to face off in the South Carolina primary on February 24.

In a video that was widely shared on social media, Trump also appeared to claim that he helped with the recovery efforts at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001.

The Ruling

There is no evidence that Trump cleared rubble on 9/11. Trump told media that he had hired hundreds of workers to help with the rescue and clean-up efforts. However, investigations found no evidence that independently supported the claim, either. A fire battalion chief has told fact-check journalists he had "no knowledge of [Trump] being down there."

More at the link below...

Fact Check: Did Donald Trump help clear rubble on 9/11?

Video from 2016 of Trump claiming that he helped at Ground Zero on 9/11 has gone viral.

www.newsweek.com

Why would Trump even make such a statement? What do you think?

 

[Meister]

What is a little bit?
Is this really something that is Earth shattering? Not to me, but, probably to you.

 

[Lakhota]

What is a little bit?
Is this really something that is Earth shattering? Not to me, but, probably to you.

Well, I don't really see too much earth-shattering stuff on Politics. Do you?

 

[konradv]

Former President Donald Trump has used his 2024 Republican presidential primary campaign to make a number of misleading and false claims, suggesting the U.S. sent Iran $6 billion in a hostage deal, that there were no terrorist attacks while he was president, and that his uncle was the longest-serving professor at MIT.

Trump leads rival Nikki Haley in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and the two are set to face off in the South Carolina primary on February 24.

In a video that was widely shared on social media, Trump also appeared to claim that he helped with the recovery efforts at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001.

The Ruling

There is no evidence that Trump cleared rubble on 9/11. Trump told media that he had hired hundreds of workers to help with the rescue and clean-up efforts. However, investigations found no evidence that independently supported the claim, either. A fire battalion chief has told fact-check journalists he had "no knowledge of [Trump] being down there."

More at the link below...

Fact Check: Did Donald Trump help clear rubble on 9/11?

Video from 2016 of Trump claiming that he helped at Ground Zero on 9/11 has gone viral.

www.newsweek.com

Why would Trump even make such a statement? What do you think?

I rate that right up there with Eric claiming he pours concrete.

 

[Lakhota]

I can't imagine that Joe Biden would ever make such an outrageous statement! I see no comparison to Biden and Trump!

 

[JLW]

The degenerate Trump bragged he had the tallest building in NYC after the a twin towers fell on 9/11. It is amazing people have voted and will vote for that low life.

On 9/11 Trump bragged he now had tallest building in Manhattan

‘Forty Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan,’ Mr Trump said erroneously on 9/11. ‘Now it’s the tallest.’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Former President Donald Trump has used his 2024 Republican presidential primary campaign to make a number of misleading and false claims, suggesting the U.S. sent Iran $6 billion in a hostage deal, that there were no terrorist attacks while he was president, and that his uncle was the longest-serving professor at MIT.

Trump leads rival Nikki Haley in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and the two are set to face off in the South Carolina primary on February 24.

In a video that was widely shared on social media, Trump also appeared to claim that he helped with the recovery efforts at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001.

The Ruling

There is no evidence that Trump cleared rubble on 9/11. Trump told media that he had hired hundreds of workers to help with the rescue and clean-up efforts. However, investigations found no evidence that independently supported the claim, either. A fire battalion chief has told fact-check journalists he had "no knowledge of [Trump] being down there."

More at the link below...

Fact Check: Did Donald Trump help clear rubble on 9/11?

Video from 2016 of Trump claiming that he helped at Ground Zero on 9/11 has gone viral.

www.newsweek.com

Why would Trump even make such a statement? What do you think?

Yes. The orange bag O' shit lies. Earth shattering.

 

[bluzman61]

It's amazing how some of the idiots that post on here STILL have flaming Trump Derangement Syndrome. VERY sad.

 

[boevans]

This applies to Trump, yes.

1. Psalm 36:1 The transgression of the wicked / resides in their hearts.

 

[BULLDOG]

What is a little bit?
Is this really something that is Earth shattering? Not to me, but, probably to you.

Yes, a presidential candidate lying about what he did on 9/11 should be earth shattering. Unfortunately, trump has lied so much about so many things till it's just another day. Integrity is important. Too bad you cult members don't remember that.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

It's amazing how some of the idiots that post on here STILL have flaming Trump Derangement Syndrome. VERY sad.

Believe it or not, there are people out there that flat out deplore the orange bag O' shit. You continually bait them. VERY sad.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

It's amazing how some of the idiots that post on here STILL have flaming Trump Derangement Syndrome. VERY sad.

flaming Trump Devotion Syndrome. yes, so very sad.

 

[Zincwarrior]

What is a little bit?
Is this really something that is Earth shattering? Not to me, but, probably to you.

Yet another lie you cultists suck up.

 

[App'z]

The Donald probably had to wash Trump tower of Jet fuel spray and dust from the falling buildings.
Hired Migrant workers and Contractors.

 

[surada]

What is a little bit?
Is this really something that is Earth shattering? Not to me, but, probably to you.

Why lie about it? Trump lies to make himself a hero and central to any story.

 

[Smokin' OP]

$ 399!

Trump: 'For the shoes I wore, when I cleared debris from the World Trade Center'?

An absolute steal.

 

[elektra]

Trump, for everyone's kindness here, for all everyone on this board has done to benefit others, TRUMP beats all of you in a day.

Trump has done more good privately, that you will never see, that people will never be able to link to, than all of, all together.'

Hell, Trump gives more jobs to people, than all of us.

The hatred of Democrats is apparent. The same hatred they had for African Americans, until it became politically incorrect.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Former President Donald Trump has used his 2024 Republican presidential primary campaign to make a number of misleading and false claims, suggesting the U.S. sent Iran $6 billion in a hostage deal, that there were no terrorist attacks while he was president, and that his uncle was the longest-serving professor at MIT.

Trump leads rival Nikki Haley in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and the two are set to face off in the South Carolina primary on February 24.

In a video that was widely shared on social media, Trump also appeared to claim that he helped with the recovery efforts at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001.

The Ruling

There is no evidence that Trump cleared rubble on 9/11. Trump told media that he had hired hundreds of workers to help with the rescue and clean-up efforts. However, investigations found no evidence that independently supported the claim, either. A fire battalion chief has told fact-check journalists he had "no knowledge of [Trump] being down there."

More at the link below...

Fact Check: Did Donald Trump help clear rubble on 9/11?

Video from 2016 of Trump claiming that he helped at Ground Zero on 9/11 has gone viral.

www.newsweek.com

Why would Trump even make such a statement? What do you think?

/----/ "Trump also appeared to claim that he helped with the recovery efforts at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001."

AP/Getty Images. Clinton toured the site of the former World Trade Center the day after the 9/11 attacks; Trump was pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange a week later.

From PolitiFact,
Here's what we can confirm:

The particular image used in this post was not taken two days after the attack. According to Getty Images’ archive, the picture was captured on September 18 outside the New York Stock Exchange by New York Daily News photographer Todd Maisel.

That said, we know that Trump was indeed nearby the site two days after the attacks (as well as the day of), when he gave an interview to a German television station a few blocks away.

At one point in that interview, Trump tells the reporter he had "a lot of men" down there helping already.

"We have over 100 and we have about 125 coming. So we’ll have a couple hundred people down here. And they are very brave and what they’re doing is amazing. And we will be involved in some form in helping to reconstruct," Trump said.

He made similar comments in an NBC interview that same day:

"I have hundreds of men inside working right now, and we’re bringing down another 125 in a little while. And they’ve never done anything like this before. And they’re hard-working people, but they’ve never seen anything like it."

At one point, the reporter asks whether Trump had spoken to his men about the emotional situation, to which he replies, "Well there are a lot of them, but they’ve never seen bodies like this before, bodies all over."

On the campaign trail in 2016, Trump repeated the claim at a rally in Buffalo, New York, but a little more vaguely: "Everyone who helped clear the rubble—and I was there, and I watched, and I helped a little bit—but I want to tell you: Those people were amazing," Trump said. "Clearing the rubble. Trying to find additional lives. You didn't know what was going to come down on all of us—and they handled it."

Did Trump pay workers to help days after 9/11?

A social media post paints President Donald Trump as a hero in the days immediately following the Sept. 11, 2001, attack

www.politifact.com

 

[surada]

/----/ "Trump also appeared to claim that he helped with the recovery efforts at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001."
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AP/Getty Images. Clinton toured the site of the former World Trade Center the day after the 9/11 attacks; Trump was pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange a week later.

From PolitiFact,
Here's what we can confirm:

The particular image used in this post was not taken two days after the attack. According to Getty Images’ archive, the picture was captured on September 18 outside the New York Stock Exchange by New York Daily News photographer Todd Maisel.

That said, we know that Trump was indeed nearby the site two days after the attacks (as well as the day of), when he gave an interview to a German television station a few blocks away.

At one point in that interview, Trump tells the reporter he had "a lot of men" down there helping already.

"We have over 100 and we have about 125 coming. So we’ll have a couple hundred people down here. And they are very brave and what they’re doing is amazing. And we will be involved in some form in helping to reconstruct," Trump said.

He made similar comments in an NBC interview that same day:

"I have hundreds of men inside working right now, and we’re bringing down another 125 in a little while. And they’ve never done anything like this before. And they’re hard-working people, but they’ve never seen anything like it."

At one point, the reporter asks whether Trump had spoken to his men about the emotional situation, to which he replies, "Well there are a lot of them, but they’ve never seen bodies like this before, bodies all over."

On the campaign trail in 2016, Trump repeated the claim at a rally in Buffalo, New York, but a little more vaguely: "Everyone who helped clear the rubble—and I was there, and I watched, and I helped a little bit—but I want to tell you: Those people were amazing," Trump said. "Clearing the rubble. Trying to find additional lives. You didn't know what was going to come down on all of us—and they handled it."

Did Trump pay workers to help days after 9/11?

A social media post paints President Donald Trump as a hero in the days immediately following the Sept. 11, 2001, attack

www.politifact.com

Trump was lying... Self promotion as usual like he's comparing himself to Russian Alexei Navalny now.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Trump was lying... Self promotion as usual like he's comparing himself to Russian Alexei Navalny now.

/——/ You’re lying. You lie 1,000 times a day. You have never told the truth. Don’t ask for any proof, my accusations make it irrefutably 100%true.