Trump's History of Controversial 9/11 Remarks

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TRUMP AND 9/11: THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL THINGS THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID ABOUT SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS

BY JASON LE MIERE ON 9/11/17 AT 10:53 AM

Donald Trump commemorated the September 11 attacks as president for the first time Monday, but he has been far from shy about making his feelings known on the disaster over the previous 16 years. And the tactfulness, or lack of it, of many of his remarks perhaps shed light on why the president spoke with the aid of a teleprompter during his morning address from the Pentagon. Here are some of his most controversial comments on the attacks that claimed the lives of almost 3,000 people in New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania

Trump Points Out His Building is Now the Tallest

With smoke still billowing out of the Twin Towers as they collapsed, Trump called into a New York television station to discuss what was unfolding. Before long, though, the conversation turned to his own building in downtown Manhattan and where it now stood in the ranks of the largest in the area.

“It was an amazing phone call,” Trump said. “I mean 40 Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan. And it was actually before the World Trade Center was the tallest. And then when they built the World Trade Center it became known as the second tallest. And now it’s the tallest.”

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Trump’s Fabrication About Muslims Celebrating

During his campaign for president, Trump frequently repeated a wholly unfounded rumor that “thousands and thousands” of Muslim Americans were “cheering” In Jersey City, New Jersey, as the towers came down across the Hudson River. The writer of a 2001 story that mentioned police investigating the unsubstantiated rumor said that his piece did not back up Trump’s claim. That led to the candidate mocking the reporter, who has a congenital joint condition, during a rally.

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