Trump to Honor 9/11 Anniversary at Pentagon, Skips Ground Zero Visit
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President Donald Trump will appear at the Pentagon to mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, instead of visiting Ground Zero in New York City.
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USA TodayWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he will visit the Pentagon on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and won't attend the annual Sept. 11 ceremony at the Ground Zero site of the World Trade Center in New York.
Fox NewsPresident Donald Trump said Friday that he's going to be at the Pentagon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorists attacks.
The HillTrump to attend Sept. 11 ceremony at Pentagon, not NYC President Trump will not be traveling to New York City for the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, according to The Hill’s sister network NewsNation. A White House official told the network that Vice President Vance is “still traveling to NYC and all three sites will be represented with administration officials in attendance.”…
Associated PressAfter returning from a trip to Houston on Friday, Trump was asked by reporters alongside Air Force One why he would not be at the New York ceremony, as some published reports said. He responded, “Because I’m going to the Pentagon.”
Washington TimesPresident Trump will reportedly not travel to New York City for the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, when al-Qaeda hijackers crashed three commercial airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Hijackers also seized United Airlines Flight 93, but passengers fought back before the plane crashed in Pennsylvania.
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USA TodayOf the nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, 2,753 died at the World Trade Center, 184 died at the Pentagon and another 140 people died in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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“As a proud New Yorker, President Trump has spoken about his own experiences watching the horrific events of September 11, 2001,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a statement. “On the 25th anniversary of this tragic day, the President will remember those who were killed at the hands of evil terrorists, honor their loved ones, and pay tribute to the brave first responders who put their lives on the line to rescue their fellow Americans.”
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Fox News"President Trump has spoken about his own experiences watching the horrific events of September 11, 2001. On the 25th anniversary of this tragic day, the President will remember those who were killed at the hands of evil terrorists, honor their loved ones, and pay tribute to the brave first responders who put their lives on the line to rescue their fellow Americans," White House principal deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a statement to Fox News.
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In response to a TMZ post that suggested the president, a New York native, is snubbing the city’s ceremony because he was not given the green light to speak, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung posted, “FAKE NEWS.”
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Fox NewsAfter TMZ posted on X that Trump was "snubbing" the Ground Zero ceremony, White House communications director Steven Cheung fired back.
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01 USA Today Trump strongly disputed the assertion in a lengthy post on Truth Social and vowed to include it in an ongoing defamation lawsuit against the Times filed last year. "This is more Corrupt News, I’ve been to New York many times over the years, and no one ever speaks, it’s a 'solemn ceremony!'" Trump said.
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02 Fox News "The vice president is still traveling to NYC and all three sites will be represented with administration officials in attendance," a White House official said, referring to the three Sept. 11 attack sites in Manhattan, at the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed.
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03 Associated Press Vance had planned to be in New York for the anniversary last year but instead flew to Salt Lake City to be with the family of Charlie Kirk after the conservative activist was assassinated.
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04 Washington Times The president reportedly initially explored giving a speech at ground zero, then decided to deliver remarks at the Pentagon commemoration, just as he did previously.
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