Crooksandliars iconCrooksandliarsSep 8, 2026 ~1 min source read

DISGRACEFUL: Trump Lies About Being Lifted From Rubble After 9/11 Attack

Earlier Tuesday Trump spoke at the Steel Across America event at the Ellipse where he recounted another one of his bogus stories of him being a hero during the 9/11 attacks. Trump did his best reading the prepared remarks about 9/11 and then wandered into another one of his lies that he first told in 2021 to Russian asset Benny Johnson.

DISGRACEFUL: Trump Lies About Being Lifted From Rubble After 9/11 Attack

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Earlier Tuesday Trump spoke at the Steel Across America event at the Ellipse where he recounted another one of his bogus stories of him being a hero during the 9/11 attacks.

Trump did his best reading the prepared remarks about 9/11 and then wandered into another one of his lies that he first told in 2021 to Russian asset Benny Johnson.

We had other buildings, the United States Steel Building was creaking, really creaking.

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Earlier Tuesday Trump spoke at the Steel Across America event at the Ellipse where he recounted another one of his bogus stories of him being a hero during the 9/11 attacks. Trump did his best reading the prepared remarks about 9/11 and then wandered into another one of his lies that he first told in 2021 to Russian asset Benny Johnson. We had other buildings, the United States Steel Building was creaking, really creaking.

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  • In 2023, Politifact rated these claims as "false." In a Facebook post, Johnson claimed, "Donald Trump spent 9/11 marching into a war zone of fire and ashes with an army of his own men to save Americans."...

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They grabbed me under the arms and said, got to get out of here. They lifted me up and they started running with me.

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