Tuesday, September 08, 2026

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐖 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐙𝐄𝐑𝐎, 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐖𝐈𝐅𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄

Four days before the 25th anniversary of September 11, a raw 2001 interview is circulating again — 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩, standing near the wreckage of the World Trade Center, describing the scene in plain, unscripted terms. - M.A. Rothman
“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵.” he told the interviewer, asked simply what he thought of it all.
He wasn’t there for a photo op. 
Trump explained he had 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 working the site to help however they could, with another 100 on the way...
Asked about donating to the fund for the widows and children of the firefighters who never came home, he didn’t hesitate: “𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢.” 

No theatrics, no press release — just a builder sending his own crew into the rubble and a demand that the country 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭...


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