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September 11th is the most solemn day on the U.S. calendar. The terrorist attacks that left nearly 3,000 people dead 18 years ago are still fresh in the minds of many, and no occasion calls for a greater show of reverence and respect, especially from the nations commander-in-chief. President Trump commemorated the fallen Wednesday by tweeting a picture of himself and Melania.
The president quickly moved on to bashing recent ABC/Washington Post 2020 polling by showing his popularity floundering among several key demographics, and trailing most of the leading Democratic candidates in head-to-head matchups. If it werent for the never ending Fake News about me, and with all that I have done (more than any other President in the first 2 1/2 years!), I would be leading the Partners of the LameStream Media by 20 points, he wrote. Sorry, but true!
...Trumps relationship with 9/11 has always been curious, if not outright disrespectful. As a born-and-bred New Yorker whose identity is closely tied to the city, one would think he would make a point of showing the utmost respect for those who lost their lives, but as is the case with Trumps relationship to just about anything, he hasnt been able to resist making it about himself whenever possible. During an interview with Bloomberg not even two weeks ago, the president referenced George W. Bush speaking through a bullhorn at ground zero as an annoying blip preventing Trumps own popularity among Republicans from being the highest ever. The advantage we have is I am actually a very popular president, which people dont like to say, you know, Trump said. In fact, I guess the Republican poll came out, theres one at 92 and one at 93 and one at 90, and theyre the highest numbers that have ever been, with the exception of a tiny period of time with a bullhorn. But that period lasted for about a week.
...The most telling example of Trumps understanding of 9/11, of his total lack of empathy and of his pathological self-centeredness came the morning of the attack. While on the phone with Secaucus, New Jerseys WWOR, Trump was asked whether his building at 40 Wall Street has sustained any damaged as a result of the attacks. He proceeded to brag about how now that the World Trade Center had fallen, he owned the tallest building in downtown Manhattan. 40 Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, Trump said. Before the World Trade Center it was the tallest. Then when the built the World Trade Center it become known as the second-tallest, and now its the tallest.
The president quickly moved on to bashing recent ABC/Washington Post 2020 polling by showing his popularity floundering among several key demographics, and trailing most of the leading Democratic candidates in head-to-head matchups. If it werent for the never ending Fake News about me, and with all that I have done (more than any other President in the first 2 1/2 years!), I would be leading the Partners of the LameStream Media by 20 points, he wrote. Sorry, but true!
...Trumps relationship with 9/11 has always been curious, if not outright disrespectful. As a born-and-bred New Yorker whose identity is closely tied to the city, one would think he would make a point of showing the utmost respect for those who lost their lives, but as is the case with Trumps relationship to just about anything, he hasnt been able to resist making it about himself whenever possible. During an interview with Bloomberg not even two weeks ago, the president referenced George W. Bush speaking through a bullhorn at ground zero as an annoying blip preventing Trumps own popularity among Republicans from being the highest ever. The advantage we have is I am actually a very popular president, which people dont like to say, you know, Trump said. In fact, I guess the Republican poll came out, theres one at 92 and one at 93 and one at 90, and theyre the highest numbers that have ever been, with the exception of a tiny period of time with a bullhorn. But that period lasted for about a week.
...The most telling example of Trumps understanding of 9/11, of his total lack of empathy and of his pathological self-centeredness came the morning of the attack. While on the phone with Secaucus, New Jerseys WWOR, Trump was asked whether his building at 40 Wall Street has sustained any damaged as a result of the attacks. He proceeded to brag about how now that the World Trade Center had fallen, he owned the tallest building in downtown Manhattan. 40 Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, Trump said. Before the World Trade Center it was the tallest. Then when the built the World Trade Center it become known as the second-tallest, and now its the tallest.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-9-11-story-722430/
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Trump's Bizarre History With 9/11 (Original Post)
mia
Sep 2020
OP
raging moderate
(4,296 posts)1. There IS something strange about his love for the Saudi prince.
I wonder if it is related to this odd reaction to what was done by a bunch of Saudis on 9/11.
2naSalit
(86,501 posts)2. There was that, then.
Now it's because that SA prince managed to lock up his royal family to extort them for money so he could have some wars and other fun things like international murder and meddling.