Monday, August 31, 2026

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Trump Will Not Attend 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks Because He Can't Make Speech, Has Golf Date Sept. 12 in Ireland, Security Concerns


President Trump originally intended to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 with remarks at ground zero, but the memorial’s organizers do not allow speeches. Mr. Trump changed his plans.


At the Pentagon, Mr. Trump will be allowed to speak...

There are other considerations that led to Mr. Trump honoring the day in Washington, including that he will depart the next day for his golf course in Doonbeg, Ireland...

...he has faced an uptick in threats since he began a war against Iran on Feb. 28.

Mr. Trump’s advisers have discussed possibly taking federal control of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, including as recently as last year. 

Mr. Trump, a native New Yorker who talked often about the Sept. 11 attacks during his 2016 presidential campaign

Mr. Trump, who was in New York on the day of the attacks, spoke to a New Jersey television station in the aftermath, saying that a building he owned had gained in stature because the twin towers had fallen. That building, 40 Wall Street, “actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually — before the World Trade Center — was the tallest.”

He went on, “And then, when they built the World Trade Center, it became known as the second-tallest. And now it’s the tallest.” (The statement was not correct; 70 Pine Street, nearby, was taller than Mr. Trump’s building.)

Haberman et al nytimes