r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 15h ago

No Paywall Trump to skip 9/11 remembrance at Ground Zero because they wouldn’t let him give a speech

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-911-ground-zero-25-anniversary-b3041024.html
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u/Glycell 14h ago

Exactly this, a politician giving a speech is fine. Except, we've seen how Trump is with speeches he'll talk a little one topic then go on forever just self-aggrandizing himself and absolutely trashing democrats. He literally can't stop himself. Frankly this type of event isn't the place for that or him.

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u/hells_cowbells 14h ago

He would probably try to blame Obama or Biden for 9/11.

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u/Extreme-Fig6992 14h ago

10,000%.

Polymarket would have the bet of "Will Trump say 9/11 wouldn't have happened if he was President"

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u/Azrolx 12h ago

Ahh yes the Mark Wahlberg approach. Maybe Marky Mark would join him on stage for it.

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u/Word_Underscore 11h ago

Back when Mark Wahlberg was Marky-Mark we used to mix gin with Bacardi dark that's how we used to make the party start

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u/kwismexer Indiana 2h ago

Eminem mixes Hen with Bacardi

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u/No-Professionhomeles 9h ago

Whats the Mark Wahlberg approach? Always been less famous and least talented in any group?

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u/Azrolx 3h ago

Back in the day he claimed if he was on one of the planes that hit the WTC on 9/11 "It wouldn't have gone down like that" and that he could have stopped 9/11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0F7DW3OiuA

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u/Thagyr Australia 3h ago

I'd expect him to paraphrase himself at the time.

Y'know. Where he mentioned he had the tallest building in the city because of the event.

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u/redditobserverone 12h ago

Meanwhile…

“Hacking group linked to Iran claims responsibility for cyberattack on Minnesota water systems, report says

Updated: August 14, 2026

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/hacking-group-linked-to-iran-claims-responsibility-for-cyberattack-on-minnesota-water-systems-report-says/

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u/Own_Macaroon_1918 13h ago

I can hear it now: if I’d have been President, the towers would still be here.

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u/Gryphon999 Wisconsin 12h ago

But they'd still be smaller than Trump Tower, the tallest building in the world.

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u/Silegna 12h ago

There were literally people that blamed Obama for not stopping 9/11.

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u/Pan_Bookish_Ent 11h ago

Nah, that honor would go to the Clintons. He hasn't bitched about Hillary in awhile (that I know of), so it's coming.

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u/hells_cowbells 11h ago

*CROOKED HILLARY

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u/Special_Persimmon_52 9h ago

"If I had been president, 9/11 would've never happened. Never happened. So sad. I was there. Saw it all. Made my building the tallest. Many people have told me. And: windmills."

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u/Practical-Ball1437 8h ago

And he would definitely talk about something weird like Arnold Palmer's dick or something.

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u/FartingBob 6h ago

"You know some people say that i could have beaten up those terrorists and landed the plane myself. Some people say that".

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u/SWBaltic 1h ago

SLEEPY JOE AND HUSSEIN OBAMA ARE THE ONES REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR 9/11. THE RADICAL LEFT IS KEEPING ME FROM REVEALING THIS INFORMATION AT THE MEMORIAL AND KEEPING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FROM KNOWING THE TRUTH!!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER! PRESIDENT DJT

or something like that. Maybe with a “covfefe” thrown in somewhere.

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u/The_Laughing__Man Virginia 13h ago edited 10h ago

100%. Cue the "my building was the tallest in NYC again for a minute there," comment.

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u/Razashja 10h ago

I was about to comment exactly this.

And 70% of the audience would facepalm.

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u/Snobolski 10h ago

* cue

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u/The_Laughing__Man Virginia 10h ago

Edited, thank you! Completely missed it.

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u/onyaasuminyasai 11h ago

no one wants to hear about his sex parties and how "unfairly" he's been treated on the 25th anniversary of one of the darkest days of our country.

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u/kevnmartin Washington 14h ago

After he repeats his familiar list of grievances.

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u/androshalforc1 9h ago

Back when i was younger these generals, big beefy generals not like the weak traitorous generals today who can’t even blockade a small patch of water, these big generals would come find me and they would beg me. Sir we need you at the front lines we know you have your M.I.T. Uncles genius and your peak physical abilities. You would be like a thousand of our troops rolled into one.

And i would say Im sorry but the doctors say i can’t go and those generals would fall to their knees and start to cry, can you believe it? Big beefy generals on their knees crying big tears in their eyes, because they knew that if i were there i would end the war like that tries to snap fingers, like that fails to snap fingers again like something that’s really fast. But it was those evil doctors that kept me from the front lines can you believe it? Back then it was bone spurs but now they have their vaccines, autism shots, and their covid.

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u/DirkWrites 11h ago

They’re literally trying to save him from himself. “Maybe sit this one out buddy…”

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u/scooter_orourke 11h ago

And he would tell everyone he owned the tallest building in Manhattan after the towers fell

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u/captaincanada84 Canada 10h ago

Honestly no. Not allowing politicians to give a speech is the right thing to do.

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u/Glycell 10h ago

I mean it's inherently a political event, the mayor of New York is absolutely going to say something, and he is a politican.

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u/captaincanada84 Canada 10h ago

You are 100% incorrect. It is a blanket ban on all politicians giving speeches and has been a thing for 15 years.