President Trump was not in the vicinity of the World Trade Center when it was hit. He was in Trump Tower, miles away from the towers and nearby One Liberty Plaza, which is/was also known as the US Steel building.
There was public concern in the days following the attack that One Liberty Plaza might collapse, but the authorities repeatedly said it was structurally sound, and there's not currently any public evidence Trump went into it amid these collapse worries (?), much less that he was rushed out by firefighters. In varying language, he has repeatedly claimed for years he was at Ground Zero with a large crew of his workers helping with the recovery in the days after 9/11, but people who were definititely on site have said they never saw him or a Trump-organized crew on site and that it wouldn't make sense for them to have had access; there are pictures and videos of Trump in the neighborhood in the following days, in a clean suit, but not on the actual site.
While campaigning in 2016, he told a version of today's story about being whisked away from One Liberty Plaza by big firemen, but he said in 2016 that the alleged incident happened "a couple of days" after 9/11 and claimed the creaky building was "not so far from us," instead of leaving open the impression he might've been a) inside it b) on 9/11 itself. https://t.co/5Ih5D4NSLo
@Geiger_Capital Rubio wisely staying far away from the debacles in Ukraine and Iran, where real estate guys are playing trying to negotiate international peace deals.
@centauri4@EvanKirstel@astro_Pettit The old way was darkness and stars. Then, the harsh blue of mercury vapor lamps. The orange sodium lamps were third phase, and everyone hated them when they rolled out. They were considered an aesthetic compromise to save money.
@EricLDaugh Ha! It's funny because the most powerful man in the world can't end the war he started and is reduced to building monuments and trolling online.
So hilarious!
@SaltyGoat17 Iran had no highly enriched uranium in 2018 when Trump withdrew from the JCPOA and told us he'd make a better deal. And the "Art of the Deal" guy failed to make a replacement deal.
@LauraJedeed It should be noted this weird flex is using an image of the "face" version of Hulk Hogan, before he made a heel turn as "Hollywood Hogan." So it doesn't fit great with the notion that Trump has made a heel turn. But also, the man is insane, so consistency is not on the menu.
@defensiveshok@RadioFreeTom Yeah, it's astonishing. The system was based on the idea that they would jealously guard their power, but it turns out they jealously guard their office and a cult of personality is the centrifuge that separates those two concepts.