‘I Was Down There,’ Trump Says While Signing 9/11 Health Bill
- Evidence is scant Trump spent much time at World Trade Center
- Trump falsely claimed thousands of Muslims celebrated collapse
This article is for subscribers only.
President Donald Trump placed himself at the site of the nation’s worst terrorist attack on Monday, saying “I was down there” as he signed legislation to provide lifelong medical care and compensation to Sept. 11 emergency workers.
“Many of those affected were firefighters, police officers and other first responders,” Trump said at a Rose Garden ceremony to sign the bill, which passed Congress last week after a delay that drew criticism from Democrats. “And I was down there also, but I’m not considering myself a first responder. But I was down there. I spent a lot of time down there with you.”