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Tuesday, September 08, 2026

President Donald Trump on Tuesday made another dubious claim about his involvement in the recovery effort following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, leading critics to call him "delusional" and a "despicable liar." Trump, who had already been brutally fact-checked over claims of extensive involvement in the recovery effort in 2019, claimed Tuesday that two firemen "lifted me up" from the rubble amid concerns that a nearby building was going to collapse. There has been no evidence that Trump helped clear rubble at Ground Zero, let alone that he fell and was carried by firefighters.

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That's strange because he previously claimed that he watched the second plane from Trump Tower. He also claimed that he witnessed thousands of people cheering in Jersey City as the towers collapsed.

Is it possible he might be telling lies?

#1 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-09-08 02:45 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

This person has a 30% approval rating.

America is broken.

#2 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-09-08 02:47 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

(Trump) claimed Tuesday that two firemen "lifted me up" from the rubble amid concerns that a nearby building was going to collapse.

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There is a Trump Derangement Syndrome because Trump is deranged.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-08 02:48 PM | Reply

"delusional"

Trump is that, and it is getting worse.

"Delusions" are what you go to Court over to get your insane uncle committed to a psychiatric facility for his own good.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-08 02:49 PM | Reply

Trump's mental illness is untreated and increasingly florid, and will lead to a collapse.

That collapse is likely to include an awful lot of destructive and aggressive behavior before the man is actually at the point of dismembering Melania and eating her.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-08 02:52 PM | Reply

Pathological lying is part of Donald Trump's mental illness and steep decline.
Oddly, Republicans are still cool with him as POTUS, nuke codes and all.
Then again, he's made the predator class among them lots of money.
The MAGAt mob less so, although when Trump's War ends ...
... around the time he finally ends his Epstein Coverup ...
Who knows?

#6 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-09-08 03:26 PM | Reply

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