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JI7

(89,276 posts)
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 06:32 AM Apr 2019

Trump Won't Name Any of the 'Hundreds of Friends' He Says Died on 9/11

This Article is from 2016 during the Primary Campaign. but the questions have never been answered and with his attacks on ilhan omar over 9/11 it should be brought up again (the media should have demanded answers back then).


<Two days after Donald Trump claimed that he “lost hundreds of friends” at the World Trade Center as a result of the 9/11 attack, his campaign continued to ignore a Daily Beast request that he name even one.

By his math, Trump is trying to tell us that at least one in 10 of the 2,983 who died on 9/11 were his friends.

The cop also wonders why nobody seems to recall seeing Trump at the seemingly endless funerals that followed the attack. The FDNY, which had lost 343 members, had so many funerals and memorials in those dark days that the city asked citizens to attend them to fill the churches.

Trump was also on record saying that none of his properties were damaged in the attack.

But, as the New York Daily News has reported, Trump accepted a $150,000 federal grant that was part of a program meant to assist small businesses affected by 9/11.>

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wont-name-any-of-the-hundreds-of-friends-he-says-died-on-911?source=DDAfternoon&via=newsletter

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Trump Won't Name Any of the 'Hundreds of Friends' He Says Died on 9/11 (Original Post) JI7 Apr 2019 OP
I'm listening to the Weekly List podcast, by Amy Siskind. dewsgirl Apr 2019 #1
He lies about everything now. Even stupid stuff. Dave Starsky Apr 2019 #23
He is such a shameless liar. smirkymonkey Apr 2019 #2
He has friends? 47of74 Apr 2019 #3
I hadn't heard about lots of Russians dying on 9/11. Vinca Apr 2019 #4
He can't name any friends who surivived it, either. GoCubsGo Apr 2019 #5
He doesn't have any friends. Just people he uses and people who use him. mart48 Apr 2019 #6
Worst Person! SammyWinstonJack Apr 2019 #7
Oh, it is much to painful for him PatSeg Apr 2019 #8
You don't suppose he's lying, do you???? spanone Apr 2019 #9
He doesn't have any friends. Nt leftyladyfrommo Apr 2019 #10
On Sept. 11, 2001 Chump only cared about one thing FakeNoose Apr 2019 #11
Or the many, many Muslims he supposedly saw celebrating 9-11. keithbvadu2 Apr 2019 #12
He was a fraud then... world wide wally Apr 2019 #13
He was just joking.... safeinOhio Apr 2019 #14
He was SO nice not to show up at ANY funerals for his 'friends' to take attention away from victims. TheBlackAdder Apr 2019 #15
I believe he has named them all - NONE! He has no friends, living or dead. George II Apr 2019 #16
Here is one safetymgr Apr 2019 #17
Trumpy would have trouble naming two friends, let alone hundreds. yellowcanine Apr 2019 #18
His ex-wives can't stand him. Dave Starsky Apr 2019 #24
It must be a day that ends in "Y". nt Javaman Apr 2019 #19
Who is surprised by this? Gothmog Apr 2019 #20
I heard John Barron has some anonymous friends... Blue Owl Apr 2019 #21
Lawrence O'Donnell did a piece on this again today JI7 Apr 2019 #22

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
1. I'm listening to the Weekly List podcast, by Amy Siskind.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 06:54 AM
Apr 2019

I highly recommend it, you wouldn't believe how much we miss in the chaos.
During his first year he told an average of 4 lies per day. He is now telling an average of 22 lies a day. With all the chaos so much is being missed.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
23. He lies about everything now. Even stupid stuff.
Wed Apr 17, 2019, 07:38 AM
Apr 2019

No one ever calls him on it. It's beyond ridiculous.

Just recently, he lied about his dad being born in a "beautiful town" in Germany. I mean, why even? That would make both of his parents immigrants and him an "anchor baby".

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
2. He is such a shameless liar.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 06:56 AM
Apr 2019

He only saw 9/11 as another chance to get publicity for himself.

First of all, he had no friends. Ever. Let alone any who perished during 9/11. He is such a disgusting opportunist.

Vinca

(50,310 posts)
4. I hadn't heard about lots of Russians dying on 9/11.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 07:58 AM
Apr 2019

I did hear about Don bragging about now having the tallest building in NYC on the same day the towers fell.

GoCubsGo

(32,095 posts)
5. He can't name any friends who surivived it, either.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 08:00 AM
Apr 2019

Because he has no friends. All he has are hangers-on.

PatSeg

(47,613 posts)
8. Oh, it is much to painful for him
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 08:21 AM
Apr 2019

to talk about the friends he lost. He is such a sensitive soul............or a shameless, self-promoting liar.

FakeNoose

(32,777 posts)
11. On Sept. 11, 2001 Chump only cared about one thing
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 08:42 AM
Apr 2019

HIS building was now the tallest in lower Manhattan because the Twin Towers came down. He actually went on the air to say that to the world.



TheBlackAdder

(28,222 posts)
15. He was SO nice not to show up at ANY funerals for his 'friends' to take attention away from victims.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:02 AM
Apr 2019

yellowcanine

(35,701 posts)
18. Trumpy would have trouble naming two friends, let alone hundreds.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 10:46 AM
Apr 2019

Unless he is counting ex wives and girl friends as friends.

JI7

(89,276 posts)
22. Lawrence O'Donnell did a piece on this again today
Wed Apr 17, 2019, 04:15 AM
Apr 2019

he is probably one of the few or even only one who brings this up.

others need to do the same.

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