At 911 bill signing, Trump implies he was alongside the first responders at the scene

[Mrs. Overall]

Link to tweet

MSNBC:
President Trump to 9/11 first responders: "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."

[C_U_L8R]

1. I lived 'down there'

Trump was never there and did not one thing to help in any way. He’s a liar and a fraud.

[Tripper11]

2. "but I'm not considering myself a first responder" ?????

No...definitely not, but you are a racist responder!

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Trump On Ground Zero Clean Up: "I Helped A Little Bit"

He's a consistent liar . . . . . .

[spanone]

4. How much time, don? Being a public figure, a lot of people must have seen you, right?

Let's see some news stories of you 'down there'.....

I doubt there are any.

Another day, another lie.

[Tanuki]

5. He also stole $150k from a fund meant to help small businesses that were affected by 9/11.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5cb3abd5e4b082aab0876ab4/amp

"Nadler said the president has “no moral authority” to criticize Omar, particularly since Trump cynically “stole” a $150,000 federally funded grant intended to help struggling small businesses after the terror strike.

“I was instrumental in getting funding for small business grants for victims of 9/11, for people with small businesses in the area,” Nadler said. “Donald Trump actually took a $150,000 grant from the Bush administration ... meant for small businessmen for [his building at] 40 Wall St. He stole $150,000 from some small businessperson who could have used it to help rehabilitate himself.”

Nadler added: “He has no moral authority to be talking about 9/11 at all.”....(more)

[dalton99a]

11. +1

[smirkymonkey]

24. That is sickening!

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Down there hiding in the bunker with Giuliani?

[Javaman]

7. wasn't he also the man with the umbrella at dealey plaza?

Fucking bullshit artist.

[Bluepinky]

8. Trump needs to be photoshopped into photos of responders after 9/11.

Preferably in an expensive but ill-fitting suit. He has never done any physical labor in his life, never gone out of his way to help another person, never rolled up his sleeves to get something accomplished.

He’s a fat, ugly ball of orange slime.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. Trump's Remarks at Signing of H.R. 1327, to Permanently Authorize the September 11th Compensation

REMARKS

Remarks by President Trump at Signing of H.R. 1327, an Act to Permanently Authorize the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
NATIONAL SECURITY & DEFENSE

Issued on: July 29, 2019

Rose Garden

10:09 A.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Well, thank you very much, everybody. Please, sit down. Very important day. And we’re gathered this morning at the White House to honor our solemn duty to America’s best, bravest, and finest, who I know so well. In a few moments, I will sign a bipartisan bill to fully reauthorize the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. So, the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund is something you’ve all worked on very hard, and the day has come.

Today, we come together as one nation to support our September 11th heroes, to care for their families, and to renew our eternal vow: Never, Ever Forget.

{snip}

We love you. We honor you. And we thank you. God bless you all. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you.

Now I’m going to sign this bill into law. And I don’t know if the stage will hold it, but if it doesn’t, we’re not falling very far. But I’d like to ask the families and I’d also like to ask the first responders to come up, and we’ll give — we’ll give this stage a shot. Let’s see how well built. Made in America. Let’s see how well built it is. Okay? Come on up.

(The bill is signed.)

(Applause.) Thank you, everybody. Thank you very much.

END

10:22 A.M. EDT

[blugbox]

25. Jesus Christ

You know... you'd think that when dealing with families who had loved ones die in a structure collapse, you would avoid mentioning the possibility of a FUCKING STRUCTURE COLLAPSE at a bill signing...

FUCK YOU tRUMP

[John Fante]

30. Trump is like an exaggerated parody of a dimwitted asshole politician.

Only he's all too real.

[redstatebluegirl]

10. Lord he will lie about anything!

[CrispyQ]

12. His base will believe him, just like they believe that President Obama was golfing at the time.

[Nay]

13. Is there any way to pin down exactly where Dipshit was on that day? I'd love

it if he was in Florida or something. I know damn well he didn't run down and "help" anybody, that's for sure, whether he was there or not.

[Mrs. Overall]

15. He was interviewed on TV live that day and he bragged that Trump Tower was now the tallest building

in NYC.

Link to tweet

[Nay]

17. Yessss, now I remember that -- he was there in NY, crowing about how big his tower

was cuz the Twin Towers fell. While the bodies were still warm. God, how I despise this monster.

A psychopath AND a narcissist, and voters STILL voted for him.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

20. Here's another link to what you just said:

He's probably reminiscing about that day, so he may just be distracted...

“40 Wall St actually was the 2nd tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually, before the World Trade Center, was the tallest...it became known as the 2nd tallest. And now it’s the tallest.”

Link to tweet

[Mrs. Overall]

22. Wow. Even in 2001 his speech is jumbled as he talks about "the tallest."

[VOX]

14. Remember when Repugs excoriated Hillary for the "landing under sniper fire" comment?

Think they’ll be so outraged at 45 on this that they’ll take a paddle to his ample hindquarters?
DOUBT IT. They’ll probably provide a fake backstory to “prove” he was in the thick of it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/05/23/recalling-hillary-clintons-claim-of-landing-under-sniper-fire-in-bosnia/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.692f41d15ad8

[Vinca]

16. The closest he got was filing a bogus insurance claim for "damage" to a property he owned.

[moondust]

18. "So I'm a hero, too, just like you," was the

unspoken message. "And I don't believe all those health problems exist because I haven't had any and I was there so much of the time. I really shouldn't be paying for all these fake health problems," the unspoken message continued.

And now you know...the rest of the story.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

19. Trump is really having trouble reading this morning: "bar-partisan" followed seconds later by....

Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted

Trump is really having trouble reading this morning: "bar-partisan" followed seconds later by "nine-elective"

Link to tweet

[BSdetect]

26. What a hopeless prat he is.

[mercuryblues]

32. It also sounds like he was going to say

boring instead of bipartisan.

[LuckyCharms]

21. Go "down there" Donald. Go to hell, fucker.

[demmiblue]

23. Disgusting POS

[stillcool]

27. oh my..it's always about him

good way to piss off New Yorkers.

[DesertRat]

28. Liar-n-chief

[yonder]

29. Lookie-Looing doing what Lookie-Loo(s)ers do

IF he was ever even "down there".

Helping to remove rubble? Not a chance.

[renate]

31. This is literally true: a crazy person is President of the United States

How can Republican senators continue to stand in the way of repairing this situation? It’s not as though Pence is a Democrat.