President Donald Trump is demanding a retraction from New York Magazine and New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman in connection with stories regarding his personal whereabouts amid the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and his attendance at a 9/11 event this week at the Pentagon.
In a lengthy post on X Tuesday evening, Trump said: “The Failing New York Magazine wrote a story that I wasn’t down at the World Trade Center after the Tragedy of September 11th, because nobody saw me there.
“Well, I don’t think I would be the first thing on anyone’s mind but, I was there, obviously not on the same day as the collapse, but shortly thereafter, with a large group of Construction Workers. I discussed it today during my Remarks on the Ellipse, in Washington, D.C., for Tunnel to Towers.
“Everything I said was exactly accurate and, to prove the point, I am attaching clips of me there with numerous of my people, including my then Head of Security, Matthew Calamari, who has confirmed that very sad trip to Lower Manhattan, many times, to many different Journalists, but it’s a story that just won’t die. The Fake News doesn’t want to listen, even when they know their story is false. That’s why their approval ratings are at an All Time LOW, but mine are VERY HIGH!”
Videos and snapshots posted by Trump show him at the scene being interviewed by news crews two days after the collapse of the World Trade Center.
🚨 NOW: President Trump is DEMANDING A RETRACTION from NYT’s “Maggot Hagerman” and the fake news for lying about his 9/11 event attendance
47 also demands a retraction for the NY Mag report that he did not go toward Ground Zero
TRUMP: “They’re angry, and sick, over the fact… pic.twitter.com/Sm36EWIdZO
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 9, 2026
Trump said at the time: “Well, I just went to what they call Ground Zero. I’ve never seen anything like it. The devastation, the human life that’s been just wasted for no reason whatsoever. It is a terrible scene. It’s a terrible sight. But New Yorkers are very strong and resilient, and they’ll rebuild quickly.”
🚨 BOOM: Trump just dropped this EPIC photo. Ground Zero. Hard hats. Firefighter. Military. Him standing in the dust with the workers.
The Fake News said nobody saw him there. The camera did.
RECEIPTS BEAT NARRATIVE.
Shortly after 9/11. Construction crews. First responders.… pic.twitter.com/IAl9BUCSPa
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) September 9, 2026
“I think they have to respond quickly and effectively. They have to find out exactly what the cause was, who did it, and they have to go after these people because there is no other choice. And secondarily, and much less importantly, we have to rebuild in some form that will be just as majestic as the World Trade Center.”
Journalist Eric Daugherty said: “They want to memory-hole this footage. … Trump VERY CLEARLY said he showed up to the scene when the law allowed him to, not while the building was actively crumbling. They put words in his mouth to lie. RETRACT!”
🚨 JUST NOW: President Trump is dropping VIDEO PROOF for every Fake News outlet lying to millions that he was nowhere near Ground Zero after 9/11
They want to memory-hole this footage.
Donald Trump: “Well, I just went to what they call Ground Zero. I’ve never seen anything like… pic.twitter.com/FH5qt9qcsD
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 9, 2026
Online commentator David J. Freeman noted: “The Fake News said nobody saw him there. The camera did. RECEIPTS BEAT NARRATIVE.”
Trump on 9/11: I was building a big building in New York, and I took the whole crew down there right after this happened., Wasn’t too much we could do. We had other buildings, the United States steel building was creaking. I’ll never forget two firemen. We thought it was coming… pic.twitter.com/kEt6IO71qR
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 8, 2026
Trump was not finished with his indictment of the news media, saying: “On another September 11th front, Maggot Hagerman continues to say that I did not go to the New York World Trade Center event, but the Pentagon instead, because they wouldn’t let me speak in New York. Maggot knows that this is a lie!
“I have been to the New York solemn ceremony numerous times, and nobody speaks. It is a stated fact that, ‘Politicians and public officials are not permitted to deliver speeches or remarks at the official September 11 anniversary remembrance ceremony at the World Trade Center site in New York.’
“Certainly I would not want to violate that, even if I could. I speak enough, and it just so happens that the strong request was made for me to be at the Pentagon instead, with VP Vance handling our Administration’s representation in New York. Hagerman, unattractive both inside and out, fully knows that her story is made up. She knows less about me than the average reporter ‘on the beat.’
“I haven’t spoken to her in a long time, and certainly there was no ‘fact checking’ for her story – There never is! Let her reveal her sources, because they don’t exist. Again, speeches are not made at the New York event and, even if they were, I never asked to speak.
“Fake News is getting worse and worse in the U.S.A. It’s very important to comment so that people understand what liars and scoundrels these so-called ‘journalists’ are. They’re angry, and sick, over the fact that I won the Presidential Election three times!
“I hereby demand a retraction from Maggot, and also, for whoever wrote the fake story for New York Magazine. Again, check out the clips of me at the World Trade Center site. I was there as soon as the Law allowed. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
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