'WE LOVE THE BLUE'
9/11 20th anniversary: Trump makes surprise visit to cops & firefighters after Biden told he’s ‘not welcome’ in NYC
DONALD Trump made a surprise visit to cops and firefighters on the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
It comes after New York City's former mayor said Joe Biden was “not welcome” in NYC.
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The former president was pictured smiling and shaking hands as he surprised NYPD and FDNY.
“We’re not supposed to say it, but I’ll say it. We love the Blue,” he told the crowd.
Trump will appear via video message at the "Let Us Worship" event led on the National Mall.
In an interview with on Friday, the former Republican president said he will visit Ground Zero to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack.
Ahead of his expected visit to the site, Trump sent a video message of support and also took a swipe at Joe Biden.
“For the great people of our country this is a very sad day,” Trump said in the 90-second long video which was shared online. “September 11 represents great sorrow for our country.”
“Many things were displayed that day, including most importantly the bravery of our police, fire, and first responders of every kind, the job they did was truly unbelievable,” said Trump. “We love them and we thank them.”
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He then turned his attention to taking aim at Biden and his handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“It is also a sad time for the way our war on those that did such harm to our country ended last week, the loss of 13 great warriors and the many more who were wounded, should never have happened,” Trump said in the video.
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“It was caused by bad planning, incredible weakness, and leaders who truly didn’t understand what was happening. This is the 20th year of this war, and should have been a year of victory and honor, and strength.”
But, Trump claimed, Biden had “surrendered in defeat.”
It comes after New York City's former mayor told WABC radio during a 9/11 remembrance: “President Biden shouldn’t come here. He doesn’t belong here.”
“ made decisions that were reckless, almost to the point of insanity,” he said Friday afternoon.
“It would be as if I went down to Ground Zero and I said, ‘Take out the firefighters and all you civilians, see if you can get yourselves out and maybe some terrorists can help you out.'”
“If you leave Americans behind, you could be the president or anybody else, I just have no respect for you,” the former mayor added. “President Biden did probably one of the most reckless acts in American history and he’s putting us through hell.”
had been tight-lipped about whether he would mark the tragedy.
The reported on Thursday Trump would visit Ground Zero early Saturday afternoon, following a formal ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
It is not thought he will bump into the current president, Joe Biden.
Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are due to attend the beginning of the 8.30am ceremony before leaving New York around 10am to take part in observances at Shanksville, Pennsylvania – the site of the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 – and the Pentagon.
Trump has been piling on in the last few weeks over the withdrawal of US troops and the subsequent takeover of the country by the Taliban.
The US moved troops into the country in the wake of the .
“It is very depressing,” Trump told Fox News on Friday of his feelings on the anniversary. “This was supposed to be a day of victory. Now it is a day of embarrassment. How do you have this happen?”
“I think Biden rushed it [the Afghan pullout] to try to claim victory,” the former president added, “and now, he looks like a fool.”
Chaotic scenes were seen in Kabul in the as military personnel and civilians were rushed out of the country in order to meet the August deadline.
After Trump’s visit to New York he is due to head to Florida where he and his son Donald Trump Jr as expected to provide an alternative commentary track for an eight-round boxing exhibition between former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort.
Earlier this month, the mom of a Marine killed in the deadly suicide bombing in Afghanistan in August has .
said it would be an "honor" to meet the "real president" at the memorial service for her 20-year-old son Kareem Nikoui.
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Nikoui was one of the 13 Marines killed in the terrorist blast in Kabul last month.
Chappell blamed Biden for her son's death, adding that the president has "blood on his hands."
9/11 timeline of events
The 9/11 terror attacks occurred 20 years ago. Here is a timeline of the day:
- 5:45am - Hijackers get through security in Portland, Maine and board American Airlines Flight 11 that was scheduled to fly to Boston.
- 7:59am - American Airlines Flight 11 takes off from Boston to Los Angeles. The plane is carrying 76 passengers, 11 crew and five hijackers.
- 8:15am - United Airlines Flight 175, carrying 51 passengers, nine crew and five hijackers, takes off from Boston to Los Angeles.
- 8:20am -American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Washington, DC. The plane is carrying 53 passengers, six crew and five hijackers.
- 8:42am - United Airlines Flight 93 takes off from Newark. The plane is carrying 33 passengers, seven crew and four hijackers. The flight was bound to San Francisco.
- 8:46am - Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
- 9:03am - Flight 175 hits the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
- 9:36am - Vice President Dick Cheney is evacuated by Secret Service agents to an undisclosed location.
- 9:37am - Flight 77 hits the Pentagon building in Washington, DC.
- 9:45am - The US Capitol and White House are both evacuated.
- 9:59am - The South Tower was the first to collapse after burning for around 56 minutes.
- 10:03am - United Airlines flight 93 crashes into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The passengers and crew got together and stormed the cockpit of the hijacked plane. All passengers on board are killed.
- 10:28am - The North Tower collapses.
- 8:30pm - President George W. Bush addresses the US from the White House regarding the attacks. Almost 3,000 Americans died in the .
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