Shame on Donald Trump for skipping the Ground Zero ceremony in NYC marking 25 years since the terror attacks of 9/11/2001.
The so-called champion of law enforcement has decided to spit on the graves of the firefighters and cops who charged toward the burning buildings in Lower Manhattan to save those they could, along with the memories of thousands more. Add that insult to the disrespect he has callously shown the brave Capitol police officers in Washington who tried to hold back an angry mob he’d whipped up on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump is reportedly missing so important a day because, like other politicians before him, he wasn’t going to be given an opportunity to speak. The annual event is nonpartisan, so Trump was treated the same as other political leaders before him, including last year, when he joined in silence with Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and JD Vance.
But that apparently wasn’t good enough for Trump. If it’s not about him, he really isn’t interested.
The 3,000 who died. The thousands more who perished from 9/11 illness. The moms, dads, wives, husbands, daughters and sons whose lives were upended. The people who lived to tell the story. The New Yorkers who rebuilt the city.
None of them matter, not to a president who has taken self-interest to new heights.
For those still toiling under the misimpression that Trump is standing up for you, please take note of this decision. On a profoundly historic day the president has put his own vanity above participating in a solemn and significant moment. He doesn’t care about you, or anyone. He may sound like he does. He may win you over with his rhetoric. But all Trump really believes in is himself.
Shame on Trump for skipping the 9/11 ceremony in his hometown. It’s time for those who haven’t yet to pay closer attention to his self-serving and dangerous game.