Fact-check: “Trump claims he worked with first responders on 9/11.”
Verdict: Misleading (72% confidence)
Trump did visit the area near Ground Zero in the days after 9/11 and claimed to have sent construction workers to assist, but the documented record does not support that he personally worked alongside first responders in any operational capacity. The FDNY battalion chief who commanded recovery operations told reporters he had no knowledge of Trump being there, and contemporaneous accounts describe Trump making media appearances near the site rather than doing recovery work. The claim that he 'w…
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