{"id":2656316,"date":"2026-09-08T23:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T03:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-ground-zero-story-is-exactly-accurate-after-deluge-of-fact-checks\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T23:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T03:33:36","slug":"trump-says-ground-zero-story-is-exactly-accurate-after-deluge-of-fact-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-ground-zero-story-is-exactly-accurate-after-deluge-of-fact-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says ground zero story is &#8216;exactly accurate&#8217; after deluge of fact checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-ground-zero-story-is-exactly-accurate-after-deluge-of-fact-checks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2656316&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President donald Trump maintained that his recollection of visiting Ground Zero with construction workers after the september 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was accurate, despite several fact checks challenging his account. He defended his story publicly in a lengthy post on Truth Social and reiterated it during a ceremony on the White House Ellipse commemorating the 25th anniversary of the attacks. President Donald Trump asserted that his memory of visiting Ground Zero with construction workers following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks remains accurate. Despite multiple fact-checks questioning his version of events, he publicly defended his account through a detailed post on Truth Social and reiterated the story during a ceremony on the White House ellipse commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9\/11.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> insisted Tuesday that his account of visiting ground zero with construction workers after the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/september-11\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"860\"> Sept. 11, 2001<\/a>, terrorist attacks was \u201cexactly accurate,\u201d pushing back against a wave of fact checks examining his recollection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump defended the story in a lengthy Truth Social post hours after recounting it during a Tunnel to Towers Foundation ceremony on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"125\">White House<\/a> Ellipse, where he marked the 25th anniversary of the attacks.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<style>.explore-more-section { background: var(--wex-bg); 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