{"id":220907,"date":"2026-09-09T09:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/220907\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T09:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:07:25","slug":"governor-gavin-newsom-slams-donald-trump-for-allegedly-telling-fake-9-11-story-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/220907\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Gavin Newsom Slams Donald Trump For Allegedly Telling Fake 9\/11 Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Donald Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> is telling an &#8220;absolutely disgusting&#8221; lie about where he was on 9\/11 &#8230; so says California Governor <a data-ylk=\"slk:Gavin Newsom;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/gavin-newsom\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gavin Newsom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here&#8217;s the deal &#8230; at an event honoring 9\/11 emergency responders on Tuesday, POTUS repeated a story he&#8217;s told about his own experience on New York City&#8217;s dark day.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/trump-fakes-story-during-911-speech-090826\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Governor Gavin Newsom Blasts Donald Trump Over Alleged False 9\/11 Story\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tmz_articles_672\/b22cdf3ff61a2cee265bf4e5a5f28b1a.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Governor Gavin Newsom Blasts Donald Trump Over Alleged False 9\/11 Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to DJT &#8230; he was at the U.S. Steel Building &#8212; about a quarter-mile from Ground Zero &#8212; on 9\/11. He says two firefighters picked him up outside the building and ran him away from the area, which the president joked repeatedly is no easy task given his size.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While President Trump swears it&#8217;s a true story, Governor Newsom is calling BS &#8230; with his press office firing off on X, &#8220;An absolutely disgusting thing to lie about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"TMZ\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tmz_articles_672\/77247cd2d3e2ca09ea81ed22575e3c84.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Worth noting here &#8230; Trump actually called into the local television station <a data-ylk=\"slk:WWOR-TV;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PcKlPhFIE7w\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">WWOR-TV<\/a> from his office at Trump Tower on 9\/11, which is uptown from Ground Zero, about 4 miles away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the interview, he said, &#8220;I have a window that looks directly at the World Trade Center. I saw this huge explosion. I was with a group of people. I really couldn&#8217;t even believe it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If he watched the attack through his window, as he said on the day of the attack, then it&#8217;s unlikely he would&#8217;ve been at the U.S. Steel Building, as he is now claiming. He did go down to the area in the days after 9\/11 and spoke to reporters&#8230; demanding a quick and proportionate response after the terrorist attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">President Trump has also famously claimed to have sent hundreds of workers to help with relief and recovery efforts at Ground Zero the day after the attack &#8230; a claim which has never been corroborated.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2023\/09\/11\/9-11-never-forget\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"535\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tmz_articles_672\/3f5d7e82635ef8cff7b5066fbe25e400.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9\/11 &#8230; Never Forget &#8211; Click image to open gallery<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 25th anniversary of 9\/11 is on Friday &#8230; and it seems President Trump&#8217;s recollections are creeping closer and closer to Ground Zero itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Want to see more TMZ content on Yahoo? 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