Trump’s Own Nephew Jumps Into the Fray to Debunk His 9/11 Storytelling

Donald Trump (Screenshot); Fred Trump, Inset (Screenshot via X)

President Donald Trump’s own nephew found Trump’s alleged tall tales about his actions in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks so offensive, he decided to speak out.

Fred Trump said he chose to respond on Tuesday via X so as not to take away from ceremonies marking Friday’s 25th anniversary of the solemn day, which left 2,977 people dead, the Twin Towers in ruins and sparked decades of illness from the dangerous air in the aftermath.

The nephew, 63, whose sister Mary Trump often speaks out against their uncle, said he couldn’t keep quiet:

There are two reports out today that relate to the tragedy of 9/11. I will comment on them today because doing so on the 25th anniversary this Friday would take away from the solemn memories. I try not to comment personally about my uncle, but his claim that he brought a crew of workers to help at the sight so offends me that I need to speak out. He was not building a “big building “ at the time. The only crew he claimed to bring to the site would have been secretarial and accounting employees from Trump Tower I knew many of them, and pretty sure they were not capable physically to help (if they could, I am sure they would try). Regarding the US Steel Buiding, ironically, the grandfather of a very close friend of mine was one of the original engineers- the bldg was built strong. Second, the brother of a partner of mine was an engineer that was immediately called to perform an inspection. While people were originally concerned, it was eventually cleared for occupancy- not creaking and ready to fall. I hope this brings some truth to that story. The second story will follow.

On Wednesday morning, Fred Trump followed up with a second post — this time sounding off on Rudy Giuliani for lashing out at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani:

The second disturbing story that came out yesterday regarding the 25th anniversary of 9/11 was when NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani @NYCMayor said he would attend memorial services as is his right. Soon after, former mayor Rudy Giuliani @RudyGiuliani said “he was offended by Mamdani’s attendance. Why? Surely because of Mandami’s religion. Remember George Bush’s words on 9/17- “Islam is peace”. Full disclosure, I did not vote for Giuliani in any of his campaigns, though I thought he did a commendable job bringing the City together after the attacks. But in my opinion, he went too far,including a demand that he stay in office after his second term ended. Two years after, Giuliani was keynote speaker at my real estate company’s annual lunch. It was just after he started his security company and it was clear to most that he was “cashing in”. The rest is history. I wish he would just finally go away.

In rambling remarks at a 9/11 event Tuesday, Trump repeated claims he had visited the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the terror attack, saying he “took the whole crew down there right after this happened, and they were — they had no hesitation. Everybody went down with me. We went down as a big group of people. Wasn’t too much we could do, I’ll be honest. It was, it was raw, and nobody’s seen anything like it, ever.

“We had other buildings, the United States Steel Building was creaking, really creaking, and we thought it was going to fall down. The truth is, it creaked a lot. It creaked. It still creaks, but, uh, it never came down,” he said before describing how he was evacuated by firemen.

“And I — I’ll never forget two firemen. We thought it was coming down on top of us, and two firemen, big, strong guys. And I’m not the smallest guy in the world. They grabbed me under the arms. They — “Gotta get out of here!” And they literally lifted me up. This is not easy to do. I’m big. They lifted me up and they started running with me. I said, “Fellas, I can run myself,'” he recalled.

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