Former President Donald Trump has used his 2024 Republican presidential primary campaign to make a number of misleading and false claims, suggesting the U.S. sent Iran $6 billion in a hostage deal, that there were no terrorist attacks while he was president, and that his uncle was the longest-serving professor at MIT.
Trump leads rival Nikki Haley in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and the two are set to face off in the South Carolina primary on February 24.
In a video that was widely shared on social media, Trump also appeared to claim that he helped with the recovery efforts at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001.
The Ruling
There is no evidence that Trump cleared rubble on 9/11. Trump told media that he had hired hundreds of workers to help with the rescue and clean-up efforts. However, investigations found no evidence that independently supported the claim, either. A fire battalion chief has told fact-check journalists he had "no knowledge of [Trump] being down there."
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Fact Check: Did Donald Trump help clear rubble on 9/11?
Video from 2016 of Trump claiming that he helped at Ground Zero on 9/11 has gone viral.
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Why would Trump even make such a statement? What do you think?