President Donald Trump on Tuesday raged at New York magazine after the publication questioned his recollection of his experience in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.The president apparently took issue with an online story, “Trump Tells Weird Lie About Where He Was On 9/11,” and lashed out by branding the outlet “Failing New York Magazine.”The article refers to a rambling speech Trump made Tuesday in Washington, D.C., where he reflected on the strength of New York City after the tragedy on Sept. 11, 2001.He offered an anecdote about how he was “down there right after this happened” and that two “big, strong” firefighters “lifted him” to safety as they feared the nearby U.S. Steel Building was also at risk of collapse.In his remarks, Trump also renewed a claim that he took a construction crew with him to Lower Manhattan to help with ground zero clean-up efforts.Trump on 9/11: I was building a big building in New York, and I took the whole crew down there right after this happened., Wasn't too much we could do. We had other buildings, the United States steel building was creaking. I'll never forget two firemen. We thought it was coming… pic.twitter.com/kEt6IO71qR— Acyn (@Acyn) September 8, 2026Trump said:“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 it never came down. And 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 arm, said, ‘Got to 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,’ but they were amazing.”New York magazine questioned Trump’s telling of the story and fact-checked his previous comments about his whereabouts on 9/11 and the days after. Trump did visit the site two days after the attacks, on Sept. 13, and conducted interviews, but many of the details of his claims are contested.Citing CNN’s fact-checker, New York magazine noted the then-real estate developer was at Trump Tower in Manhattan’s midtown on the day of the attacks — miles away from the twin towers and the U.S. Steel Building.The magazine, leaning on CNN again, did acknowledge that Trump has shared the firefighter anecdote previously and did not give the impression that he was inside the U.S. Steel Building on Sept. 11 itself. The piece, using PolitiFact research, goes on to suggest that historical accounts referencing fears about the U.S. Steel Building make no mention of Trump.Separately, The New York Times says there is no evidence to support Trump’s claim about firefighters taking him to safety.In his rebuttal Wednesday, Trump said he “was there, obviously not on the same day as the collapse, but shortly thereafter,” and posted a clip in which he spoke to reporters by ground zero after the attacks.“Everything I said was exactly accurate and, to prove the point, I am attaching clips of me there with numerous of my people, including my then Head of Security, Matthew Calamari, who has confirmed that very sad trip to Lower Manhattan, many times, to many different Journalists, but it’s a story that just won’t die,” he wrote. In his post, the president also blasted New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, who reported that Trump wanted to speak at the memorial ceremony at ground zero in New York on Friday, despite politicians not giving remarks at the solemn event.Every other living president — Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton — will be there to mark the tragedy’s 25th anniversary, but Trump plans to appear at a Pentagon event instead.Trump wrote: “Fake News is getting worse and worse in the U.S.A. It’s very important to comment so that people understand what liars and scoundrels these so-called ‘journalists’ are. They’re angry, and sick, over the fact that I won the Presidential Election three times!”He won twice.