Donald Trump has often placed himself at the centre of events around the 9/11 attacks, peppering his speeches with anecdotes and references to the fateful day and its aftermath.
But many of Trump’s claims are not supported by evidence, and in some cases they have been proven to be false. Fact-checkers have pored over the historical record without finding Trump in the places and situations he vividly describes.
The President, a native New Yorker, has vigorously defended his claims and attacked detractors. But biographers who have chronicled his life and work describe a pattern of self-aggrandising fantasies.
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