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Trump has paid tribute to the victims of 9/11 while justifying military actions against Iran, even though there are no established connections between Tehran and the attacks.
On Friday, President Donald Trump commemorated the victims, survivors, and first responders of 9/11 during a heartfelt ceremony at the Pentagon, which marked the 25th anniversary of the attacks. He also referenced the tragedy to justify his contentious conflict with Iran.
Trump, who did not attend the main memorial at Ground Zero, offered a heartfelt tribute to a diverse array of individuals who lost their lives in the most devastating terror attack on United States soil at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and aboard a hijacked plane that crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
“When future generations come here in 25, 100, or 250 years, they will stand in a nation that is free and unyielding in the face of evil,” the US-based Daily News reported Trump as saying.
They will continue to honor the heroes of 9/11, 2001, who time will never erase from our memory. “It will never be forgotten,” he added.
Adhering to a serious narrative, he remembered a young family traveling to California who tragically lost their lives in the American Airlines jet that hijackers crashed into the Pentagon.
Trump also urged the family of fallen FDNY Capt. Timothy Stackpole, who lost his life while attempting to save others at the World Trade Center, to rise and receive applause from the audience.
The president made a statement that some may view as inconsistent when he referenced the attacks to support his justification for military action against Iran earlier this year, despite the lack of any established connections between Tehran and 9/11.
“Today we reaffirm the solemn promise we made in their honor a quarter of a century ago; we will never, ever forget,” Trump stated. “That is the reason we engage in battle today,”
“We commend the service members currently engaged in efforts to ensure that the world’s foremost sponsor of terror, the Islamic Republic of Iran, will never possess a nuclear weapon,” he added.
Trump was accompanied on stage by First Lady Melania Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine, and former National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.
Hegseth previously attempted to more explicitly connect the Iran war to the terror attacks, which were carried out by Al-Qaeda terrorists from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Lebanon, and had no affiliations with Iran.
“In the past six months, we have significantly diminished the influence of the world’s most prolific state sponsor of terrorism,” Hegseth stated. “Our warriors have battled an Islamic theocracy that has desired our demise for nearly fifty years, one that celebrated 9/11.”
Trump and his administration have presented a changing array of objectives for the conflict, which include halting Iran’s nuclear program, altering the Islamic regime, preventing its capacity to attack neighboring countries, and prohibiting support for regional terrorist proxy groups. None of those goals has been accomplished to date.
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