特朗普向9/11一线救援人员致敬——同时推销其政治优先事项


2026-09-08T17:48:28.615Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/08/politics/trump-9-11-event-iran

当地时间周二,美国唐纳德·特朗普总统向在2001年9月11日恐怖袭击中勇敢冲向危险现场的英雄们致敬,此时美国正准备纪念这一庄严的25周年纪念日。

他还在华盛顿特区白宫附近的这场活动中,短暂推销了自己的部分优先政策,包括为他对伊朗的军事行动辩护,并将9/11期间执法人员面临的危险与共产主义威胁相提并论——这是他在中期选举前攻击民主党的常用论调之一。

来自纽约、华盛顿特区和宾夕法尼亚州的一线救援人员,以及军人、金星家庭(指阵亡军人家属)和牺牲救援人员的家属齐聚椭圆广场,现场展示了一根从世贸中心南楼回收的21英尺长、13900磅重的钢梁。

“当我们看到这根钢梁时,我们会想起,无论面临何种威胁或挑战,美国都会战斗到底。美国将挺过难关,美国终将获胜,”总统说道。

作为土生土长的纽约人,特朗普回忆了自己当天的经历:“我看到了一些我永远不想再看到的场面。”他将随后几天前往世贸遗址的经历描述为“令人痛心的”。

这根钢梁曾从曼哈顿下城运往多个关键地点,包括宾夕法尼亚州尚克斯维尔的93号航班国家纪念碑,以及佛罗里达州萨拉索塔的艾玛·E·布克小学——当时的总统乔治·W·布什正是在这所小学与二年级学生一起读书时,得知第二座世贸大楼被撞击的消息。这根钢梁是更广泛教育项目的一部分,旨在向美国人讲述9/11英雄们的奉献与牺牲。同时,它也提醒人们——随着越来越多要么年纪太小记不起这场致命袭击、要么根本没出生的美国人长大成人——永远不要忘记这段历史。

活动入口处展示了400多名牺牲的一线救援人员的照片,提醒人们铭记他们的牺牲。特朗普多次赞扬一线救援人员,还将这场悲剧与本届政府持续七个月的对伊朗军事行动相提并论。

“我们现在之所以开战,是因为某个国家曾想要拥有核武器。他们当时离拥有核武器非常近,但现在他们绝无可能再获得了。他们永远也不会拥有核武器。伊朗不会拥有核武器,”他说。

特朗普还追授威尔斯·克劳瑟总统自由勋章。这位被称为“红头巾男子”的克劳瑟是一名股票交易员兼志愿消防员,在世贸中心南楼坍塌前,他三次往返于南楼78层的大厅,协助引导民众撤离。特朗普在演讲中打趣道,这位牺牲的英雄“已经比我还出名了。我可不喜欢这样。”

总统还向现场的多名官员表示了认可,其中包括商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克——袭击发生时,卢特尼克是Cantor Fitzgerald公司的总裁,该公司在世贸中心设有办事处,共损失658名员工,其中包括卢特尼克的兄弟。

近日,卢特尼克因在CNBC采访中虚假声称美国在对伊朗战争中无人阵亡而受到审查。特朗普上周在Truth Social上预先试图淡化这一言论,卢特尼克随后也为该言论道歉。

“他有些缺点,但总体来说,他非常优秀,”特朗普周二说道。

总统的演讲也短暂转向政治议题,他赞扬了美国的执法部门,称他们负责保护国家免受包括共产主义在内的各种威胁,重复了他在竞选活动中用来攻击民主党人的论调。

“面对某些威胁时,是我们的执法部门让国家保持团结。我们现在面临一些非常真实的威胁。有些人想走上另一条路,他们想走共产主义道路。好吧,这行不通,”他说。

据熟悉其计划的人士透露,特朗普预计不会于周五前往纽约参加世贸中心的周年纪念仪式,但会在五角大楼纪念这一时刻。他不参加纽约世贸中心的仪式,部分原因是他想发表讲话。自2012年以来,纽约的这场活动就不允许政客发言。

CNN的阿莱娜·特里恩为本报道贡献了内容。

Trump honors 9/11 first responders — and plugs his political priorities

2026-09-08T17:48:28.615Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/08/politics/trump-9-11-event-iran

President Donald Trump on Tuesday honored the heroes who bravely ran toward the danger during the September 11, 2001, terror attacks as the nation prepares to commemorate the day’s solemn 25th anniversary.

He also used the event near the White House in Washington, DC, to briefly plug some of his own priorities, including arguing for his war with Iran and comparing the danger officers faced during 9/11 to the threat of communism — one of his frequent digs at the Democratic Party ahead of the midterms.

A crowd of first responders from New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania, along with service members, Gold Star families and the families of fallen first responders gathered on the Ellipse, where a 21-foot, 13,900-pound steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center’s South Tower was on display.

“When we see this steel, we’re reminded that no matter what threat or challenge comes our way, America will fight. America will endure, and America will prevail,” the president said.

Trump, a native New Yorker, recalled his own experience that day: “I saw things that I never want to see again.” He described a trip to Ground Zero in the days that followed as “raw.”

The steel beam, which has traveled from Lower Manhattan to key sites — including the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, where then-President George W. Bush was reading with second grade students when he learned the second tower had been hit — is part of a broader educational effort to teach Americans about the service and sacrifice of the heroes of 9/11. And it’s a reminder — as more Americans grow up who were either too young to remember the fatal day or not born yet — to never forget.

At the entrance to the event, images of more than 400 first responders who lost their lives provided a reminder of the sacrifice. Trump repeatedly praised the first responders, but also drew a comparison between the tragedy and the administration’s war with Iran, now in its seventh month.

“We’re right now fighting because we have a certain nation that wanted a nuclear weapon. They were very close to getting it, and now they have no chance of getting it. They will never have a nuclear weapon. Iran will not have a nuclear weapon,” he said.

Trump also posthumously honored Welles Crowther with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Known as the “man in the red bandana,” Crowther, an equity trader and volunteer firefighter, made three trips to the South Tower’s 78th floor lobby to help guide people to safety before the tower collapsed. Trump quipped during his speech that the fallen hero had “become more famous than me. I don’t like it.”

The president recognized some of the officials in the audience, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — who at the time of the attack was the president of Cantor Fitzgerald, which had offices in the World Trade Center and lost 658 employees, including Lutnick’s brother.

Lutnick has come under scrutiny in recent days after the secretary falsely asserted in a CNBC interview that no Americans had died during the war with Iran. Trump preemptively sought to downplay the remark on Truth Social last week, and Lutnick later apologized for the comment.

“He’s got some faults, but overall, he’s excellent,” Trump said Tuesday.

The president’s speech also briefly veered political as he heralded the nation’s law enforcement, suggesting that they are responsible for protecting the country from threats — including communism, repeating a theme he’s used to attack Democrats on the campaign trail.

“Our law enforcement holds our country together in light of some threats. We have some very real threats right now. We have people that want to go a different way, they want to go a communistic way. Well, that’s not going to work,” he said.

Trump is not expected to travel to New York City on Friday for anniversary ceremonies at the World Trade Center, but will mark the moment at the Pentagon. Trump is not attending the World Trade Center ceremony in part because he wants to deliver remarks, people familiar with his plans said. Politicians have not been permitted to speak at the event in New York since 2012.

CNN’s Alayna Treene contributed to this report.

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