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Trump Delivers September 11 Remembrance Remarks at the White House

September 8, 2026 · The White House · 0:01:13

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What happened

President Donald Trump delivered remarks at the White House honoring those lost on September 11, 2001, according to the White House video.

Trump said that on 9/11 nearly 3,000 precious souls were stolen, killed by terrorists at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and on Flight 93, as he stated the toll. Gathering on another Tuesday morning in September a quarter of a century later, he said, Americans reaffirm the sacred vow made then: never to forget those lost or the heroes of that day, as he put it.

Trump said that in just over 100 minutes, 175,000 tons of steel and concrete were reduced to ruin and 3,000 lives extinguished, and that the world changed forever, as he described it. Pointing to a battered piece of steel displayed on the Ellipse, he said it was a reminder that America is blessed with a strength no fire can consume, no evil can conquer and no terror can destroy, as he stated it.

Why it matters

The remarks mark the 25-year remembrance of the attacks in the administration’s own words, centered on the vow of remembrance rather than new policy.

Sources: The White House, ““President Trump delivers remarks at the White House to honor those we lost on Sept. 11, 2001. ❤️🇺🇸”, 2026-09-08 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-09-08). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.