Trump’s Nephew Calls BS on His Shocking 9/11 Lie

President Donald Trump’s own nephew is publicly challenging his latest account of what he says happened to him in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Fred Trump III spoke out Tuesday after the president repeated dramatic stories about his involvement near Ground Zero, including claims that he brought workers to help with recovery efforts and was once physically carried to safety by two firefighters who feared a nearby building could collapse.

The comments come just days before the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people.

Fred, 63, said he normally tries to avoid personally criticizing his uncle but felt compelled to respond.

“There are two reports out today that relate to the tragedy of 9/11,” Fred wrote on X, explaining that he wanted to address them before the anniversary.

He said Trump’s claim that he brought a crew of workers to assist at the site “so offends me that I need to speak out.”

Trump has told variations of his 9/11 story for years.

During a Fox News appearance Sunday, the president said he “went down” to Ground Zero and “worked long and hard.”

Then, during Tuesday’s Steel Across America event on the Ellipse near the White House, Trump again described being in New York after the attacks and recalled a frightening moment involving the U.S. Steel Building, now known as One Liberty Plaza.

Trump said the building was “creaking” so badly that people feared it could collapse.

He then described two firefighters grabbing him.

“They grabbed me under the arm, said, ‘Got to get out of here,’” Trump recalled.

According to the president, the firefighters then lifted him and began running with him until he told them he was capable of running himself.

The striking account quickly attracted attention because Trump has told different versions of his post-9/11 experience over the years.

Fred disputed key portions of the story.

Trump has also claimed that he had been constructing a large building in New York when the World Trade Center was attacked.

“He was not,” Fred wrote.

Fred said the only group his uncle could have brought from Trump Tower would likely have included office employees, including secretarial and accounting staff.

He said he personally knew many of them and doubted they would have been capable of performing the kind of physical rescue or debris-removal work associated with Ground Zero.

Trump made similar claims shortly after the attacks.

Two days after 9/11, he spoke with a German television broadcaster several blocks from the destroyed World Trade Center and said he had more than 100 workers assisting, with another large group expected to arrive.

However, subsequent reporting and fact-checking have found no independent evidence confirming that Trump personally participated in recovery work at Ground Zero or dispatched a large construction crew there.

Fred also challenged his uncle’s account of the U.S. Steel Building appearing to be on the verge of collapse.

He said the grandfather of one of his close friends had been among the building’s original engineers and described the structure as strongly built.

Fred also said the brother of one of his business partners was an engineer who was called to inspect the property following the attacks.

While there were initially concerns about the building, Fred said it was eventually cleared for occupancy.

“I hope this brings some truth to that story,” he wrote.

Trump was at Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan when the attacks occurred. The building is roughly two-and-a-half miles from the World Trade Center site.

There is documentation placing Trump in Lower Manhattan in the days after the attacks, but reporting cited by People has not established that he participated directly in rescue or recovery work at Ground Zero.

The White House has defended the president’s account.

A spokesperson said Trump was describing his experience in New York during the chaotic days and weeks following the attacks and accused the media of using the issue to unfairly attack him.

The White House did not provide additional evidence supporting the disputed details of Trump’s story in its response to questions about the account.

Tuesday’s event itself was dedicated to honoring the victims and first responders of 9/11.

A massive 21-foot steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center’s South Tower was displayed on the Ellipse as part of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s Steel Across America tour.

Trump also paid tribute to victims and first responders and posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Welles Crowther, the 24-year-old volunteer firefighter and equities trader remembered as the “Man in the Red Bandana” for helping people escape the South Tower before he was killed in its collapse.

But as the country prepares to mark a quarter-century since one of the darkest days in American history, the president’s own nephew has now added his voice to those questioning how accurately Trump has portrayed his personal role in the aftermath.