9/11/2018

9/11/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump paid sober tribute to victims of crashed Flight 93 in Pennsylvania on Tuesday [9-11-18], the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks..It was a message of defiance in the face of terrorism, delivered by a New Yorker president who has at times struggled to adopt the role of consoler in chief. The President began the day on a combative streak, tweeting angrily about the Russia investigation from the White House as mourners were gathering in lower Manhattan, at the Pentagon and in the Pennsylvania field where Flight 93 crashed 17 years ago. When he arrived in Pennsylvania with the first lady, Trump flashed a celebratory smile and pumped his fists as he greeted supporters on the tarmac in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. By the time he’d made his way to Shanksville, where family members of victims had gathered to remember their loved ones, the President had assumed a solemn demeanor and pinned a remembrance ribbon on his right lapel. He watched from stage as a bell tolled and the names of the victims were read aloud by their survivors.”

Kevin Liptak, “Trump pays sober tribute to 9/11 after Russia tweets, fist pumps,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, September 11, 2018 12:40 pm