By 2019, 9/11 had become reduced to slogans and memes of varying severity. Politicians weaponized the tragedy and used it to cast aspersions on their enemies. In April 2019, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar received death threats after Trump tweeted a video falsely implying she approved of the 9/11 attacks. But while the trivialization of 9/11 was a gradual cultural phenomenon, Trump’s callousness about 9/11 dates back to the day it happened, when he responded to the death of thousands of New Yorkers by bragging about his buildings. “40 Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown
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