Trump Tells INSANE Story About Where He Was On 9/11

September 9, 2026

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“I’ll never forget two firemen. Big strong guys, and I’m not the smallest guy in the world. They grabbed me under the arms and gotta get out of here. And they literally lifted me up.” That’s how Donald Trump described his experience on 9/11 at a 25th anniversary event — a story the hosts of Pod Save America immediately dismantle as a new, self-aggrandizing twist on an old tale he’s told before with different details. From there, the episode spirals into a broader critique of Trump’s pathological self-involvement, the grift economy of meme coins that has ensnared both his family and Hunter Biden, and the cringey performative masculinity of Republican politicians like Vivek Ramaswamy.

Trump’s 9/11 Story: A Study in Self-Mythology

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1 (00:30) **Trump’s 9/11 Story Gets a New Twist** - The hosts break down Trump’s latest telling of a story about being carried away from a collapsing building by two firefighters, noting the inconsistencies with his previous versions.
2 (02:15) **Ted Cruz Defends Trump’s “Lived Experience”** - The hosts mock Senator Ted Cruz for defending Trump’s fabricated story by calling it his "lived experience" of 9/11.
3 (04:15) **The Real 9/11 Hero: Wells Crowther** - Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to a genuine 9/11 hero, but managed to make it about himself with a bizarre joke.
4 (06:07) **U.S. Attorney Piro’s Hypocritical Crypto Warning** - The hosts highlight a press conference where a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney warned Americans about crypto scams, completely ignoring the Trump family’s own crypto ventures.
5 (09:33) **Hunter Biden’s “Laptop” Meme Coin Rug Pull** - The hosts pivot to Hunter Biden’s new meme coin, which they describe as a textbook "rug pull" that fleeced his own followers.
6 (14:40) **Piro Refuses to Discuss the Reflecting Pool Case** - The same U.S. attorney who warned about crypto scams angrily dodged a question about a case she was forced to drop.
7 (15:54) **Vivek Ramaswamy’s Cringey Batting Cage Video** - The hosts dissect an awkward campaign video from Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, which went viral for all the wrong reasons.

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Guests on this episode

Donald Trump Vivek Ramaswamy Ted Cruz Hunter Biden

Show Notes

Trump’s latest 9/11 LIE is absolutely bonkers. He claims two firefighters literally picked him up and carried him to safety near Ground Zero, a story with no evidence to back it up. Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor break down the latest.

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