The President of the United States, Donald Trump, used the anniversary of the September 11 attacks to defend a militaristic posture regarding Iran. His intervention took place at the Pentagon, one of the locations that was targeted in the attacks 25 years ago.
Trump remembered the national unity that followed the 2001 terrorist attacks, seeking to frame his position on Iran within that context of American solidarity. The message conveyed aimed to make a connection between the response to past attacks and his current foreign policy.
In the news headline, one of his most controversial statements is mentioned: "We continue to send terrorists to hell," an expression that summarizes his hardline approach to national security and the fight against terrorism.
The speech at the Pentagon was described as a short but symbol-laden intervention, since the location chosen for the occasion is an integral part of the memory of the attacks that the president sought to evoke to justify his militaristic positions.
