The United States commemorated this Friday the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, which killed 2,977 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania. Donald Trump was present at the Pentagon ceremony, while the main ceremony at ground zero in New York brought together victims' families, survivors, emergency crews, and much of the American political class.
The New York event was attended by the four living former presidents — Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama — as well as Vice President J.D. Vance, representing the Trump administration. Also present was the mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, who defined this anniversary as a "sacred obligation" to honor those who were "taken from them" through mutual care.
Trump broke with tradition and did not attend the main ceremony, since presidents have attended the event for 25 years, but since 2012 they have not delivered a speech, to protect something that was not mentioned in the article.
The article mentions that Trump took the occasion of September 11 to defend the war against Iran, stating that "they will not have a nuclear weapon."
