NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration said Friday that it is exploring whether the federal government can take control of the 9/11 memorial and museum in New York City.
The site in lower Manhattan, where the World Trade Center’s twin towers were destroyed by hijacked jetliners on Sept. 11, 2001, features two memorial pools ringed by waterfalls and parapets with the names of the dead, and an underground museum. Since opening to the public in 2014, the memorial plaza and museum have been run by a public charity, now chaired by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a frequent Trump critic.
The White House confirmed the administration has had “preliminary exploratory discussions” about the idea, but declined to elaborate. The office noted the Republican pledged during his campaign last year to make the site a national monument, protected and maintained by the federal government.
But officials at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum say the federal government, under current laws, can’t unilaterally take over the site, which is located on land owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The US and Israel commit daily 9/11s in Gaza/Lebanon/Yemen/Iran/etc.
You should be upset about 9/11, you should understand the motivations of those who perpetrated it, you should be upset about the root cause, and you should be disgusted that your country continues to level civilian buildings while casually celebrating it on group chat.
You should get over the idea that 9/11 was so uniquely evil, it’s the one time the American empire felt a fraction of the evil it puts out into the world.
Would you have been this upset if Biden suggested the federal government is taking the responsibility to fund the memorial? Would you have opposed ensuring the long term maintenance of it and eliminating the risk of financial issues in the long term?
Have you heard their proposal, or you’re rejecting it only because it’s GOP? You know a lot of republicans live in NY and a lot of them died on 9/11, right? You know nearly 3.5 million New Yorkers voted for Trump, right?
If there’s one thing the federal government knows how to fund and maintain, it’s war propaganda monuments. Just look at DC, and look at how actual veterans are left to rot homeless and broke while the monuments to honor them are ludicrously grand and luxurious.
Take one look at what Trump has done to the White House and tell me you want him anywhere near the 9/11 memorial.
He’ll probably build a golden ballroom there
I don’t, that’s not what I was saying.
I’m saying the obsession with 9/11 as a special evil event is contrary to reality where the US, under Trump, under Biden, under Obama, under Bush, under Clinton, etc is a terrorist state that downs civilian buildings casually.
That’s not the part I’m arguing with you about. I mostly agree with you there.
I’m arguing with you about this:
I don’t need to hear the specifics of any proposal here to be against it. Trump is a lying conman, and I wouldn’t believe anything coming out of his or any of his administration’s mouths anyway. I’ve seen what he does when given control, and that’s enough.