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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

INSANE: Ted cruz ridiculed for defending trump 9 11 claims | Vintage Vibes

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has come to the defense of President Donald Trump after he was accused of inventing a story about being hauled away from an unsafe structure by firefighters in the wake of 9/11.

The president delivered a speech on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., Tuesday in which he recounted an anecdote about witnessing the United States Steel Building in Manhattan “creaking” days after the infamous terror attack on the World Trade Center, the 25th anniversary of which will be observed Friday.

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