This year marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. So you might think that the president of the United States, a native New Yorker who was in the city on 9/11, would certainly attend this year’s ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.

And it seems President Trump was indeed planning to attend the annual ceremony at ground zero once again — until he learned he wouldn’t be allowed to speak. The New York Times reports that the White House had started preparing for Trump to go to the ceremony, which he last attended in 2024 along with then-President Joe Biden:

Mr. Trump’s team had conducted advance visits at the site and had initially signaled to officials in New York and in Washington that the president intended to visit the memorial space known as ground zero, two of the people with knowledge of the events said.The president’s interest in speaking on Sept. 11 was conveyed to memorial planners in recent weeks, three of the people with knowledge of the events said.

Mr. Trump’s team had conducted advance visits at the site and had initially signaled to officials in New York and in Washington that the president intended to visit the memorial space known as........

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