If you thought
President Trump could speak about the brave work of 9/11 first responders without giving himself a little shout out, you'd be wrong.On Monday, Trump signed the act that will extend the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund before more than 200 people who were impacted by the attacks on 9/11. The bill, which was publicly supported by Jon Stewart as it traveled through the House and
Senate, will ensure first responders are given financial support through 2090.As Trump was addressing the crowd, however, he said something that came across as a bit controversial. (Shocker.)"Many of those affected were firefighters,
police officers, and other first responders," Trump said. "And I was down there also. But I'm not considering myself a first responder. But I was down there, I spent a lot of time down there with you."> Trump: "I was down there [at Ground Zero] also. But I am not considering myself a first responder." https://t.co/Ax43BKl3yl pic.twitter.com/D7RAaZHb07> > -- CBS News (@CBSNews) July 29, 2019SEE ALSO: Jon Stewart's face as Mitch McConnell walks by him is pricelessTrump's connection to 9/11 recovery efforts has received a great deal of speculation in the past.In an interview with German reporter Stephan Bachenheimer, Trump claimed that hundreds of his men pitched in to help recover Ground Zero in the days after the terrorist attacks, but according to Snopes, his involvement has yet to be proven. The
New York Times also concluded that Trump's involvement in post-9/11 aid was "exaggerated," and noted that retired New York Fire Department deputy chief, Richard Alles, said he didn't see Trump at Ground Zero in wake of the tragedy.Since the details of Trump's involvement in 9/11 recovery are so uncertain,
Twitter users decided to mock the president's not-so-humble brag by creating the hashtag LostTrumpHistory. They used it to joke about other historical events that Trump certainly did not attend, and also to show off their Photoshop skills.> "In June of 1775, I manned the air, I rammed the ramparts, I took over the airports, I did everything I had to do."LostTrumpHistory pic.twitter.com/MLag0ucF64> > -- Deesnay (@Deesnay) July 30, 2019> Do you remember the time
Donald Trump refused to give up his place on a bus to a white man when protesting against racial discrimination? LostTrumpHistory pic.twitter.com/w3y6IyW3eK> > -- Tia Kiiskinen (@tiakiis) July 30, 2019> When you kick out that annoying member of your group and have to add Ringo you know you got problems!LostTrumpHistory pic.twitter.com/nAZgBV9i1M> > -- Blackline_edits (@BlacklineEdits) July 30, 2019> Trump at Jesus' birth eating hamburger.LostTrumpHistory pic.twitter.com/xDsjpi5xAd> > -- Jose Santos (@JIS3305) July 30, 2019> It wasn't Neil Armstrong in that Apollo 11
spacecraft, it was me. That Neil Armstrong story was fake news. When I walked on the moon--the first human ever to do so--I famously said, "What a crowd. What a turnout."LostTrumpHistory pic.twitter.com/DWaFEnbK6o> > -- Carolyn B. Brodersen (@BroderWriter) July 30, 2019> Donald Trump was there at the end of the Cretaceous period when illegal
aliens caused the dinosaurs to become extinct. But he's not calling himself a dinosaur. LostTrumpHistory pic.twitter.com/JcyY06z34d> > -- Casibee (@onelesstook) July 30, 2019> LostTrumpHistory Who could forget his Academy Award winning performance? pic.twitter.com/ACnQociyu8> > -- Lavapa (@LaLafrompa) July 30, 2019> Who could forget that brilliant Trump save against the Rangers in 2012.LostTrumpHistory pic.twitter.com/92mCncZUS6> > -- Lucille (@Delilah399) July 29, 2019> The first
American to scale Mount Everest LostTrumpHistory pic.twitter.com/4p1iK1rxLQ> > -- Private Joker, USMC (@Infantry0300) July 29, 2019> "I wont call myself an
astronaut, but I was there when we landed on the moon"LostTrumpHistory pic.twitter.com/q4LBTKB4vf> > -- Hambino, The Great (@Hambino15) July 29, 2019> Trump was a firstResponder for the Titanic LostTrumpHistory pic.twitter.com/Bn2TkUor40> > -- Joe from
Chicago (@SouthSideChiJoe) July 29, 2019> During the summer of 2019 while
Congress was in recess. Trump singled handedly carved his own face onto Mt Rushmore LostTrumpHistory pic.twitter.com/bh7VUYDodk> > -- Joe Condee (@joe_condee) July 29, 2019> LostTrumpHistory > Trump arrived moments before Moses and parted the Red Sea. pic.twitter.com/P0Oo37v803> > -- Beth Lawler (@LawlerBeth) July 30, 2019> And we all remember the iconic image of @realDonaldTrump on his trek to save
Hurricane Katrina victims. LostTrumpHistory pic.twitter.com/Ew9xu74IhI> > -- Katerpillar (@K8RPillar) July 30, 2019Stunning work, people. You've complied quite the fake history book here. WATCH: Stephen King condemns President Trump after racist tweets, comments about 'The Squad'