Donald Trump: "divide time into really what came before"

President Donald Trump led a ceremony on the White House’s Ellipse Tuesday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, featuring a 21‑foot steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center that had been touring the country as part of the Steel Across America project. He said the tragedy marked a clear break in history and pledged continual remembrance, while also honoring two individuals who died that day: firefighter Jeffrey Palazzo, whose Coast Guard reservist service will be recognized with a new cutter, and Welles Crowther, a volunteer firefighter awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Trump praised Cantor Fitzgerald’s chief executive Howard Lutnick for rebuilding the firm after losing his brother and many employees, and noted the presence of first‑responders and several members of Congress as the week of events continued toward a Pentagon ceremony on Friday.