Trump to mark 9/11 anniversary at Pentagon, not Ground Zero

President Donald Trump will not attend the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11 attacks at Ground Zero in New York City, opting instead to deliver remarks at the Pentagon memorial, according to multiple reports. The decision comes as the National September 11 Memorial and Museum maintains its longstanding policy of barring elected officials from speaking at the Manhattan ceremony to keep the event nonpartisan and focused on victims and their families. Trump’s team had conducted advance visits to the World Trade Center site and initially signaled an intention to attend, but his interest in speaking from the podium was conveyed to organizers in recent weeks.