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NEVER FORGET

Donald Trump’s Most Despicable Tweets About 9/11

Forget his lie about “thousands of Muslims cheering” or “hundreds of friends” who died, the Republican presidential nominee has long made the attack about himself.

Asawin Suebsaeng

Asawin Suebsaeng

09.10.16 12:00 PM ET

Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/ The Daily Beast

Donald Trump has a very public history of trying to make 9/11 all about himself, and also about attacking his own personal and political enemies. Furthermore, the GOP presidential nominee has a penchant for straight-up lying about what happened on September 1, 2001. (To say nothing of the fact that one of his closest allies and friends in media, right-wing radio host Alex Jones, is a 9/11 “truther.”)

Nowhere are Trump’s crass 9/11-related tendencies more prominently displayed than on his verified Twitter feed. On this solemn occasion, here are the 10 worst @realDonaldTrump tweets concerning 9/11.

10. Trump uses 9/11 to go after libertarian icon Ron Paul and The Donald’s foe Rosie O’Donnell.

9. Here’s Trump tweeting, and approvingly retweeting, about scores of “militant Muslims” in America delighting in the carnage of 9/11.

8. “...all kinds of youtube videos...”

7. Back during the Republican primary, Trump invoked 9/11 repeatedly to attack the Bush family. He “wanted to be nice,” but ended up not:

6. Did you know that Donald Trump predicted the 9/11 plot?

5. There was also when he used 9/11 to bash Obama and the president’s supposed “good friends in Libya and Egypt.”

4. For those searching for an emphatically pro-torture 9/11 tweet…

3. The Infowars link is what makes it.

2. No comment.

1. And finally, never forget:

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