An old news interview with President Donald Trump is resurfacing — and critics say it shows just how tone-deaf he was in the hours after 9/11. Instead of offering empathy, Trump seemed more interested in making a size comparison that no one cared about except for him at the time.

The comments came 24 years ago on the day of the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history, when thousands were killed and the country was thrust into two decades of war in the Middle East. In a local TV interview, Trump boasted that 40 Wall Street had become the tallest building in downtown Manhattan — remarks many are now calling callous and self-serving.

On Friday, as Americans remembered the lives lost in the horrendous attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia and th

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