WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the podium with a red bandana as he speaks during a "Steel Across America" event ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the Ellipse near the White House on September 08, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump welcomed 9/11 first responders to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation's "Steel Across America" event featuring a 16,900-pound, 21-foot steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center's South Tower. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Alison Crowther (C), on behalf of her son Welles Remy Crowther, a volunteer firefighter who died in the September 11, 2001, attacks during a "Steel Across America" event ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the Ellipse near the White House on September 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Alison Crowther, on behalf of her son Welles Remy Crowther, a volunteer firefighter who died in the September 11, 2001, attacks during a "Steel Across America" event ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the Ellipse near the White House on September 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: U.S. President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to (L-R) Paige and Alison Crowther, family members of Welles Crowther, a volunteer fire fighter known as the ‘Man in the Red Bandana’ during a "Steel Across America" event ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the Ellipse near the White House on September 08, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump welcomed 9/11 first responders to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation's "Steel Across America" event featuring a 16,900-pound, 21-foot steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center's South Tower. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: U.S. President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to (L-R) Paige and Alison Crowther, family members of Welles Crowther, a volunteer fire fighter known as the ‘Man in the Red Bandana’ during a "Steel Across America" event ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the Ellipse near the White House on September 08, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump welcomed 9/11 first responders to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation's "Steel Across America" event featuring a 16,900-pound, 21-foot steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center's South Tower. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Alison Crowther, on behalf of her son Welles Remy Crowther, a volunteer firefighter who died in the September 11, 2001, attacks during a "Steel Across America" event ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the Ellipse near the White House on September 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: U.S. President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to (L-R) Paige and Alison Crowther, family members of Welles Crowther, a volunteer fire fighter known as the ‘Man in the Red Bandana’ during a "Steel Across America" event ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the Ellipse near the White House on September 08, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump welcomed 9/11 first responders to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation's "Steel Across America" event featuring a 16,900-pound, 21-foot steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center's South Tower. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump gestures as he departs at a "Steel Across America" event ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the Ellipse near the White House on September 8, 2026 in Washington, DC (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)