Where’s Trump on 9/11? Not at Ground Zero.

U.S.|Where’s Trump connected 9/11? Not astatine crushed zero.

Notably absent from the 9/11 memorial ceremonies connected Saturday was erstwhile President Donald J. Trump, a autochthonal New Yorker who built overmuch of his governmental marque successful the divisive aftermath of the attacks. Mr. Trump was successful New York City, his spokeswoman said, but was not readying to sojourn crushed zero.

“He had the enactment to be but decided to grant the time with antithetic stops,” his spokeswoman, Liz Harrington, said.

President Biden, erstwhile President Barack Obama and erstwhile President Bill Clinton each attended the main ceremonial successful Lower Manhattan. Former President George W. Bush spoke astatine a memorial adjacent Shanksville, Pa., wherever Mr. Biden attended a wreath-laying ceremony.

But alternatively of appearing astatine the somber name-reading ceremony, Mr. Trump released a bid of assertive statements that criticized Mr. Biden’s handling of the unit pullout successful Afghanistan and praised his allies, including Rudolph W. Giuliani, his idiosyncratic lawyer and the politician of New York connected the time of the Sept. 11 attacks. Mr. Trump called Mr. Giuliani, who attended the ceremony, “the top politician successful the past of New York City.”

Lee Cochran, a spokeswoman for the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, confirmed that Mr. Trump had been fixed the aforesaid accusation astir the ceremonial arsenic the different existent and erstwhile presidents who did attend.

“You would person to inquire Trump’s squad astir their decision, but helium did not be today’s commemoration,” Ms. Cochran said.

Mr. Trump spoke astatine the Police Department’s 17th Precinct presumption location successful East Midtown connected Saturday, adjacent Trump Tower, wherever helium delivered campaign-style remarks and criticized Mr. Biden’s handling of the pullout from Afghanistan. He was besides expected to virtually code Let Us Worship, an evangelical lawsuit astatine the National Mall successful Washington, D.C., astir 6:50 p.m., Ms. Harrington said. And helium was set to supply commentary for a pay-per-view boxing lucifer successful Hollywood, Fla.

“I emotion large fighters and large fights,” Mr. Trump said successful a news release for the event. “I look guardant to seeing some this Saturday nighttime and sharing my thoughts ringside.”

Mr. Trump has claimed that helium spent extended clip with exigency workers successful the aftermath of the attacks, but the workers person said that assertion is exaggerated.