There was a reason organizers of the 9/11 ceremony in Manhattan told President Trump he could not speak at this year’s memorial service.

A good one, it turns out.

Because in a speech he gave on Tuesday in Washington, he did exactly what they were presumably worried about — he made it about himself.

According to the New York Times, Trump had wanted a speaking role at the service, but the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum, which oversees the site, said no, as they’ve maintained for the past decade-plus that the venue and event should be nonpartisan.

Trump has long used awful tragedies to either puff himself up, trash political opponents, or sell lies to the American people.

He blamed a deadly plane crash at Washington National Airport last year on diversity, equity and inclusion policies. He blamed Puerto Ricans for the devastation they endured........

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