Paul Rieckhoff

Alarming, outrageous, dangerous. 24 years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden could only have dreamed of an American President posting something like this. And the White House RTing it. An America at war with itself is what our enemies have always wanted. And they’re celebrating worldwide.

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This is a bad position to put our troops in. I’ve been warning about it for months. No clear mission. No clear end state. No timelines for them or their families. No definition of success. No overwhelming support from the public.

Behind the Lightning McQueen stickers. And above the line of stuffies on the windowsill. This is outside their bedroom window on the night before the first day of school. And every year for a week.

"It's going to be a primetime flop." — Paul Rieckhoff on Trump's Convention Going Head-to-Head With the NFL Tonight: youtu.be/AqIBo4Q52X4?... My weekly Wednesday politics segment on CNN with Erin Burnett (and former Rep Charlie Dent).

Completing the WTF Wednesday cable news hat trick next on CNN with Erin.

"They Prioritized Opening Wall Street. They Didn't Prioritize Kids." — Paul Rieckhoff on NewsNation My weekly segment with Connell McShane on the 9/11 security, 9/11 lies, Trump’s new 9/11 lies, and his latest love fest with Putin, and more: youtu.be/KweGGrgQfUs

Trump’s outrageous BS 9/11 lie: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09... Ted Cruz's pathetic defense: It was 25 years ago: newrepublic.com/post/215199/...

What did officials know about the health risks after 9/11 – why didn’t they tell the public and First Responders like me? nypost.com/2026/09/08/u... US allies lack resources to keep pace on AI, top Pentagon official says: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Today, they told us some truth about 9/11 that we already knew: that they didn’t tell us the truth about the health risks. They lied. And our friends died. Some reactions on today’s big 9/11 news. And what should happen next.

9/11 season has now become lie season. Far and wide, big and small. From the City of NY to Congress. And most egregiously of all, from this guy.

Everyone who lied should go to jail. They continue to evade accountability. And friends continue to die. We need and deserve a new, full, comprehensive, non-partisan investigation. With real consequences. So that next time there’s a toxin exposure event in America, they truly never forget.

No shit. All of us that were there have known this for 25 years. And still, our friends are dying. 25 years later, who will do something about it?