US military service members applaud as US President Donald Trump speaks during a Steel Across America event at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / 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)

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Steel Across America event at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Steel Across America event at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Steel Across America event at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Steel Across America event at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: U.S. President Donald Trump 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)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: U.S. President Donald Trump is joined by Paige Crowther (L) and Alison Crowther (R), 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)