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Is Donald Trump a 9/11 Truther? Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 at 4:39 PM Sep 7, 2016 at 7:48 PM � Next Sunday is the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which brings to mind the � theories of some folks, lefties and righties alike, that the terrible events of that day were part of a U.S. government conspiracy. These people comprise what is known as the 9/11 Truther Movement, and they're […] Pat Cunningham � Next Sunday is the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which brings to mind the � theories of some folks, lefties and righties alike, that the terrible events of that day were part of a U.S. government conspiracy. These people comprise what is known as the 9/11 Truther Movement, and they're still around after all these years. No official explanation of what happened on Sept. 11 will dispel their suspicions that it was all part of a villainous plot hatched by fiendish American officials �who wanted a good excuse to start a war in the Mideast or launch a campaign of oppression against the rest of us here at home — � or both. The question of whether Donald Trump is a Truther naturally arises. After all, many of his strongest supporters are conspiratorialists, and he was previously a leader of the wacky effort to raise doubts about Barack Obama's birthright citizenship. My own search for Truther-like statements on Trump's part has failed to uncover a smoking gun. But he came close once last year when he said that officials in the presidential administration of � �Jeb Bush's brother, George W. Bush, were largely responsible for �the attacks of Sept. 11. “His brother made some mistakes,” Trump told CNN. “His brother could have made some mistakes with respect to the actual hit because they did know it was coming. George Tenet, the head of the CIA, told them it was coming. So they did have advanced notice.” Trump isn't likely to categorically back away from �those remarks. Nor is he likely to disown the nonsense he peddled regarding Obama's birthplace. He recognizes that conspiratorialists are an essential part of his political support. Without those people, his chances of becoming president will fade from unlikely to impossible. � � �