Donald Trump Accidentally Recalls “7-Eleven” Terror Attacks


On Monday night, Donald Trump displayed the best of his New York values by accidentally referring to the attacks on 9/11 as 7-Eleven, the national chain of convenience stores.

“I wrote this out and it’s very close to my heart,” the Republican presidential candidate told a crowd in Buffalo, New York. “Because I was down there and I watched our police and our firemen down at 7/11, down at the World Trade Center right after it came down, and I saw the greatest people I’ve ever seen in action.”

Both Trump and his supporters did not appear to notice the error. And judging by the poll numbers ahead of today’s New York primary, voters are likely to ignore it. 

For more on how the real estate magnate and Sen. Ted Cruz failed to support 9/11 rescue workers, read here.

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