Trump pledges to make Ground Zero a national monument

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that, as president, he would make Ground Zero in New York a national monument.

"I am announcing tonight that as President, I will officially make the Ground Zero site at the World Trade Center a national monument protected and maintained by the United States government, so that hallowed ground and the memory of those who perish there will be preserved for all time, preserved forever," he said at a rally in Uniondale, N.Y.

The pledge comes one week after he visited New York City for the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. That event saw him shake hands with Vice President Kamala Harris.

He subsequently visited firefighters at New York City's Engine 4/Tower Ladder 15.