President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan 9/11 Victim Compensation bill into law at a White House ceremony on Monday morning, permanently replenishing the fund that aids first responders and their families who suffered in the September 11, 2001, attacks and the years after.

At the signing, he also took a brief moment to associate himself with emergency responders.

"I was down there also, but I'm not considering myself a first responder," Trump said.

Trump has a history of making false statements related to the 9/11 attacks.

In this case, Trump's statement is true to an extent, according to Politifact, though no evidence has been presented that shows Trump being closer than a few blocks from ground zero in the days after 9/11.

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President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan 9/11 Victim Compensation bill into law at a White House ceremony on Monday morning, permanently replenishing the fund that aids first responders and their families who suffered in the September 11, 2001, attacks and the years after.

Trump praised the responders who attended for their heroism and sacrifice. But then he also took a brief moment to highlight his own involvement.

"I was down there also, but I'm not considering myself a first responder," Trump said. "But I was down there. I spent a lot of time down there with you."

It's true to an extent.

The fact-checking website Politifact notes "it is accurate that Trump was at least near Ground Zero two days following the Sept. 11 attacks." According to Snopes, Trump gave TV interviews to NBC News and a German news outlet while standing near the site two days after the attacks.

But no evidence has been presented to the public showing that Trump was ever at ground zero or that he had a significant presence among first responders.

The remark at the bill signing caused a bit of a stir online, perhaps amplified by Trump's history making false statements related to the 9/11 attacks.

Notably, Trump has claimed seeing thousands of people in New Jersey celebrating the attacks, which has been repeatedly proved false.

And at a 2016 campaign rally in Buffalo, New York, Trump said he "helped a little bit" to clear the rubble from the wreckage of the twin towers. No evidence of that has come to light.

As the 9/11 attacks itself unfolded, though, Trump had a striking reaction. In a phone interview with a local TV station, he boasted — incorrectly — that a skyscraper he owned had then become the tallest building in downtown Manhattan.

"I mean, 40 Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually before the World Trade Center the tallest, and then when they built the World Trade Center it became known as the second-tallest, and now it's the tallest," he said at the time.