President Donald Trump boasted in an interview with the Associated Press over the weekend that his appearance on CBS News talk show "Face the Nation" garnered the highest ratings since "the World Trade Center came down."

"When I go, they go double, triple," Trump said regarding the ratings boost many news shows experience when the president is a guest.

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"On any, on air, (CBS "Face the Nation" host John) Dickerson had 5.2 million people. It's the highest for "Face the Nation" or as I call it, "Deface the Nation." It's the highest for "Deface the Nation" since the World Trade Center.Since the World Trade Center came down. It's a tremendous advantage."

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16 PHOTOS 15 most iconic images from September 11, 2001 and aftermath See Gallery 15 most iconic images from September 11, 2001 and aftermath Content in this photo gallery may be difficult for some to see -- viewer discretion is advised. This September 11, 2001 file photo shows US President George W. Bush interrupted by his Chief of Staff Andrew Card(L) shortly after news of the New York City airplane crashes was available in Sarasota, Florida. (Photo by PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) Hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 (L) flies toward the World Trade Center twin towers shortly before slamming into the south tower as the north tower burns following an earlier attack by a hijacked airliner in New York City September 11, 2001. The stunning aerial assaults on the huge commercial complex where more than 40,000 people worked on an ordinary day were part of a coordinated attack aimed at the nation's financial heart. They destroyed one of America's most dramatic symbols of power and financial strength and left New York reeling. (REUTERS/Sean Adair) The second tower of the World Trade Center explodes into flames after being hit by a airplane, New York September 11, 2001 with the Brooklyn bridge in the foreground. Both towers of the complex collapsed after being hit by hijacked planes. (REUTERS/Sara K. Schwittek) Photo shows the point of impact where a plane crashed into the North tower of the World Trade Center in New York City early September 11, 2001. Three hijacked planes crashed into major U.S. landmarks on Tuesday, destroying both of New York's mighty twin towers and plunging the Pentagon in Washington into flames, in an unprecedented assault on key symbols of U.S. military and financial power. (Jeff Christensen / Reuters) This 11 September 2001 file photo shows Marcy Borders covered in dust as she takes refuge in an office building after one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed in New York. Borders was caught outside on the street as the cloud of smoke and dust enveloped the area. (Photo credit STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) A true-color image taken by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) aboard the Landsat 7 satellite on September 12, 2001 shows New York City and the smoldering World Trade Center following the September 11, 2001 attacks in this handout photo courtesy of NASA. The image was captured at roughly 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time. (REUTERS/NASA/Handout) A person falls to their death from the World Trade Center after two planes hit the Twin Towers September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Photo by Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora/Getty Images) The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Thomas Nilsson/ Getty Images) This 11 September 2001 file photo shows pedestrians running from the scene as one of the World Trade Center towers collapses in New York City following a terrorist plane crash on the twin towers. (DOUG KANTER/AFP/Getty Images) Rescue operations at Ground Zero; Firefighters finding victims and searching for survivors at the wreckage of the World Trade Center Towers following Tuesday's Terrorist attack in New York, United states on September 14, 2001. (Photo by Graham MORRISON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Rescue workers carry fatally injured New York City Fire Depatment Chaplain, Father Mychal Judge, from one of the World Trade Center towers in New York City, early September 11, 2001. Both towers were hit by planes crashing into the buildings and collapsed a short time later. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton) The damaged area of the Pentagon building, where a hijacked commercial jetliner slammed into it September 11, 2001, is seen in this file photo with the U.S. Capitol Building in the background, at sunrise on September 16, 2001. (REUTERS/Larry Downing) Firefighters raise a U.S. flag at the site of the World Trade Center after two hijacked commercial airliners were flown into the buildings September 11, 2001 in New York. (Photo by 2001 The Record (Bergen Co. NJ)/Getty Images) A New York City fireman calls for more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center September 15, 2001. (REUTERS/Handout/U.S. Navy Photo by Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres) Members of the New York Fire and Police Departments salute as a truck carrying the last steel column of the World Trade Center moves up West Street from inside of the World Trade Center site May 30, 2002 as the recovery effort at Ground Zero officially ends in New York. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Up Next See Gallery Discover More Like This HIDE CAPTION SHOW CAPTION of SEE ALL BACK TO SLIDE

Trump has a history of sparking controversy with his comments about the terror attacks and aftermath of 9/11. Mere hours after the attacks on September 11, 2001 were carried out, which left nearly 3,000 people dead, Trump claimed in an interview that he now owned the tallest building in Manhattan because the World Trade Center buildings had collapsed.

The president has also claimed, without providing evidence, that he saw people celebrating as they watched the Twin Towers fall.

"Hey, I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down. And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people were cheering," said Trump.

Trump's promotion of ratings isn't new either. Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign he often talked about how the media experienced a boom in numbers thanks to his candidacy.

More recently Trump revealed he won't fire White House press secretary Sean Spicer because "That guy gets great ratings. Everyone tunes in."

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