Critics Rip Trump's Visit With New York Firefighters Over 1 Burning Red Blunder

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Queens native Donald Trump served up some pizzas to New York City firefighters, then got served a fact-check in return after he botched the department’s iconic acronym in social media posts on Thursday.

The former president, after leaving his hush money trial at a lower Manhattan courthouse, traveled to Midtown to drop off boxes of Xeno’s Pizza to “New York’s Bravest” at the FDNY’s Engine Co. 8, Ladder Co. 2, 8th Battalion firehouse.

“A true honor to visit the NYFD this evening in Manhattan...,” wrote Trump of the FDNY in a video shared to his Truth Social Platform.

The former president praised the Fire Department of New York for being “so respectful” that they “don’t even know,” then again referred to the FDNY as the “NYFD” in a separate post that featured a video of him signing a book at the Midtown firehouse, located less than 15 minutes’ walking distance from Trump Tower.

The “NYFD” captions appeared to be deleted by early Friday morning.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 02: Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump carries boxes of pizza for the FDNY Engine 2, Battalion 8 firehouse on May 02, 2024 in New York City. Trump delivered pizza to a firehouse after a court appearance in his hush money trial, which started with a hearing where prosecutors argued that Judge Juan Merchan should find Trump in criminal contempt again for violating a gag order. Earlier this week, Trump was found in contempt for nine violations of his April 1 order prohibiting criticism of witnesses and jurors. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

It’s not the first time a member of the Trump family has used the “NYFD” acronym.

The former president’s son, Eric Trump, thanked the “amazing men and women of the NYFD” for extinguishing a deadly fire that broke out in a residential apartment at Trump Tower in 2018.

Critics jokingly described the former president, who once reportedly left a Miami restaurant after promising “food for everyone,” as a “real NYC ‘Man of the People’” after he neglected to use the right acronym.

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