Trans horror author Gretchen Felker-Martin has expressed admiration for Osama bin Laden, stating that blowing up the World Trade Center was the most principled and defensible thing he did. The author's comments came after TikTokers 'discovered' bin Laden's rational for the 9/11 attacks. The revival of interest in bin Laden's ideas has caused shock and anger, with many expressing support for his reasoning. Felker-Martin later deleted the tweet and apologized. TikTok has stated that it will be removing all content invoking the letter. The White House expressed dismay at the resurgence of interest in bin Laden's letter.