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Yes, if this WaPo article from September 18, 2001 is to be believed.
Given Trump's penchant for hyperbole, when he claimed "I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people were cheering."
While there may have not been "thousands" as he claimed, there were at least a hundred or more Muslims celebrating the destruction of the World Trade Center, just across the river in Jersey City that day.
In Jersey City, within hours of two jetliners' plowing into the World Trade Center, law enforcement authorities detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation on the other side of the river.
Northern New Jersey Draws Probers' Eyes
So, was he right? You decide.
You know what the word "alledgedly" means, right? The claims were investigated, and found to be entirely baseless.
Where are you getting the "at least a hundred" part from, anyway? Did you just make that part up?
You know, before you start jumping up and down in apoplectics, notice the structure of my thread.
"Is Trump Right?"
Now, the very first sentence was
"Yes, if this article from WaPo is to be believed."
I'm not making the assertion that he is right or wrong there. I don't do that until later, by citing actual New Jersey residents on twitter who witnessed the spectacle. Are you going to sit there and call them all liars?