Lest we forget: donald trump's vivid memory of september 11, 2001

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Fact-checking Trump's claim that thousands in New Jersey cheered when World Trade Center tumbled

Arguing that there are terrorist sympathizers in the United States, Donald Trump says he saw "thousands" of New Jerseyans celebrating after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

"I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down," the Republican presidential candidate said at a Nov. 21 rally in Birmingham, Ala. "And 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."

The next day, ABC This Week host George Stephanopoulos asked Trump if he misspoke, noting that "the police say that didn't happen."

Trump -- who has said he was in his Manhattan apartment the morning of the attack -- doubled down.

"It was on television. I saw it," Trump said. "It was well covered at the time, George. Now, I know they don't like to talk about it, but it was well covered at the time. There were people over in New Jersey that were watching it, a heavy Arab population, that were cheering as the buildings came down. Not good."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/22/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-claim-thousands-new-jersey-ch/

[underpants]

1. I heard CNN today say he watched it from his office

I've tried to avoid watching TV today because this sadly has become a rightwing orgasm day.

[Angry Dragon]

2. one has to remember that Trump has braincells that allow him to

see and hear things that more normal people cannot

[SummerSnow]

3. he also said he lost a lot of friends in the attack at the world trade center

[dragonlady]

4. Perhaps the answer to this: it was Ethiopian New Year

Amid everything the media had to offer, there were reports of some people celebrating in New Jersey. Were they Ethiopians celebrating their national holiday before the attack happened or the news reached them? It seems quite possible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enkutatash

[Shrike47]

5. Remember how he called a TV station on 9/11 to boast one of his buildings was now tallest

in Manhattan? Really. He is such a class act.

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6. found this: Donald Trump Boasted His Building Was Tallest After Towers Fell On 9/11

“When they built the World Trade Center, it became known as the second-tallest. And now it’s the tallest.”

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump bragged that his building was the tallest in New York City hours after the World Trade Center towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001.

Audio of the real estate mogul’s comments was obtained and published by Politico reporter Michael Kruse on Saturday. In the middle of a 10-minute conversation with local television station WWOR, Trump took the opportunity to plug his 71-story skyscraper located in the financial district, just blocks away from the doomed towers.

“40 Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually, before the World Trade Center, was 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 says in the clip, as footage of the towers falling rolls on screen.

Trump has a habit of stirring up controversy regarding the Sept. 11 attacks. The New York billionaire has previously called the newly built 1 World Trade Center “disgusting” and “a piece of junk.” Last year, he claimed, without offering evidence, that “thousands” of Muslims in New Jersey cheered the 9/11 attacks. And he has a very long history of trying to make Sept. 11 all about himself.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-9-11-bragged-towers_us_57d58b91e4b03d2d459aee98