One problem:
Trump quote from the Stephanopolis interview, “It did happen, I saw it with my own eyes. There were thousands of people that were cheering, on the other side of the river.”
The videos are from overseas, not from Jersey.
I remember the hatefulness of overseas muslims, but Trump spoke of demonstrations on US soil. Can that be confirmed? Surely it would have been documented.
I saw videos that were NOT from overseas - it was dark, not broad daylight. I thought NYC but may have been north Jersey.
I saw photos somewhere online not too long after 9-11 of some ME-looking men somewhere on the NJ shoreline side. They were in a very celebratory mood as they watched the NYC skyline. I was appalled at the time, and I still am.
I do remember the celebrations overseas that you are speaking about, but the photos and story I saw definitely claimed to be taken in NJ. You could see NYC in the background.
Of course, it could have been photoshopped.