“Except the WaPo actually printed a story confirming his statement”
Trump may have exaggerated the number, but the incident did occur.
EXCEPT .... they were investigating .... never confirmed. And it wasn’t thousands of people.
I do think Trump is getting the celebrations in Gaza mixed up w/ NJ reports.
It seems to me that the during the immediate days and weeks surrounding a big event a lot of stuff gets reported that turns out not to be accurate.