I didn't see thousands. I didn't hear thousands.
Eight people, and thousands of people, is a completely different thing.
and piecing together parts of explanations, while omitting the thousands claim?
Sorry, trump exaggerated and/or added some CT stuff to it, and got caught up in the emotion of it... BUT because his base is this rabid collection of no-apology jingoists, he CANNOT backtrack on ANYTHING.
Most people would just say "look, dozens, hundreds, the number may be disputed, but the fact is, they cheered". Trump HAS TO stick with that THOUSANDS claim to keep his base fed.