Former U.S. president Donald Trump recounted a story to reporters on Thursday about being involved in a helicopter emergency landing with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.
Asked by a reporter about U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ previous relationship with Brown and whether it helped her career trajectory, Trump said he knew Brown “very well” and told a story about the alleged helicopter incident.
“I know Willie Brown very well. In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together, and there was an emergency landing,” Trump told reporters gathered at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida for his first news conference since the Democratic ticket was announced.
Brown, however, rejected Trump’s account as “obviously wrong” during a phone call later Thursday with CNN, saying: “I’ve never been in a helicopter with him in my life.”
It happened, but wrong Black dude.
No, the right dude was also asked and said that while he flew with trump there was never an emergency incident.
Still a different dude. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/09/trump-plane-crash-california-00173487
Tl;Dr Trump confused two different black politicians, and the “conversation” about Harris never happened (with either).
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I see, thanks. I was going with this article.
Ya, my bad, I should have cited the article I pulled the quote from.
cheers,