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.”
“Willie is the short Black guy living in San Francisco,” Holden said. “I’m a tall Black guy living in Los Angeles.
“I guess we all look alike,” Holden told POLITICO, letting out a loud laugh.
It happened, but wrong Black dude.
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.
The Times reported Thursday that the former president apparently confused Willie Brown with former California Gov. Jerry Brown, with whom he toured wildfire damage by helicopter in November 2018.
A spokesperson for Jerry Brown told the Times that “there was no emergency landing and no discussion of Kamala Harris.”
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).
Also:
Over the phone Friday, Res said Trump liked to tell a joke about Holden on the helicopter — “you turned white,” he said. But she said it was Trump’s face that was white. “He was white as snow,” Holden added. “And he was scared shitless.”
I see, thanks. I was going with this article.
Ya, my bad, I should have cited the article I pulled the quote from.
cheers,
Here’s the latest update, which makes a lot more sense than mistaking Jerry Brown for Willie Brown, is hilarious, and somehow also manages to make Trump look even worse than the previous explanation.
TLDR: Trump is senile and racist
Title should read ‘Old convicted felon lies, again’
Confuses dreams with reality. Has new reality every night.
Senility strikes again
Now that he’s benchmarked against Harris, his mental health is looking worse and worse every day
Isn’t this something that can be easily verified? I thought emergency landings had to be reported to the FAA.
It was verified by another passenger, Trump just got the name wrong. He’s probably also exaggerating the situation for dramatic purposes
The helicopter needed to land because of turbulence and instrument malfunctions. They weren’t in risk of crashing. Shortly beforehand, there had been a helicopter crash in the area, which influenced the pilot to take “safety first” landing. Trump went right into another helicopter to continue his journey…
Anyway, I fully understand the need to land and why passengers including Trump were scared shitless, but it’s really nothing to brag about.
I almost got hit by a car yesterday. It was on the road and I was on the pavement. Close call.
Clearly being shot at didn’t give as much as a boost as he’d hope so now he’s making shit up to get sympathy?
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He’s claiming the ride was with former mayor of San Francisco, Willie Brown, who had a romantic relationship with Kamala Harris and supposedly trash talked her during their shared “this is it” moment of the helicopter going down. Problem is, it wasn’t Willie Brown, and the conversation never happened.
Maybe it was actually with Brian Williams?
I’m out of the loop, why is trump lying about a helicopter and why is it important?
Turns out he wasn’t lying. He just seems to mix up faces and people.
I’d say the only thing preventing him mixing up random blondes in his audience with his daughter is that the secret service will block them from getting close
When I first read the headline my brain saw “went down on” and I thought “wtf!!!”. Oops.
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