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.”
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
“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
I see, thanks. I was going with this article.
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.”
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?
He misspoke. He meant he went down on Willie Brown in a helicopter.
Do you think that helped Trumps career?
Now that he’s benchmarked against Harris, his mental health is looking worse and worse every day