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.

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.”

  • mad_asshatter
    113•1 month ago

    “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.

    • Flying Squid
      40•1 month ago

      Maybe Holden and Brown both became black like Kamala and when you’re a fresh black person, you tend to look like the industrial negroid mold they use.

      • mad_asshatter
        13•1 month ago

        Trending on xitter (for real, I just spent 72 hours there, voluntarily, was invited to join in April, '06, made acct, never used it):

        “Kamala isn’t African-American. She’s Jamaican-Indian!”

        True story.
        Oh, now I can dunk, “I deleted my 18 year old twitter!”

        • Flying Squid
          18•1 month ago

          Yeah, there’s this new idea they’re trying to push that Jamaicans aren’t black. Wait until they find out that her father had a white grandparent. I’m guessing they won’t agree that a multiracial child of a multiracial man is pretty fucking awesome. But they’re still both black.

          • mad_asshatter
            11•1 month ago

            They’re also pointing out she’s descended from slave owners (Hamilton?), so they’re making her less Black by the minute.

            Also:

            African
            Song by Peter Tosh

            Don’t care where you come from As long as you’re a black man You’re an African No mind your nationality You have got the identity of an African

            …

            Cause if you go to the Catholic And if you go to the Methodist And if you go to the Church of Gods You’re an African

            …

            'Cause if you come from Brixton And if you come from Weesday And if you come from Wingstead And if you come from France …Brooklyn …Queens …Manhattan …Canada …Miami …Switzerland …Germany …Russia …Taiwan

    • @takeda@lemmy.world
      31•1 month ago

      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.”

  • Flying Squid
    56•1 month ago

    He misspoke. He meant he went down on Willie Brown in a helicopter.

    • @bstix@feddit.dk
      34•1 month ago

      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.

    • @numlok@lemmy.world
      20•1 month ago

      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.

  • @Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9•1 month ago

    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?

    • @auzy@lemmy.world
      1•1 month ago

      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