US EditionWillie Brown calls Trump helicopter story ‘creative fiction’
- Willie Brown stated to the San Francisco Chronicle that he has never been in a helicopter with Donald Trump.
- Trump recounted a helicopter story during a press conference but confused Willie Brown with former Governor Jerry Brown.
- No record exists of the emergency landing Trump described, raising doubts about his account.
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Trump's tale of harrowing helicopter ride, emergency landing? Didn't happen, Willie Brown says
Former President Donald Trump mixed up former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown and former California Governor Jerry Brown when he told a harrowing tale of almost crashing in a helicopter... which didn't happen.
Donald Trump’s tale of a harrowing helicopter ride and emergency landing? Didn’t happen, Willie Brown says
Former President Donald Trump mixed up two prominent politicians from California when he told a harrowing tale of almost crashing in a helicopter. During a meandering press conference Thursday riddled with false and misleading statements, Trump recalled riding as a passenger in the chopper with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown when it was forced to make an emergency landing. The comments were in response to a question about a relationship…
Willie Brown, the former mayor of San Francisco, said he never wanted to take a helicopter alongside the former president: “Too many people have a vendetta against him! ”
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