All posts tagged "Willie Brown"

The Trump helicopter saga continued late Friday after a California politician came forward and said it was he — not former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown — who was actually in a helicopter with former President Donald Trump that nearly went down in 1990.

Trump shared a harrowing tale at his news conference Thursday in Mar-a-Lago that he nearly died in a helicopter crash with Brown, who was also a former boyfriend of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

“We were in a helicopter, going to a certain location together, and there was an emergency landing. This was not a pleasant landing."...

Former President Donald Trump attacked the New York Times and two of its "failing" reporters on his app after the newspaper fact-checked a story he shared at a rally this week that he nearly died in a helicopter crash with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.

After news broke that Trump called the Times and threatened to sue the newspaper over its coverage of his rally, Trump posted on Truth Social moments before he was to take the stage at a rally in Bozeman, Montana.

"Two Failing New York Times 'reporters' questioned my story about a forced landing of a helicopter, in a field, with former Mayor of San Francisco, Willie Brown, and others," the MAGA leader wrote. ...

Former President Donald Trump's harrowing tale of nearly dying in a helicopter crash with a former San Francisco mayor — who is also Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' former boyfriend — is a fairy tale, according to reporting from The New York Times.

Trump said at his news conference from Mar-a-Lago on Thursday that he and Willie Brown once flew in a helicopter together that had to make an emergency landing.

The tale came following a reporter's question about Harris' past relationship with Brown, and whether Trump felt that relationship helped her career. ...