Trump accused of mistaken identity in helicopter story

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57% : Meanwhile, California's governor - Gavin Newsom, who was on the helicopter with Trump and Jerry Brown, said after the press conference: 'I call complete B.S.'The Times theorized that Trump was referencing when he took a helicopter ride through wildfire-ravaged California with then-Governor Jerry Brown in 2018, but insists he didn't get him mixed up with Willie BrownTrump's account was given in response to a reporter who asked about Harris' relationship with Brown.
55% : Trump told the story in response to a question during his press conference at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Thursday.
48% : Holden, 95, had a relationship with Trump in the 90s when he was trying to build at the site of Los Angeles' historic Ambassador Hotel, which was in his district.
45% : And he was scared s***less.'Barbara Res, a former Trump organization executive, says that she had made Willie Brown (pictured) but remembered the man on the helicopter with her being HoldenHolden (pictured left) told Politico that he met Trump near Atlantic City over 30 years ago to tour his Taj Mahal CasinoHolden said that he checked in with Brown on Thursday following the Trump press conference.
33% : Nate Holden, a former Los Angeles city councilmember, believes Trump is thinking of what he describes as a 'near-death experience' chopper ride with Trump in around 1990.
33% : We thought maybe this was the end,' Trump said.
32% : Read More Why Donald Trump, 78, just had 'huge meltdown that saw him roar and use sarcastic sing-song voice'He took the flight with Trump, his late brother Robert, lawyer Robert Freedman and ex-Trump Organization executive Barbara Res.Res has now said that she too remembered the near disastrous ride and wrote about it in her memoir.
29% : This was not a pleasant landing.'A biography of Harris claims that Trump sent his private plane for Brown and Harris to fly from Boston to New York in 1994, when the two were dating.
29% : However, according to Brown, he and Trump have never rode in the same helicopter and he was instead doing his best 'creative fiction'.Republican presidential nominee Trump told reporters at a Mar-A-Lago news conference on Thursday night that he and Brown (pictured) were in a helicopter that was forced to make an emergency landing and both men thought this 'may be the end''I've never done business with Donald Trump, let's start with that,' Brown - who dated Kamala Harris in 1994 and 1995 - told KRON4.
27% : Haberman added that Trump has not yet provided any such records, which Trump claims proves that the chopper landed 'in a field'.
24% : Read More Ex-San Francisco mayor responds to Trump near-death experience claim about chopper that 'went down''I said, 'Willie, were you almost in a helicopter crash with Trump also?'
22% : Trump faced backlash to the misremembered story when confronted by journalists looking for proof.
22% : Read More Newsom 'calls B.S.' after Trump claims he nearly crashed in helicopter with Willie BrownWhen the reporter asked to produce the records, Haberman said Trump 'responded mockingly, repeating the request in a sing-song voice'.
21% : 'No Willie Brown.'Res added that Trump made an off-color joke at the time near the crash, telling Holden: 'You turned white'.
19% : The Times theorized that Trump was referencing when he took a helicopter ride through wildfire-ravaged California with then-Governor Jerry Brown in 2018, but insists he didn't get him mixed up with Willie Brown.
18% : I said, 'I was the one, Willie.'While he joked about Trump confusing himself and Brown, Holden doesn't seem to attach malice to Trump's story, but wonders what happened in that moment.
16% : The press is searching for the real story and they didn't get it.'A spokesperson for Trump pointed to the fact that Trump had written about the incident - allegedly with Brown - in his 2023 book.
13% : The ex-councilman - who has a photo of himself with Trump and ex-wife Ivana on his website - says Trump and Holden took the chopper ride, which had Trump thinking 'maybe this was the end' but believes he's confused him with another black politician.
12% : In an 'angry' phone call to The New York Times, Trump is said to have lashed the paper for claims he'd lied about a near-miss during a helicopter ride with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.NYT journalist Maggie Haberman - the paper's star political reporter, who is said to have Trump's ear - said Trump angrily insisted he could provide proof of the near-death experience.
7% : The politician said Trump made and off-color joke about skin color during flightDonald Trump confused one black man for another in his controversial story about a helicopter near miss - and cracked a shocking joke about dark skin, it is claimed.
7% : After telling the helicopter story, Trump claimed that Brown had some negative things to say about the current vice president.
1% : Donald Trump confused one black man for another in his controversial story about a helicopter near miss - and cracked a shocking joke about dark skin, it is claimedNate Holden, a former Los Angeles city councilmember, believes Trump is thinking of him, as he took the chopper ride to what he describes as a 'near-death experience' with Trump in around 1990Holden told Politico that he met Trump near Atlantic City over 30 years ago to tour his Taj Mahal Casino.

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