Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown said Donald Trump’s claim that they had a near-death experience “never happened.”
Republican presidential candidate Trump told reporters at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago that he and Brown were in a helicopter that was forced to make an emergency landing and both men thought this “could be the end.”
However, according to Brown, he and Trump never flew in the same helicopter and he instead did his best to create “creative fiction.”
“I’ve never done business with Donald Trump, let’s start with that,” Brown told KRON4.
“And secondly, I don’t think I want to fly in the same helicopter with him. There are too many people who have an agenda regarding him, including the people who maintain helicopters!”
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown (pictured) claimed he and Donald Trump never had a near-death experience together
Trump told reporters at a press conference at Mar-A-Lago that he and Brown were in a helicopter that was forced to make an emergency landing.
“He did what Donald does best: creative fiction. He’s creative, really creative. This is so far-fetched, it’s unbelievable.”
He added that the world “would have known about it” if it had happened.
Brown also said of Kamala Harris: “I have been involved in every one of her campaigns, supported her in every way I can and will continue to do so. And I’m just looking forward to the next 89 days.”
Yesterday, Trump renewed his attacks on Harris’ ethnic identity, saying in a press conference that the burden of explanation was on her.
In his hour-long press conference on Thursday, Trump was asked how he could say the Democratic presidential candidate “accidentally turned black” – a remark he made during a controversial interview at a Black Journalists Association event.
One reporter noted that Harris’ father is Jamaican-American and that she attended a historically black college – Howard University – and wondered why it was accurate to say she had only recently decided to be black. (Her mother is an immigrant to the U.S. from India.)
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during her and Governor Tim Walz’s presidential campaign rally in the High Country in Wisconsin
“Well, well, you have to ask her that question, because she asked it. I didn’t ask it,” Trump began. “So you have to ask her. And I really appreciate that question. But you have to ask her.”
He then continued to press the issue, mentioning his own $6,000 in campaign contributions that he personally gave her when she was Attorney General of California.
“But I’ve known them for a long time. I actually contributed to their campaign a long time ago because I was a developer.
“I have worked on many campaigns, both Democratic and Republican, some liberal, some conservative,” Trump said, before doubling down on his criticism of his opponent.
