Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown is threatening legal action against Trump, accusing the former president of lying about the two of them narrowly escaping a helicopter crash that could have taken their lives.
Recently, Trump stated that he was traveling in a helicopter with the former SF Mayor when their helicopter had to make an emergency landing to escape a looming accident.
However, Brown suggested that he never shared a helicopter ride with Trump, adding that the story of the former president was nothing more than a fictional tale. According to Brown, someone has to stop Trump’s lies, and he would give Trump the taste of his own medicine if he kept on lying about him.
As the saga unfolded, Trump also hinted at the possibility of suing the New York Times for debunking his claims that Brown never shared a helicopter with the former president. Now Brown suggested that should Trump decide to sue the Times, he would also initiate legal action against him for making a false story.
Trump told the helicopter story to the press while talking about his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, who was previously involved in a romantic relationship with Brown.
Trump claims to have all the records of the ride, although it is now believed that the former president may have confused Brown with former California Gov. Jerry Brown, as two of them observed the 2018 California wildfire in a helicopter. However, that helicopter ride did not face any emergency.
Brown denied the notion that Trump may have mixed up his name with another politician, stating that the former president deliberately brought his name into the conversation to attack Harris.
Now, a former California state senator, Nate Holden, has come to the forefront, stating that he was the one who shared a near-fatal helicopter ride with Trump somewhere in the 1990s.
Holden, who was also a black politician like Brown, stated that perhaps all black people “look alike,” which may have confused the former president in recalling the names.
During the 1990s, Holden and Trump worked in close association when Trump was still the real-estate tycoon while Holden was representing the city of Los Angeles in the state legislature. Trump was exploring opportunities to start some commercial venture in Los Angeles, which brought him closer to Holden.
Holden, who is now 95 years old, could vaguely remember the details of the dangerous chopper ride, which came years after three other high-profile executives of Trump’s business empire died in another helicopter crash in New Jersey back in 1989.
He recalled that when their chopper started causing trouble, Trump reassured him that the helicopter was being controlled by two veteran pilots and asked him to keep his calm.
