Trump seems to confuse former Mayor Willie Brown with former Gov. Jerry Brown

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to confuse former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown with former California Gov. Jerry Brown when recounting what he characterised as a near-death expertise.

Throughout a news conference from his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, Trump mentioned that he as soon as flew with Willie Brown in a helicopter that “went down” when he was requested about Vice President Kamala Harris’ previous relationship with the previous mayor and whether or not he thought that relationship had performed a task in her profession path.

“In actual fact, I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought possibly that is the tip. We have been in a helicopter going to a sure location collectively, and there was an emergency touchdown. This was not a nice touchdown, and Willie was, he was a bit involved,” Trump mentioned. “So I do know him. I do know him fairly nicely.”

In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle after the information convention, Willie Brown, who dated Harris years ago in San Francisco, denied a number of features of Trump’s account.

“You’ll have identified if I had gone down on a helicopter with Trump,” Brown mentioned, in line with the newspaper. “I’ve by no means been on a helicopter with Trump.”

In 2018, Trump was in a helicopter with Jerry Brown and his successor, then Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, on the day they toured Paradise, Calif., a city that had been ravaged by wildfires.

A consultant for Jerry Brown did not instantly reply to a request for remark Thursday evening. A spokesperson for Newsom confirmed to NBC Information that Newsom was aboard the helicopter however mentioned that there was no emergency touchdown and that that they had not been endangered. The governor first denied Trump’s account in feedback given to The New York Occasions.

Throughout Thursday’s information convention, Trump additionally claimed that Willie Brown instructed him “horrible issues about” Harris and that Brown was “not a fan of hers very a lot at that time.”

Brown disputed talking poorly about Harris in remarks given to the Chronicle.

“No, not correct in any respect,” he instructed the newspaper.

Willie Brown didn’t reply to requests for remark from NBC Information.

Steven Cheung, a Trump marketing campaign spokesperson didn’t handle questions on whether or not Trump had confused the 2 California Democrats and solely responded with, “Slick Willie has instructed some fascinating tales about Kamala Harris” when reached for remark by NBC Information.