Former President Trump went after The New York Times Friday night, defending his claim that former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown once traveled with him in a helicopter that nearly crashed.
“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,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “First of all, it was in New Jersey, not California, and it was Willie Brown, not former Governor Jerry Brown. So far they are about as accurate as they are with their other stories about me.”
“He’s just angling for another ride in Trump’s jet (helicopter!). But now Willie doesn’t remember? No, he remembers!” the former president added, referencing a 2011 article he said would back up his claim.
During a press conference Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump said he knew Brown “very well,” and then shared the helicopter story that has come under scrutiny.
“In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him, we thought, ‘Maybe this is the end,’” the former president said. “We were in a helicopter, going to a certain location together, and there was an emergency landing.