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Trump wrote about false helicopter crash story in 2023 coffee table book
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Trump wrote about false helicopter crash story in 2023 coffee table book
The former president told the apparently false tale at his news conference.
Journalists have speculated that former President Donald Trump in his news conference may have mistaken Willie Brown with the former California Gov. Jerry Brown, with whom he did fly on a helicopter. | Alex Brandon/AP
By IRIE SENTNER
08/09/2024 05:29 PM EDT
Updated: 08/09/2024 06:20 PM EDT
Former President Donald Trump’s apparently false tale of surviving a helicopter emergency landing with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown wasn’t a one-off.
Trump, who told the story in a rambling news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday, recounted it at least once before — in a 2023 book.
In either case, it’s not true. At least not according to Brown, a political icon in California who served as the Assembly Speaker for 14 years in the 1980s and 1990s.
“You would have known if I had gone down on a helicopter with Trump,” Brown told the San Francisco Chronicle. “I’ve never been on a helicopter with Trump.”
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Lara Korte and Renee Salinas contributed to this report.
Trump wrote about false helicopter crash story in 2023 coffee table book
The former president told the apparently false tale at his news conference.
Journalists have speculated that former President Donald Trump in his news conference may have mistaken Willie Brown with the former California Gov. Jerry Brown, with whom he did fly on a helicopter. | Alex Brandon/AP
By IRIE SENTNER
08/09/2024 05:29 PM EDT
Updated: 08/09/2024 06:20 PM EDT
Former President Donald Trump’s apparently false tale of surviving a helicopter emergency landing with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown wasn’t a one-off.
Trump, who told the story in a rambling news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday, recounted it at least once before — in a 2023 book.
In either case, it’s not true. At least not according to Brown, a political icon in California who served as the Assembly Speaker for 14 years in the 1980s and 1990s.
“You would have known if I had gone down on a helicopter with Trump,” Brown told the San Francisco Chronicle. “I’ve never been on a helicopter with Trump.”
{snip}
Lara Korte and Renee Salinas contributed to this report.
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Truth is that none of us DUers have any interest in "reading" that book. It's mostly photos and I think he was selling them for some outrageous price like $100 each. Those books are probably in the cutout bins by now.
In any case, the publisher has a responsibility to check the facts before publishing anything with their name on it. We do have liability in this country whether Chump likes it or not.
