Chopper whopper: Willie Brown shoots down Trump’s helicopter story

Trump apparently misremembered a flight with then California governor Jerry Brown during a press conference

In his press conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, Donald Trump's stream of invective, wild claims and outright lies included a story about a brush with death during a helicopter ride with Willie Brown, a veteran California politician who once briefly dated Kamala Harris, now Trump's Democratic rival in the presidential election.

Claiming to know Willie Brown very well", Trump said: In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought, maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together, and there was an emergency landing. This was not a pleasant landing, and Willie was ... a little concerned. So I know him pretty well."