Donald Trump wasn't completely lying about his near-death helicopter experience after all, but the 2024 Republican presidential nominee did get a few details mixed-up. For one, the Black man Trump mistook for former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown was actually former Los Angeles city councilman and state senator, Nate Holden. "I guess we all look alike," said Holden in an interview with Politico. He added, "Willie is the short Black guy living in San Francisco. I'm a tall Black guy living in Los Angeles." Even though it was Trump's own mistake, The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman told CNN that Trump has threatened to sue the newspaper for reporting that Brown denied the incident.
Trump claimed to have records to prove the incident, and made fun of Haberman when she asked to see them.
"He made fun of me asking that in a sort of child sing-song voice," said Haberman. But she said what she found most interesting about her talk with Trump was that he chose to focus on proving the incident over his presidential campaign.
"He was focusing on this because that is what we have seen him do historically when he is in times of stress," said Haberman.
The embarrassing racial mix-up comes as a new poll by The New York Times/Siena College shows that Trump's Black opponent, Kamala Harris, is now leading him in three battleground states.
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