WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Former President Donald Trump on Thursday shared a chilling helicopter ride experience he had with Kamala Harris’ ex-partner, Willie Brown, which left the two men fearing for their lives during an emergency landing.
Trump discussed his relationship with Brown, who is a former San Francisco mayor and was romantically involved with Vice President Kamala Harris in the mid-1990s. The 78-year-old Republican presidential nominee recalled a helicopter ride he took with Brown that nearly ended in tragedy.
I know Willie Brown very well,” Trump told The Post, when asked about Harris’ connection to the former San Francisco mayor. In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him.
The incident occurred during a helicopter ride from a Santa Barbara, Calif., fundraiser to Los Angeles International Airport in September 2004. The helicopter experienced transmission problems and made an emergency landing near Malibu High School’s football field. According to witnesses, the helicopter landed quickly on an adjacent elementary school playground.
It is unclear whether Trump was aboard that particular helicopter with Brown during the incident. His campaign has not responded to The Post’s request for comment.
Trump also claimed during his Mar-a-Lago press conference that Brown had shared negative opinions about Harris with him. He told me terrible things about her,” he said, referring to their conversation about Harris.
He had a big part in what happened with Kamala,” Trump continued, noting that at the time they spoke, Brown was not a supporter of hers. Brown served as Speaker of the California Assembly while Harris worked as a prosecutor in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office during their relationship, which reportedly began in 1994 and ended in 1995.
