Barbara Res, the Trump Organization’s former executive vice president of construction and development, responded to the helicopter ride that took former President Donald Trump and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown on Saturday Accounts of emergency landings in the 1990s were questioned.
“We’re working on a very big project in California,” Reis told NBC News’ Ari Vitali on MSNBC, adding, “We’re working with local politicians and state politicians. One of the very important politicians is This guy (former California state senator) Nate Holden.
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At a news conference on Thursday, Trump told the story of a helicopter flight with Brown, telling reporters, “We went to a location together in a helicopter and we made an emergency landing.”
“It wasn’t a pleasant landing, and Willie was, and he was a little worried. So I know him. I know him very well. I mean, I haven’t seen him in years, but he told me about (Vice) president).
Asked whether Trump often confused Brown and Holden’s identities, Lacey said Saturday, “I don’t remember. That was 30 years ago, but if Donald doesn’t confuse them in his head, I don’t will be surprised.
Reiss added: “What I really think is, Nate is on the committee and Willie is a big shot. He’s an important, impressive guy… (Trump) wants to join Be with Willie, because Willie is an important person.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but on Friday the former president responded to the New York Times’ reporting on the helicopter story, saying: “There are ‘logs,’ maintenance records, witnesses.” Willy and Me” story.
Brown pushed back against Trump’s claims shortly after the former president held a press conference on Thursday. “No, I didn’t” ride in a helicopter with Donald Trump, he told NBC News on Friday.
“Are you kidding me?” Brown said before confirming he never spoke to Trump about Harris.
When told Trump’s story, Brown added, “I laughed. I just thought he was in a helicopter with a black man and he just made the mistake of thinking it was me.”
On Friday, Holden first told Politico He was among those on a helicopter ride with Trump as the two and several others were en route to Atlantic City to tour Trump’s new Taj Mahal casino.
His account was backed by Res, who told MSNBC, “It wasn’t like, ‘Oh my God, we’re going to collapse.’ It was just, we couldn’t, you know, keep going, so we found the nearest airport, (Pilot) Landed us in Teterboro and everyone was great.
“Donald was scared,” Reiss said. “After the whole thing was over, he was joking with Nate Holden, who happened to be black, and he said, ‘Nate, you turned white.'”
