Former President Donald Trump went after the New York Occasions’ Maggie Haberman on Friday as he ripped the paper’s protection of his wild helicopter story that he dropped at his rambling Mar-a-Lago press convention.
The Republican nominee, within the presser on Thursday, declared that he as soon as thought it was “the end” when he went “down in a helicopter” with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown previous to an emergency touchdown.
Brown has since disputed the declare, calling Trump “obviously wrong,” whereas former Los Angeles metropolis councilman Nate Holden revealed to Politico that he thinks the previous president was referring to him on the presser.
Trump — in what Haberman described as an “angry phone call” — “excoriated” the paper and insisted to her that Brown was within the helicopter with him, in accordance with the Occasions.
“We have the flight records of the helicopter,” mentioned Trump, who added that the plane landed “in a field” and he was “probably going to sue” the Occasions over its protection.
The decision reportedly got here as Trump’s airplane was diverted resulting from a mechanical situation earlier than touchdown safely on Friday as he was on his solution to a marketing campaign rally in Bozeman, Montana.
Haberman reported that Trump mocked a Occasions’ request for flight information “in a sing-song voice.”
He finally took to his Fact Social platform late Friday to slam the Occasions and two “failing” reporters for having “questioned” the helicopter story all whereas doubling down on his declare that it was Brown within the plane.
“So far they are about as accurate as they are with their other stories about me,” wrote Trump, who referred to Haberman as “Maggot Hagermann.”
“At least when I became President, the NYT apologized to their readers for their REALLY BAD REPORTING ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. They’ll probably have to do that again…”
Trump, in a separate put up, claimed there have been “logs” together with upkeep information and witnesses to the helicopter journey with out offering proof through the platform.
Brown, who Trump claimed to know “very well” when he shared his helicopter story, instructed CNN’s John Berman that such an episode with Trump “never happened, period.”
“And I think my memory is probably better than his,” mentioned Brown on Friday.
