# Is Trump confused?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [January 24, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589 "2024-01-24T13:53:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1431 "2024-08-10T12:41:53Z")

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Helicopter-gate is solved.

[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/09/trump-plane-crash-california-00173487](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/09/trump-plane-crash-california-00173487)

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> The man who almost crashed in a helicopter with Donald Trump told POLITICO Trump confused him with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown — despite the former president’s repeated insistence it was Brown.
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> It was Nate Holden, a former city councilman and state senator from Los Angeles, who said in an exclusive interview late Friday that he remembers the near-death experience well. He and others believe it happened sometime in 1990.
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> “Willie is the short Black guy living in San Francisco,” Holden said. “I’m a tall Black guy living in Los Angeles.
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> “I guess we all look alike,” Holden told POLITICO, letting out a loud laugh.

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