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UPDATE: I posted about this almost helicopter crash 11/04/2016. I posted this article 08/09/24 at 2:58 pm. I then emailed it to NY Times, tweeted it to NY Times, Trump and posted it on my LinkedIn and Facebook pages. NY Times and few other journalists emailed me. Some asked for Nate Holden contact which I shared. They contacted him to confirm story and then ran articles about the most likely mixup of Donald Trump's story later yesterday. I believe Trump mixed up Willie Brown for Nate Holden. All other aspects of Trump's story match Nate's story, i.e. date, place, Barbara Res story, Taj Mahal...
ORIGINAL: When I heard the story about Donald Trump and black California politician Willie Brown and an almost helicopter crash it sounded familiar. I remembered a story from black California politician Nate Holden when he rode in a helicopter with Trump and almost crashed before making an emergency landing in New Jersey in 1990. I remembered because it mentioned the Ambassador Hotel which I appraised for Trump's potential "Trump Tower" deal. I met Trump's main real estate person Barbara Res when I was working with the Schine family who owned the shuttered hotel.
Below is the text from Nate Holden's November 2016 post. A link to the post is below that. I saved the text and post image in 2016 and just found it today when I heard Trump might sue the NY Times. Notice image above says "1 hour." I saved it one hour after Nate posted it November 2016. Then I searched my friend Nate's Facebook page and the post was still there. Based on the opening of Taj Mahal April 5, 1990 that is probably when it happened.
"In my recent post I stated that Donald Trump is, "Not a giver to charities" At the conclusion, I said I would report how we avoided a crash in one of his helicopters. Here is the story. I guess Pence didn't get the memo about "Trump Air"
"The Donald" asked me to return to New York to continue discussion on the acquisition of the Ambassador Hotel site and to accompany him to Atlantic City at the opening of the Taj Mahal, his newly built gambling casino. After a short visit in his office, we took the elevator to the lobby on our way to the launching pad. While in the lobby there were a number of people who acknowledged me by saying, "Hi, Senator Holden! Are you living in New York now?" DT said to me, "This is my building and more people know you then know me!" LOL That bothered him.
From that point, we proceeded to take his limo to the launching pad. It was the bumpiest limo ride I ever had! Shocks were gone. Every pot hole we hit was a big bounce. I couldn't believe his limo was not well maintained. We arrived at the launching pad and boarded the helicopter. Traveling with us was Barbara Res and one other individual. We had 2 pilots. BTW the helicopter was a refurbished military helicopter. "The Donald" said, "I have 2 pilots. In case one dies, the other can take over." As we gained altitude heading towards Atlantic City, DT talked about how beautiful the skyline was and how he was going to build the tallest building back in Los Angeles at the Ambassador Hotel site. After a short period of time the pilot began to yell at DT to, "Shut up! Shut up! Keep quiet!" The ride got rougher and rougher. The pilot then announced that the hydraulic system had just failed! They kept it airborne by pumping manually. Just then, I remembered that some of DT's top executives had died 6 months earlier in a helicopter crash because the hydraulic system failed. To make a long story short, we had an emergency landing in Linden, NJ which I am familiar with because I grew up in the area, Elizabeth. "The Donald" turned white as a ghost! I got angry because the plane was not properly maintained and I made my feelings known to the maintenance personnel. One had just crashed and this one was about to crash. I was very upset.
But that is not the worst part of the trip. We boarded another helicopter going to Atlantic City and when we arrived and de-boarded there was a red carpet for DT to enter the Taj Mahal surrounded by a welcoming committee on both sides of the red carpet. As we entered they began to applaud "The Donald" I walked side by side with him. The moment we entered the Taj Mahal he asked me if I wanted to have lunch and then he disappeared. His female assistant took me to a cafeteria area, which was demeaning to me, and then actually asked me to pay for my lunch! I refused! "The Donald" was no where to be found.
That was the straw that broke the camels back as far as I was concerned. I returned to NYC, checked out of his hotel where they charged me $450 per day even though I was invited by him. After that visit I did not hold him in high esteem. That's "The Donald" for you. That is what he was then and what he is today. He takes away and gives nothing back."
Nate's post was still there when I searched for it by word "helicopter."
The case where the three Trump employees died was October 10, 1989 in Lacey Township, New Jersey. Three top executives in Donald Trump's organization were killed. That means Nate's ride was 1990. Ambassador Hotel shuttered 1989. I appraised it 1990. Taj Mahal casino mentioned in Nate's post opened in April 5, 1990. Article about the crash.
I actually wrote about this in 2016.
https://marycumminsinvestigativereporter.blogspot.com/2016/11/donald-trump-is-so-cheap-that-his.html
I also wrote about the Ambassador Hotel deal in 2016.
https://mary--cummins.blogspot.com/2016/10/donald-trump-and-ambassador-hotel-in.html
Turns out Barbara Res wrote about the helicopter story in her biography "Tower of Lies: What My Eighteen Years of Working With Donald Trump Reveals About Him" published in 2020. Her story matches Nate's.
Willie Brown allegedly dated Kamala Harris 1994-1995 or so. This helicopter incident happened in 1990. There's no reason why Brown or Holden would be talking shit about Kamala Harris especially at this time. In 1990 she was only the Deputy DA. 1998 she was Assistant DA. She wasn't the DA until 2002 long after these events. There are sometime a few Deputy DA, Assistant DA.
Other posts by Nate Holden about Donald Trump. None are positive.
"A picture is worth 1000 words! 25 years ago at my meeting where I gave Donald Trump the opportunity to use the microphone he proposed a deal to acquire the Ambassador Hotel for a future development project. As you can see from the expression on my face, his deal was unbelievable. Since that time his deals have also been unbelievable. Hence, so many bankruptcies!!!! His investors were the ones who lost money in the Ambassador Hotel deal. The American people should be reluctant to become his investors. The price of such a deal would bring a depression in the highest order. I know Donald Trump. The American people should be warned not to learn about him the hard way. Feel free to share!"
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10212707123704419&set=a.10212707123104404
"Donald Trump’s Confidant, Michael Cohen’s Interview with Vanity Fair
It has been reported today that Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's confidant, interviewed with Vanity Fair, and claimed that when South African leader Nelson Mandela died, Donald Trump remarked, “Name one country run by a black person that’s not a s***hole,’ and then he added, ‘Name one city.” When Donald Trump requested to build a high rise on Wilshire Blvd. at the site of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, CA, he requested authorization from Mayor Tom Bradley, who referred Donald Trump to me, stating that it would be my decision because it was in my district. I had no idea that he thought I was a s***hole, after all, I am BLACK. Never the less, I supported the project. At the time he was negotiating to build the high rise, Donald trump invited me to New York twice, to visit him at the Trump Tower. Donald Trump also asked me to join him on his private plane to Atlantic City at the dedication of the Taj Mahal. After all that has been said, it is my opinion that Donald Trump is a very confused individual."
"Trump is always bidding on projects that his investors can NOT afford! Read this LA Times Article and see for yourself. His investors bought the right to develop the Ambassador Hotel site. That was my council district and I helped make the arrangements. The project was moving smoothly and would have been in competition with the Century City development projects. It spooked Zev Yaroslavsky who represented the 5th council district, which included Century City. I was very upset when Zev Yaroslavsky Richard Katz, who represented the Assembly district in the valley, and Jackie Goldberg called a news conference at the Hotel site protesting the development. Shortly thereafter, Jackie Goldberg and the school board invoked eminent domain action for the purpose of building a school. The school district put $50 million in a trust a fund and Donald spent it! So when Donald won the right to reacquire the property he could not repay the $50 million to the trust fund. The rest is history!"
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