No, Donald, You Were Never Even in a Helicopter With Willie 

   It's the kind of thing -- worse -- that Joe Biden has been accused of: embellishing events from his life to the point they become, well, lies.

   Biden insisted he traveled 17,000 miles with China's. China's Xi Jinping. False. He may have met with Xi -- who knows how many hours -- but there is question whether he traveled with him more than once. 

   Those who have riddled Biden for the absurdity of his 17,000-miles with Xi statement should consider that while Joe has a flaw, Trump's obsession for lying is multiple times worse.

   Thursday, the former president added to that legacy. When a reporter asked about Kamala Harris having dated Willie Brown, Trump responded, “I know (former San Francisco Mayor) Willie Brown very well. In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together, and there was an emergency landing,” Trump told reporters.

   That story was quickly shot down.  “I’ve never been in a helicopter with him in my life,” Brown told CNN when asked about Trump's claim. Brown then invoked the L word. "There is no reason why her (Harris's) name ought to be mentioned anywhere near his lies, period.” 

   Turns out, Trump had been in a helicopter with former California Gov. Jerry Brown. The pair toured wildfire damage in 2018. But, if you think it just a simple matter of Trump confusing the two Browns -- no, consider his embellishment. He suggests their lives were in jeopardy and the helicopter was forced to land. A spokesperson for Jerry Brown said “there was no emergency landing and no discussion of Kamala Harris.”

   In Trump's defense, he probably was not trying to lie; he was just going by his memory. Some would say, however, that he is just an old man who gets things confused. Didn't we just have a problem with Biden on this same issue?