Like father, like son; and that’s definitely how it is with former US President Donald Trump and Eric Trump. Almost every single member of the Trump family has been riddled with controversy, with many of them finding themselves in the thick of it all in this year alone. Donald Trump Jr was at the center of controversy for his lifestyle magazine that seemingly promoted toxic masculinity, Ivanka Trump’s reported wishy-washy stance on politics, and Lara Trump’s divisive cover song. However, the Trump kid that’s been at the center of it all has arguably been Eric.
With Donald’s legal troubles coming left and right amid his 2024 Presidential run, Eric has been pushing himself to the forefront. Not only has he been trying to play damage control across the board with his father’s image, but throughout his attempts, he’s been pulling himself into controversies of his own.
From how he’s been handling the NY fraud case to his controversial resources, his frowned-upon hobby to his remarks about his mother’s gravesite, Eric has been at the center of controversy for years now.
Check out Eric’s biggest controversies in recent years below:
His Animated Courtroom Antics
Throughout his father’s NY fraud trial, many have photographed him making expressive faces of anger, judgment, and just plain annoyance, along with eyewitnesses claiming they’ve heard his sounds of displeasure throughout.
When He Bashed NYC
On Nov 3, outside of the courthouse where his father’s New York fraud trial is taking place, he attacked numerous people and places, including NYC… while he was in NYC.
“The city is going to h—, guys. Guys, we deserve better than this. Let’s get the murderers off the street. Let’s take care of the crime. Let’s rebuild our infrastructure,” he said, talking about murders, potholes, and more. “Everywhere you drive in New York, you hit a pothole and your car gets destroyed and they’re going after a guy who employs thousands of people in the state.”
His Dream Dinner With Jesus Christ
Back in early 2022, Eric Trump discussed his dream, where he had dinner with Jesus Christ and talked about politics with him. He said he asked Jesus Christ: “Did you envision this happening to the United States of America? Did you ever envision a person as incompetent as Joe Biden running the United States of America? How in the world did this happen?”
When He Supported His Mother Ivana’s Neglected Burial Site
In a recent interview with Republican politician Kari Lake, Eric Trump praised his father for burying his late ex-wife Ivana Trump on his golf course. “I will say so much so that you know we have a family funeral plot in New Jersey, and he was the one to say, you know, ‘I want her with us.’ … It was pretty amazing again, you know, kind of a wife long removed — ex-wife long removed. He’s an incredible man. He’s got a heart of gold.”
(However, many recent photos show that the burial site has been so unkempt, that it’s nearly unreadable!)
When He Talked To Self-Proclaimed Prophets About His Father’s Future
Earlier in 2023, Eric Trump spoke with self-proclaimed prophet Julie Green and ReAwaken America founder Clay Clark. In the video, Green tells Eric not only that God is allegedly protecting his father, but that her alleged messages from God dictate that he is on Donald’s side, and he ran with this as if it was an undisputable fact.
When He Didn’t Vote for His Father in the 2016 Primaries
For those who don’t know, Eric Trump identified as Independent until 2016, when he publicly stated he was a Republican. He was unable to vote for his father Donald Trump because he missed the for people to switch party enrollment on Feb 14.
He’s a Conspiracy Theorist
Ever since his family came onto the political scene, Eric Trump has been noted numerous times as supporting conspiracy theories related to his father, the election, social media, and more. For instance, he claimed that he went to the CDC and saw that the deaths from COVID-10 amounted to “almost nothing,” despite proof saying otherwise, per CNN.
His Love for Big Game Hunting
Chances are, if you’re online, you’ve seen photos of Eric Trump participating in big game hunting with his older brother Donald Trump Jr, and he has supported this controversial action for decades now.
He Rambles About Subjects No One Brought Up, When Asked About Something Else Entirely
Back in 2021, when asked about how his family was doing with the legal trouble brewing, Eric Trump not only discussed his family’s “clean lives,” but also took unrelated jobs at Hunter Biden.
“We’ve always lived amazingly clean lives, and believe me, if they could have, they already would have, right? I mean, that’s what they wanted that was their end goal,” he said, going on more unrelated rambles. “You know the difference is I’m not Hunter Biden.”
And this isn’t the first, or last time, he talked about unrelated subjects throughout interviews.
His Legal Issues Linked to His Father’s NY Fraud Trial
Amid his father Donald Trump’s NY fraud trial, Eric Trump has not only been asked to testify, but is a person of interest since the former Trump Organization Comptroller Jeff McConney claimed Eric played a role in the fraud, specifically how his directed claims made some of the Trump estates heavily go up in value from $25 million to $101 million in the blink of an eye.
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