what has eric trump been up to since his
father left office how about attacking
cancel culture slamming his home state
of new york and even headlining an event
for anti-vaxxers yep younger trump has
been quite busy keep watching to see
what else he's done
although eric trump is reportedly worth
over 25 million dollars according to
forbes the businessman has seemingly
been more than willing to spend taxpayer
money rather than his own over the past
few years
one 2017 trip to uruguay cost ninety
seven thousand eight hundred and thirty
dollars in taxpayer dollars for the
washington post thanks to the expensive
hotel bills he racked up while promoting
the trump organization and taxpayers
continued footing the bill for eric's
protection even after his dad was no
longer president as the washington post
found out in the first year after donald
trump left office eric along with
siblings ivanka trump donald trump jr
and tiffany trump spent over 850 000
on travel and hotels for their security
detail under normal circumstances the
secret service is no longer required to
protect the adult family members of a
former president once a new leader has
moved into the white house but donald
decided to demand an additional six
months of protection for his children as
well as a few of his former staffers
protection for eric alone cost 241
thousand dollars and some of that money
went straight into the trump family's
pockets since the secret service had to
book rooms in trump properties to
accompany him on trips
shortly before trump supporters
attempted to seize the u.s capitol
building in washington dc the former
president's family members were urging
republicans to stand up against the
quote fraud that they argued had cost
donald trump the election her cnn eric
trump warned in a since-deleted tweet i
will personally work to defeat every
single republican senator congressman
who doesn't stand up against this fraud
they will be primaried in their next
election and they will lose
during the save america march that took
place on the white house ellipse on
january 6 2021 eric's brother echoed his
thoughts as politico reported donald
trump jr insisted to those republicans
many of which may be voting on things in
the coming hours you have an opportunity
today you can be a hero or you can be a
zero the whole world is watching folks
choose wisely
when the trump family began to feel the
consequences of their supporters
launching a deadly invasion of the u.s
capitol building eric trump was quick to
blame cancel culture the events of
january 6 led to a widespread boycott of
the trump organization causing eric to
tell ap news we live in the age of
cancel culture but this isn't something
that started this week it is something
that they have been doing to us and
others for years if you disagree with
them if they don't like you they try and
cancel you
according to the new york times many of
the organization's biggest partners had
swiftly cut ties with the trump family
and their brand including deutsche bank
and signature bank donald trump was
reportedly most upset about the
relocation of a prestigious golf
tournament which was supposed to be held
at one of his courses jim richardson the
president of pga of america told the
newspaper it has become clear that
conducting the pga championship at trump
bedminster would be detrimental to the
pga of america brand nevertheless eric
stayed positive about his father's
chances of recovering from the boycott
telling ap news you have a man who would
get followed to the ends of the earth by
a hundred million americans my father
created the greatest political movement
in american history his opportunities
are endless when the ap news reporter
asked whether he felt that donald was
responsible for stirring up the crowd at
the u.s capitol eric seemingly hung up
eric trump was mocked on social media
when in an interview with fox news's
sean hannity he made a series of wild
claims about his father's presidency
eric lamented they want to tar and
feather the man they know he did a great
job for this nation they know that
there's never been a more beloved
political figure in our country's
history as many pointed out donald's
actual approval ratings told a different
story throughout his presidency
according to gallup the president
managed to hit a record low overall
score of 41 percent and his final
approval rating in january 2021 was a
shockingly terrible 34
thank you very much
eric also told hannity there are 75
million americans who would follow
donald trump to the end of earth
the younger trump went on to add i mean
they love the man they love what he
stands for while 74 million voters did
side with the republican incumbent the
number sounds less impressive in the
context of the 81 million who voted for
joe biden
eric has a history of exaggerated claims
about his father in 2019 he appeared on
fox and friends to insist that quote 95
of americans agreed with donald's
message which was far from the truth in
terms of statistics according to
politico eric insisted at the time my
father is in there and he's fighting
every single day and he has to fight
against the media he has to fight
against these lunatics
trump can boast of playing a major role
in the trump organization as its
executive vice president overseeing the
family's business interests across real
estate hotels golf courses casinos and
more unfortunately for him the
organization has also been repeatedly
accused of fraud the trump family's
legal troubles intensified in july 2021
when the manhattan district attorney's
office formally charged the organization
per cnn accusing the company of
falsifying financial records over 15
years chief financial officer alan
weiselberg was also charged with 15
felony counts including criminal tax
fraud grand larceny and taking part in a
scheme to defraud the government former
ally michael cohen told nbc's meet the
press
i truly believe that they could indict
donald trump tomorrow if they really
wanted
and be successful
i can assure you that donald trump is
guilty of his own crimes
he also said that eric and the other
trump children were likely targets of
the investigation into their family's
organization and during an appearance on
msnbc's the readout he suggested that
donald would quote flip on all of his
kids to save his own skin
in a 2021 interview with fox news eric
trump complained about the scrutiny his
family's business affairs had received
accusing the democratic party of trying
to bury the trumps in subpoenas as cnn
reported his father donald trump has
also faced legal scrutiny over the
january 6 riot at the u.s capitol
building
as well as defamation lawsuits and
licensing skirmishes eric told fox news
and the reason i'm frustrated about this
is every single day since my father ran
for president my father and our entire
family and our company has been under
investigation
he continued airing his grievances by
accusing the democratic party of using
the doj military education system and
even the medical system to go after the
trumps the democrats weaponize
absolutely everything they can to use
against their political opponents
eric trump has stretched the truth on a
few subjects but his most baffling claim
might have been when he told sean
hannity that donald trump was
single-handedly responsible for the
covid19 vaccine the businessman insisted
to sean hannity i mean my father was
producing the vaccine by the way people
were taking it in record numbers he went
on to disparage joe biden's own record
on the coronavirus alleging he's
actually scared america about the
vaccine which hadn't happened under my
father according to the cdc's own data
the number of daily vaccinations
actually peaked in april 2021 a few
months after biden took over on april
1st alone four and a half million doses
were administered americans were
relatively hesitant about the jab in
december 2020 at the end of donald
trump's presidency according to polling
by the kaiser family foundation which
found that roughly a quarter of the
general public was skeptical at the time
liz hamill vice president of the kaiser
family foundation explained to
factcheck.org we haven't seen any sign
that vaccine hesitancy has increased
over time it's pretty remarkable you
rarely see something that stays that
stable over time
when new york attorney general leticia
james first began investigating the
trump organization in a probe that
required eric trump's testimony per bbc
news he made it very clear how he felt
the former president's son tweeted at
the time without any basis the new york
attorney general has pledged to take my
father down from the moment she ran for
office and after the trump
organization's chief financial officer
was charged with fraudulently hiding
millions in taxes from the government
eric appeared on fox news in july 2021
to insist that new york itself was the
problem
crime is rampant people are leaving the
the you know the city in record numbers
it's dirty it's disgusting new york is
no longer what it is
the businessman then went on to suggest
that the investigation was only
happening because investigators feared
that donald trump would run for
president again
in february 2021 patrick harvey one of
the leaders of scotland's green party
proposed an investigation into the
financing behind two trump golf courses
in aberdeenshire and ayrshire prompting
a furious reply from eric trump
according to newsweek the younger trump
dismissed the probe as an empty gesture
saying patrick harvey is nothing more
than a national embarrassment with his
pathetic antics that only serve himself
and his political agenda the businessman
went on to add if harvey and the rest of
the scottish government continue to
treat overseas investors like this it
will deter future investors from
conducting business in scotland
ultimately crushing their economy
tourism and hospitality industries
harvey was undeterred by eric's warning
telling bbc news as entertaining as eric
trump's tantrum is he doesn't say where
his dad got the money to buy his
scottish golf courses which is exactly
why i'm calling on the scottish
government to seek an unexplained wealth
order harvey insisted that there were
still quote serious concerns about how
the trump golf courses were run and
suggested that the government was giving
preferential treatment to wealthy
businessmen like trump over members of
local communities but the scottish
parliament ultimately rejected the call
to probe the properties deciding that it
would be an abuse of the law
eric trump sparked controversy when he
was booked to speak at a conference
called the truth about cancer live which
was linked to skepticism about vaccines
the couple behind the conference tai and
charlene bollinger made their name in
the world of pseudoscience by pushing
unproven alternatives to chemotherapy
and have since become devoted to
spreading vaccine disinformation per ap
news the couple has made millions of
dollars selling an anti-vaccine video
series as npr reported their response to
the covet 19 vaccine drew accusations
that the bollingers have been labeled as
some of the nation's biggest vaccine
misinformation super spreaders
responding to the criticism charlene
bollinger told npr if we're super
spreaders we're super spreaders of the
truth we have countless testimonies of
people that are alive today because of
our work and this is straight from
heaven god has put us on this earth for
such a time as this eric trump tried to
distance himself from the bollinger's
views telling the daily beast in an
email i am not there to talk about
vaccines i am in nashville to talk about
the accomplishments of the 45th
president of the united states according
to eric one of those accomplishments was
the coronavirus vaccine eric trump went
on to add as to labeling something an
anti-vaccine event it wouldn't make much
sense for me to attend as a vaccinated
person if it was
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