File this under: News that will not shake the world.
Eric Trump has said he and his family simply weren’t “smart enough” to collude with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign.
In an upcoming interview on NFL quarterback Jay Cutler’s Uncut podcast, Donald Trump‘s second son says the family was too clueless to have done what many have accused them of. We’re not sure that’s a very valid defense, but we definitely believe him on the first part.
“We weren’t smart enough to collude with Russia,” he said.
Trump added that the family knew next to nothing about American politics during the campaign. “We didn’t know what the hell we were doing,” he admitted. “We didn’t know what a delegate was.”
“Jay,” he continued, “I remember walking up to a caucus in Iowa saying, you know, I looked at this young staffer and I go, ‘Hey, do you know what a caucus is?'”
Eric is currently an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, but judging by these statements we can only assume he’s not expected to make any big decisions.
One thing he does know how to do? Steal money from kids with cancer.
In 2017, Eric’s charity, the Eric Trump Foundation, was accused of funneling $1.2 million worth of donations intended for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital into his family’s golf courses. The foundation also allegedly funneled another $500,000 into other charities connected to Trump family members or interests.
Mister P
Ignorance is no excuse.
Startrax99
Love when idiots expose themselves.
petej
ahhh, but russia was smart enough to use you. so in effect you say you were duped.
GlobeTrotter
Exactly! I believe the correct term is “useful idiots”, as in, Russia found itself a couple of useful idiots.
mateo
In any case, they’d never admit that anything was about Russia pranking them: it’s always about Hillary, Obama, Soros, Hunter’s laptop, and the Derp Sterp. That’s all they’ve got, and it’s all they’ve ever had.
Kangol2
Russia used them and it was more than just a couple of dupes. Remember all of the convictions (Manafort, Flynn, etc.?) I know most people have not and will not read the Mueller Report, but I did when it first came out, and it details numerous contacts between the treasonous Don the Con campaign and transition and Russia contacts, many with ties to Putin, the Kremlin, etc. The BIPARTISAN US Senate Intelligence Committee, led by a conservative Republican Senator, issued a series of reports underscoring the numerous ties between Don the Con’s corrupt goons and Russians, and we’re not just talking about people strolling past Red Square. Eric the Con may fool his father’s cult followers but the rest of us saw right through this treasonous gang repeatedly! Remind me again, why is Don the Con not on trial for trying to overthrow a legitimate US election he lost?
TomG
They may not have been smart enough but Russia was and that’s what they did.
AxelDC
In other words, they were just Putin’s pawns.
twospirit
And we’re still giving this family airtime because ???? They feed off of any mention of them … like many others, I’m not interested in anything coming from one of the “cancers” of our society…
mcflyer54
And yet you’re here. That itself belies you lack of interest.
barryaksarben
When we know that old don the con in the full diaper is not running for any office again ever then we can stop watching them but until then we must be vigilant and no troll will get us to stop as we are not the easily duped like all the deplorables that think they are clever
trojanboy
Yawn
Mundo
So being pretty just isn’t enough? Ugh!
Mack
Who says they’re pretty?
Jaquelope
@Mack : They do. You don’t even have to ask them, and they’ll tell you, ad nauseum.
Fahd
It’s retired NFL quarterback Jay Cutler, and what Eric said on the podcast might or might not jibe with the facts. However, the ignorance defense is as old as the hills – ask any police officer. The Trumps are a danger that needs to be closely monitored.
Barrie
OMG…
The whole lot of them (the tRumps) truly believe
that the vast majority of us are idiots and incapable of seeing through their bullsh!+…!
Unfortunately, there are a frightening number of idiots out there voting…. obviously.
TO ALL… PLEASE VOTE AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY
mdsimon80
He was smart enough to tell Dana Bash on CNN that his father would release his tax returns, which never happened. You can believe everything he says.
CNY1983
is it only me that even the sight of them disgusts me?
Tombear
I heard Ivanka made a porn film for daddy. It’s his Christmas gift this year.
oinkndoink
…the major question to ask here is: Is it Eric or Junior who is the dumber one???? Seems like a two-way tie for last place!!!!