Eric Trump is melting down before he even takes the stand.
The middle Trump child appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show Monday night and suffered an apparent conniption when talking about his father’s civil fraud trial. New York attorney general Letitia James is accusing the one-term, twice-impeached, quadruple-indicted ex-president of fraudulently inflating the value of his assets to secure favorable loans.
Donald Trump‘s dunderhead sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, are also listed as defendants in the case. They are expected to testify, along with Ivanka, who somehow convinced an appeals court to dismiss the charges against her.
But Eric and Donald Jr. weren’t so lucky. It’s apparent that Eric can’t take the heat.
On Monday, he wailed about his family’s legal plight.
“Mar-a-Lago is one of the most valuable properties in the world, worth well over $1 billion,” he cried. “Look at the portfolio of properties, they’re incredible. There’s no one that’s done more for the New York City skyline than Donald Trump.”
That’s quite the claim! Never mind that Trump Tower is actually pretty boring and rectangular. Nobody has done more for the NYC skyline.
Nobody!
Eric went on to rip New York City as “dirty” and “crime-ridden,” while praising his daddy for shaping the “amazing American city.”
This kid has gotta get his story straight! Even Kendall Roy performs better under pressure.
“New York has the worst problems of any city arguably in the country. It’s dirty, it’s crime-ridden. You’ve got illegal immigration problems all over the place,” bemoaned Eric. “And this is what the attorney general spends her time on? Going after a guy who has put more money and more assets and done more to shape an amazing American city than Donald Trump.”
“Dad, I went on Hannity, can I play my PS5 now??? Please!!!!”
— The Chud Report (@TheChudReport) October 3, 2023
It warms my heart that they are finally getting hit where it hurts.
— Kim Masters (@kimmasters) October 3, 2023
Well, that doesn’t pass the lie detector
— District Politics (@southern_cone) October 3, 2023
While Donald Trump is facing four criminal indictments–ranging from his alleged brazen mishandling of classified documents to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election–he seems most upset about this fraud case.
That’s probably because James’ argument cuts against his very ethos. She’s saying that Donald Trump isn’t a wildly successful business man.
Instead, he’s a fraud.
As expected, Trump is taking the allegations in stride!
James is suing Trump for $250 million, and accusing him of defrauding New York City. She’s also asking that Trump lose control of his NYC properties, including his beloved Trump Tower.
Hysterically, the judge assigned to the case, Arthur Engoron, also says Mar-a-Lago is valued at $18 million–citing a local Palm Beach county official’s assessment.
But Eric says his dad’s house is worth over $1 billion!…even though Trump’s own company valued the property at $27 million just three years ago.
Then again, it’s easy to appear brash with a sycophant like Hannity. Eric seemed far less confident during his deposition for the trial.
Very masculine ❤️
— Randy‼️ (@RandyHeyyyy) October 2, 2023
What else do you expect from Thurston von Shytebag?
— Mac McCullough (@SpitfireMarkIX) October 2, 2023
What a fiery soul! Maybe Eric can save some of that venom to help out his wife, Lara, who’s accusing Apple of shadow-banning her lousy rendition of Tom Petty’s “Don’t Back Down.”
Can’t the poor Trumps ever catch a break?
abfab
The lobby is gauche and the entire building is dated and gold-plated. It should be demolished. No one would miss it.
bachy
A vulgar, overwrought eyesore.
abfab
Both he and his tower could use a facelift.
dbmcvey
It is a great metaphor for Trump himself.
abfab
The Hill
BY JUDY KURTZ – 10/03/23 11:02 AM ET
Schwarzenegger advises Trump on weight loss: ‘Run around your cell three times’.
Terrycloth
I’ve been in there. Tacky. From capets to wallpaper to gold everything. .hdeous
abfab
Mara Largo will have to be gutted. Tacky City! Mrs. Post must be turning in her grave.
abfab
”Eric Trump, a co-defendant, also appears engaged scanning exhibits that appear on the screen and keeping a steady eye on Bender as he testifies. He’s also biting his nails.”
From CNN’s Lauren del Valle
Troyfight
Eric can be a dork, but compared to Hunter? who deserves more ‘bad presidential son’ press…?
jcool
eric
and junior
abfab
Eric is a dork. Period.
jcool
and of course jared.
abfab
And Ivanka Princess Dork of Boca Del VIsta
Troyfight
….so it sounds like Hunter gets a pass. even in his cute jockstrap?
abfab
Yes.
dbmcvey
If you want to start working on preventing families of politicians from trying to capitalize on their relationships I think a lot of us would be in favor of that. But if you want to pretend there’s a competition for most corrupt family members we’ve also got Jarrod to consider.
dbmcvey
And Jarrod, unlike Hunter, actually worked for his father in law’s administration.
abfab
And his marriage to Ivanka is another transactional relationship. God (if there was one) help those children.
jcool
the upside is that eric will probably be more popular in prison than jr. or daddy.
Fahd
In this New York case, none of them face jail time, it´s a civil trial. What bad luck the tangerine Palpatine and his offspring have. They are being subjected to what he calls ¨worst witchhunt in history¨with a ¨rogue¨judge, etc. etc. and their own lawyers kind of stink.
The reason this is a bench trial is because Eric´s father´s lawyers forgot to ask for a jury trial in the paperwork. And the tangerine traffic cone keeps insulting the judge. Oops!
Let´s hope the fine comes in close to the $250 million requested, and that the organization will lose all licenses to do business in New York.
Imagine Eric as your weakest link.
abfab
Since Tangerine is ”male”, shouldn’t he be calling this a Warlock Hunt?
Mister P
Certainly you aren’t implying that Hunter is in the same league of corruption as the Trump Crime family?
Hunter should be held accountable for his crimes but he is small potatoes compared to Orange , junior, the dumb one and the Kushners.
Thad
Which children’s charity did Hunter misuse funds from? Oh, wrong family.
abfab
This has to be a first. Telling an EX US President to STFU!!! How interesting!
POLITICS
Judge issues gag order in Trump fraud trial after ex-president posts about law clerk.
PUBLISHED TUE, OCT 3 2023
CNBC
Kevin Breuninger
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GAG ME WITH A SPOON!!!!!
Kangol2
Drumpf Crime Family exposed as the FRAUDSTERS they are! And Don the Con’s lawyers were too incompetent to file for a jury trial. Oh well. Bring the whole house of cards down, Judge Engoron!
abfab
This is a Goobers and Raisinettes moment!
Den
Despite how the MAGAts like to rail about NYC (which was a hell hole around 40 years ago), it has ranked as one of the top ten safest cities with populations greater than 500,000 for the past several years.
And the idea that Trump improved the NYC skyline in any way is ludicrous. New Yorkers hated his tacky buildings as much as his dirty dealings and bigoted rental policies. The “Brand” he loves to tout as being his greatest asset is as tasteless as he is.
dbmcvey
They’re always screaming about crime in “liberal’ cities like NYC, LA, San Francisco and Seattle but none of those cities are in the top 20 violent crime rate cities.
abfab
They are always screaming! They scream and scream but do nothing. Well, they pay annual NRA membership dues and force women to give birth, call us groomers. So there’s that.
Kangol2
What right-wingers do is flood the country with guns, build prisons to warehouse human beings but find every excuse to avoid prison when they commit crimes, completely ignore the violent crimes committed in right-wing run states, cities and locales, and slash taxes on rich people that would fund social welfare programs that might alleviate a LOT of the social and economic problems Americans face, while transferring the financial burden to middle class, working class and poor people.
Currently the US is experiencing many crises, one of which is an epidemic of chronic illness that predates the Covid-19 pandemic and is reducing life expectancy for millions of Americans. It is particularly devastating to the South and Midwest. Instead of supporting funding and programs, including universal health care, to address the problem and strengthen the social safety net, Rethugs scream about cutting taxes and then weaponize people’s suffering to funnel yet more money into the pockets of the rich.
Just keep in mind that Don the Con’s tax cuts alone have transferred $2.2 TRILLION or more into the pockets of the top .01 of the top 1%! Think about how much good those trillions–not millions or billions but trillions–could do to make life better for everyone poor, working-class and middle class in this country!