{{Short description|American businessman (born 1984)}} {{Protection padlock|small=yes}} {{Use American English|date=September 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = Consensus 2025 - Eric Trump 10 (3x4 cropped).jpg | caption = Trump in 2025 | birth_name = Eric Frederick Trump | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|1|6}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | education = Georgetown University (BS) | occupation = {{flatlist| * Businessman * philanthropist * television presenter * political activist }} | years_active = 2004–present | known_for = Executive at the Trump Organization<br>Former boardroom judge on ''The Apprentice'' | political_party = Republican (since 2016)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cillizza|first1=Chris|title=The Trump family town hall was very, very entertaining|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/13/the-trump-family-townhall-was-very-very-entertaining/|access-date=June 9, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 13, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413151211/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/13/the-trump-family-townhall-was-very-very-entertaining/|archive-date=April 13, 2016 }}</ref> | other_party = Independent (2002–2016)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Struyk|first1=Ryan|title=Donald Trump's Kids Eric and Ivanka Miss Deadline to Vote in NY GOP Primary|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-kids-eric-ivanka-miss-deadline-vote/story?id=38303943|access-date=May 8, 2019|work=ABC News|date=April 11, 2016|archive-date=December 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202022358/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-kids-eric-ivanka-miss-deadline-vote/story?id=38303943|url-status=live}}</ref> | spouse = {{marriage|Lara Yunaska|November 8, 2014}} | children = 2 | parents = {{ubl|Donald Trump|Ivana Zelníčková}} | family = Trump family | website = {{URL|https://erictrump.com}} }}
'''Eric Frederick Trump''' (born January 6, 1984) is an American businessman, political activist, and former reality television presenter. He is the third child and second son of U.S. president Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana.
Trump is a trustee and executive vice president of his father's business, The Trump Organization, running it alongside his older brother Donald Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/|title=Donald Trump|website=Forbes|access-date=October 10, 2019|archive-date=December 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206115608/https://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a boardroom judge on his father's television series ''The Apprentice''.
During their father's first presidency, the brothers invested in foreign countries and collected payments in their American properties from foreign governments, despite having pledged not to do so.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/01/trump-brothers-claims-that-they-no-longer-profit-foreign-deals/|title=The Trump brothers' claims that they no longer profit from foreign deals|date=2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 1, 2019|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193756/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/01/trump-brothers-claims-that-they-no-longer-profit-foreign-deals/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Early life== Eric Frederick Trump was born on January 6, 1984,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JHmqDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA42 |title=Donald Trump: 45th Us President |last=Carser |first=A. R. |date=August 15, 2016 |publisher=ABDO |page=42 |isbn=9781680795189 |access-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220637/https://books.google.com/books?id=JHmqDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA42 |url-status=live }}</ref> in New York City, the third child and second son of Donald Trump and his first wife Ivana Zelníčková.<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/personality/eric-trump|title=Eric Trump: Philanthropist (1984–)|publisher=Biography.com|access-date=September 10, 2019|archive-date=September 11, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190911223554/https://www.biography.com/personality/eric-trump|url-status=live}}</ref> He attended Trinity School.<ref name=biography.com /> His parents divorced in 1990, when he was six years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/12/nyregion/trumps-get-divorce-next-who-gets-what.html|title=Trumps Get Divorce; Next, Who Gets What?|work=The New York Times|date=December 12, 1990|access-date=March 5, 2023|archive-date=May 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508224859/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/12/nyregion/trumps-get-divorce-next-who-gets-what.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As a boy, Trump spent his summers in the Czech countryside near Zlín with his maternal grandparents. His grandfather, Miloš Zelníček, who died in 1990, was an engineer; his grandmother, Maria, worked in a shoe factory. His grandfather taught Trump to hunt and fish.<ref name="Post1">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/trump-raised-sons-who-became-his-emissaries-but-not-the-way-you-might-think/2016/05/18/3ca1cfa8-faa4-11e5-886f-a037dba38301_story.html |date=May 18, 2016 |title=Eric and Don have the Trump name, the money, the genes. Here's what makes them different. |first=Dan |last=Zak |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 6, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504123551/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/trump-raised-sons-who-became-his-emissaries-but-not-the-way-you-might-think/2016/05/18/3ca1cfa8-faa4-11e5-886f-a037dba38301_story.html |archive-date=May 4, 2017 }}</ref>
In 2002, Trump graduated from the Hill School, a preparatory boarding high school.<ref>{{cite web|author=Frank G. Runyeon|title=The president's son: How Eric became a Trump|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/personality/interviews-and-profiles/eric-trump-interview-hill-school.html|work=City & State|date=September 29, 2017|access-date=August 4, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220639/https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/personality/interviews-and-profiles/eric-trump-interview-hill-school.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Abby |date=2017-08-05 |title=Where America's 'first kids' went to college |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/where-kids-of-presidents-went-to-college-2017-8#eric-trump-georgetown-university-class-of-2006-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406092402/https://www.businessinsider.com/where-kids-of-presidents-went-to-college-2017-8 |archive-date=2023-04-06 |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> he graduated with honors from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., with a bachelor's degree in finance and management and a minor in psychology.<ref name="AOL">{{cite web |last=Kawamoto |first=Dawn |date=June 17, 2011 |title=Donald Trump's Legacy: Kids Who Aim to Think Big |url=https://www.aol.com/2011/06/17/fathers-day-donald-trumps-legacy-kids-who-aim-to-think-big/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419003014/https://www.aol.com/article/2011/06/17/fathers-day-donald-trumps-legacy-kids-who-aim-to-think-big/19967552/ |archive-date=April 19, 2017 |access-date=April 18, 2017 |website=AOL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-01-21 |title=Trump kids: From Don Jr. to Barron, here's how educated they are |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/trump-kids-from-don-jr-to-barron-heres-how-educated-they-are/articleshow/117421865.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308021156/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/trump-kids-from-don-jr-to-barron-heres-how-educated-they-are/articleshow/117421865.cms |archive-date=2025-03-08 |access-date=2025-05-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
Trump started accompanying his father to job sites and negotiations from a young age.<ref name="cbsnews.com">{{cite news |last=Leung |first=Rebecca |date=June 9, 2003 |title=Eric Trump, American Royalty |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eric-trump-american-royalty/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111075719/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/09/48hours/main557757.shtml |archive-date=January 11, 2007 |access-date=November 23, 2006 |work=CBS News}}</ref> He has said he mowed lawns, laid tiles, and did other work on his father's properties in his youth.<ref name="AOL" /> Trump briefly considered other careers but decided to join the family business while a high school student.<ref name="AOL"/>
==Career== ===The Trump Organization=== [[File:Donald Eric Trump.jpg|thumb|left|Trump with his father Donald in 2008]] thumb|upright|Trump, {{Circa|2009}}
Trump is the Trump Organization's executive vice president of development and acquisitions.<ref name="AOL"/> He worked with his sister, Ivanka, to redesign and renovate Trump National Doral and its Blue Monster course in Miami, Florida.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Trump-National-Doral-Construction-Ahead-of-Schedule-Eric-Trump-226377351.html|title=Trump National Doral Miami Construction Ahead of Schedule|first=Alexandra|last=Leon|work=NBC 6 South Florida|date=October 3, 2013|access-date=October 3, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003232318/http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Trump-National-Doral-Construction-Ahead-of-Schedule-Eric-Trump-226377351.html|archive-date=October 3, 2013}}</ref>
In 2013, Trump received ''Wine Enthusiast Magazine''{{'}}s "Rising Star of the Year" Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winemag.com/Web-2013/2013-Rising-Star-of-the-Year-Eric-Trump/|title=2013 Rising Star of the Year: Eric Trump|first=Andrew|last=Hoover|work=Wine Enthusiast Magazine|date=November 17, 2013|access-date=November 17, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116155719/http://www.winemag.com/Web-2013/2013-Rising-Star-of-the-Year-Eric-Trump/|archive-date=November 16, 2013 }}</ref>
Amid the Trump–Ukraine scandal—where President Trump asked the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter—Eric Trump strongly criticized Hunter, accusing him of nepotism. Eric claimed that, unlike Hunter, "When my father became president, our family stopped doing international business deals". But when Donald Trump became president, rather than place his assets in a blind trust, he made Eric a top executive in the family business, which continued to operate and promote business transactions across the world.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 17, 2017 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/17/donald-trump-jr-nepotism-sean-hannity-hunter-biden/ |title='Your name is literally your dad's full name': Donald Trump Jr. slammed for attacking Hunter Biden over nepotism |first=Allyson |last=Chiu |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=October 17, 2019 |archive-date=October 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017125552/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/17/donald-trump-jr-nepotism-sean-hannity-hunter-biden/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/daily-shows-trevor-noah-exposes-eric-and-donald-trump-jrs-hunter-biden-nepotism-hypocrisy|title=Trevor Noah Exposes Eric and Don Jr.'s Nepotism Hypocrisy|last=Wilstein|first=Matt|date=October 17, 2019|access-date=October 17, 2019|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193911/https://www.thedailybeast.com/daily-shows-trevor-noah-exposes-eric-and-donald-trump-jrs-hunter-biden-nepotism-hypocrisy|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Jay |last=Willis |url=https://www.gq.com/story/trump-kids-profit-presidency |title=How Donald Trump's Kids Have Profited Off Their Dad's Presidency |website=GQ |access-date=October 17, 2019 |date=October 14, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193724/https://www.gq.com/story/trump-kids-profit-presidency |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/donald-trump-jr-attacks-hunter-and-joe-biden-for-nepotism.html|title=World's Least Self-Aware Person, Donald Trump Jr., Attacks Bidens for Nepotism|last=Raymond|first=Adam K.|date=October 17, 2019|website=New York Intelligencer|language=en-us|access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220641/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/donald-trump-jr-attacks-hunter-and-joe-biden-for-nepotism.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Kathryn |last=Krawczyk |url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/871837/donald-trump-jr-unironically-attacking-hunter-biden-profiting-fathers-name |title=Donald Trump Jr. is unironically attacking Hunter Biden for profiting off his father's name |date=October 15, 2019 |website=theweek.com |access-date=October 17, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193828/https://theweek.com/speedreads/871837/donald-trump-jr-unironically-attacking-hunter-biden-profiting-fathers-name |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-eric-trump-business.html|title=Those Foreign Business Ties? The Trump Sons Have Plenty Too|last1=Lipton|first1=Eric|date=October 11, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 17, 2019|last2=Eder|first2=Steve|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|last3=Protess|first3=Ben|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193823/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-eric-trump-business.html|url-status=live}}</ref> PolitiFact and the ''Washington Post'' fact-checkers rated Eric Trump's assertion that the Trump family "got out of all international business" false.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |url=https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/oct/18/eric-trump/eric-trumps-false-claim-trump-family-got-out-all-i/ |first=Bill |last=McCarthy |title=Eric Trump says Trumps stopped 'all international business' |website=Politifact |access-date=October 19, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220702/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/18/eric-trump/eric-trumps-false-claim-trump-family-got-out-all-i/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/01/trump-brothers-claims-that-they-no-longer-profit-foreign-deals/|title=The Trump brothers' claims that they no longer profit from foreign deals|last=Rizzo|first=Salvador|date=November 1, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 10, 2019|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193756/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/01/trump-brothers-claims-that-they-no-longer-profit-foreign-deals/|url-status=live}}</ref> PolitiFact noted that not only had the Trump family engaged in international business dealings since Trump became president, but that some of the president's children, including Eric, had openly celebrated their international business activities during that time.<ref name=":2" />
In 2017, it was reported that Eric Trump had said in 2014 that "we don't rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia", and that "we've got some guys that really, really love golf, and they're really invested in our programmes. We just go there all the time."<ref>{{cite news |title=Eric Trump in 2014: 'We have all the funding we need out of Russia' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/news/332270-eric-trump-in-2014-we-dont-rely-on-american-banks-we-have-all-the-funding-we |access-date=January 26, 2021 |work=The Hill |archive-date=January 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130111711/https://thehill.com/homenews/news/332270-eric-trump-in-2014-we-dont-rely-on-american-banks-we-have-all-the-funding-we |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008, Trump said that "in terms of high-end product influx into the US, Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets", and that "we see a lot of money pouring in from Russia".<ref name="foreignpolicy">{{cite news |title=How Russian Money Helped Save Trump's Business |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-helped-save-trumps-business/ |access-date=January 26, 2021 |work=Foreign Policy |archive-date=September 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902022024/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-helped-save-trumps-business/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Donald Trump's ties to Russia go back 30 years |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/15/donald-trumps-ties-russia-go-back-30-years/97949746/ |access-date=January 26, 2021 |work=USA Today |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224125548/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/15/donald-trumps-ties-russia-go-back-30-years/97949746/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In October 2019, Eric Trump complained of the Bidens, "Why is it that every family goes into politics and enriches themselves?". Shortly before he made that statement, President Trump had decided that the G-7 summit would be held at the Trump Doral resort, which is owned by the Trump Organization. President Trump reversed his decision amid bipartisan condemnation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/466678-eric-trump-goes-after-bidens-why-is-it-that-every-family-goes|title=Eric Trump goes after Bidens: 'Why is it that every family goes into politics and enriches themselves?'|last=Folley|first=Aris|date=October 21, 2019|website=The Hill|language=en|access-date=October 21, 2019|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220642/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/466678-eric-trump-goes-after-bidens-why-is-it-that-every-family-goes|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/eric-trump-sickening-how-family-politics-enriches-themselves.html|title=Eric Trump: "Sickening" How "Every Family in Politics Enriches Themselves"|last=Politi|first=Daniel|date=October 21, 2019|website=Slate|language=en|access-date=October 21, 2019|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220703/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/eric-trump-sickening-how-family-politics-enriches-themselves.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
A ruling which was handed down on February 16, 2024, barred Eric Trump from being an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York, including the Trump Organization, for two years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-donald-trump-jr-penalties-fraud-trial-verdict-2024-2|title=What about Don Jr.? What about Eric? Why Judge Engoron gave them lighter penalties than dad|first1=Laura|last1=Italiano|first2=Jacob|last2=Shamisan|publisher=Business Insider|date=February 16, 2024|accessdate=February 17, 2024|archive-date=February 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216235435/https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-donald-trump-jr-penalties-fraud-trial-verdict-2024-2|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Television=== Trump was a boardroom judge on his father's reality television series ''The Apprentice'' (2010–2015). He appeared in 23 episodes, 21 times as a boardroom judge and twice as an audience member.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neither the first-born nor the favorite: The life of middle child Eric Trump |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/slideshows/miscellaneous/neither-the-first-born-nor-the-favorite-the-life-of-middle-child-eric-trump/slidelist/70268845.cms |url-status=dead |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Business Insider |language=en}}</ref>
=== Cryptocurrency === By December 2025, Trump held substantial shares in two cryptocurrency companies, American Bitcoin and World Liberty Financial.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Khan-Mullins |first=Kyle |date=2025 |title=Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kylemullins/2025/12/04/eric-trump-has-gotten-10-times-richer-since-dads-election/ |work=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>
==The Eric Trump Foundation== In 2007, Trump established the Eric Trump Foundation, a public charity to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Tennessee.<ref name="hospital">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/us/politics/eric-trump-charity-st-judes.html|title=Hospital Confirms Eric Trump Helped Raise $16.3 Million for It|newspaper=The New York Times |author-link1=Eric Lipton |first1= Eric| last1=Lipton|author-link2=Maggie Haberman|first2=Maggie|last2=Haberman|date=January 6, 2017|access-date= January 6, 2017|url-status= live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216172017/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/us/politics/eric-trump-charity-st-judes.html|archive-date=February 16, 2017}}</ref><ref name="foundation">{{cite news|last1=Fahrenthold|first1=David A.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/12/22/eric-trump-suspends-his-foundations-operations/|title=Eric Trump suspends operations of his charitable foundation |newspaper=The Washington Post| date= December 22, 2016| access-date= April 5, 2017|url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517141910/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/12/22/eric-trump-suspends-his-foundations-operations/|archive-date=May 17, 2017}}</ref> On November 30, 2012, the foundation committed to raising $20 million over ten years for the naming rights to the new Eric Trump Foundation Surgery & ICU Center in the Kay Research and Care Center, a $198 million tower that opened on February 19, 2015, on the St. Jude campus.<ref name="pr_May2013">{{cite press release |title=New $20 Million Dollar "Eric Trump Foundation Surgery & ICU Center", Opening in 2015 |url= http://www.erictrumpfoundation.com.php53-5.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/news/new-20-million-dollar-eric-trump-foundation-surgery-icu-center-opening-in-2/ |date=May 6, 2013 |access-date=April 9, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131216225358/http://www.erictrumpfoundation.com.php53-5.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/news/new-20-million-dollar-eric-trump-foundation-surgery-icu-center-opening-in-2/ |website=erictrumpfoundation.com |archive-date=December 16, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="pr_Feb2015">{{cite press release |title=Opening of Kay Research and Care Center represents St. Jude milestone|url=https://www.stjude.org/media-resources/news-releases/2015-fundraising-news/opening-of-kay-research-center.html|date=February 19, 2015|access-date=April 9, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413070841/https://www.stjude.org/media-resources/news-releases/2015-fundraising-news/opening-of-kay-research-center.html| archive-date= April 13, 2017}}</ref>
St. Jude stated in 2013 that the 7th Annual Eric Trump Foundation Golf Invitational on September 9, 2013, at the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff, New York, had "...{{nbsp}}raised $1.5 million for the kids of St. Jude", for a total of $6 million since 2006.<ref name= "pr_Sep2013">{{cite press release |title=The Eric Trump Foundation raises $1.5 million with annual golf event |url= https://www.stjude.org/media-resources/news-releases/2013-fundraising-news/the-eric-trump-foundation-raises-1-5-million-with-annual-golf-event.html |work=St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |date= September 2013|access-date=April 9, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170410051604/https://www.stjude.org/media-resources/news-releases/2013-fundraising-news/the-eric-trump-foundation-raises-1-5-million-with-annual-golf-event.html |archive-date=April 10, 2017}}</ref> On December 30, 2016, Richard C. Shadyac Jr., the president of the fundraising organization of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, wrote the Eric Trump Foundation a letter stating that the foundation and "...{{nbsp}}related efforts, such as an Eric Trump Foundation-affiliated team that participates in the New York City Marathon", had raised $16.3 million for the hospital since the charity's inception ten years earlier.<ref name= "hospital" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hensch |first=Mark |date=2017-01-06 |title=Hospital: Trump's son helped us raise over $16M |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/313066-hospital-trumps-son-helped-raise-16m/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229203638/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/313066-hospital-trumps-son-helped-raise-16m/ |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=2025-02-08 |work=The Hill |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref>
On December 21, 2016, Trump announced that he would stop active fundraising for the Eric Trump Foundation as of December 31.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-22 |title=Eric Trump Stops Fundraising for his Charity After Scrutiny |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/eric-trump-charity/3646579.html |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Neidig |first=Harper |date=2016-12-21 |title=Eric Trump to stop fundraising for his foundation |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/311454-eric-trump-to-stop-fundraising-for-his-foundation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927235242/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/311454-eric-trump-to-stop-fundraising-for-his-foundation |archive-date=September 27, 2021 |access-date=2025-02-07 |work=TheHill |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> The move came to avoid the appearance that donors were using him to gain access to his father after he won the presidential election.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.npr.org/2016/12/22/506598437/facing-criticism-eric-trump-will-stop-actively-fundraising |access-date=November 10, 2019 |title=Facing Criticism, Eric Trump Will Stop Actively Fundraising For His Foundation |last=Detrow |first=Scott |date=December 22, 2016 |publisher=NPR |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117155045/http://www.npr.org/2016/12/22/506598437/facing-criticism-eric-trump-will-stop-actively-fundraising |archive-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>
The foundation's 2016 tax return, filed under its alternative name the Curetivity Foundation, shows that the contributions it received increased from $1.8 million in 2015 to $3.2 million in 2016. The foundation gave $2,910,000 in donations to St. Jude and several smaller donations to other charities while paying a total of $145,000 to various for-profit properties the Trump family owned.<ref name="forbes180112">{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Dan|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2018/01/12/new-filing-shows-eric-trump-raised-millions-lied-about-his-foundations-expenses/#452eca5239ed|title=New Filing Shows Eric Trump Raised Millions, Lied About His Foundation's Expenses|website=Forbes|date=January 12, 2018|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220707/https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2018/01/12/new-filing-shows-eric-trump-raised-millions-lied-about-his-foundations-expenses/#452eca5239ed|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="db180111">{{cite news|last=Markay|first=Lachlan|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/eric-trumps-charity-paid-donalds-business-dollar150k-during-election|title=Eric Trump's Charity Paid Donald's Business $145K During Election|newspaper=The Daily Beast|date=January 11, 2018|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220640/https://www.thedailybeast.com/eric-trumps-charity-paid-donalds-business-dollar150k-during-election|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nweek180112">{{cite web|last=Lanktree|first=Graham|url=http://www.newsweek.com/eric-trump-charity-paid-trump-family-business-hundreds-thousands-dollars-779377|title=Eric Trump Charity Paid Trump Family Business More Than $150,000|website=Newsweek|date=January 12, 2018|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220645/https://www.newsweek.com/eric-trump-charity-paid-trump-family-business-hundreds-thousands-dollars-779377|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2016, the fundraising president of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital stated that the Eric Trump Foundation had raised and donated $16.3 million to the hospital since the charity's foundation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/us/politics/eric-trump-charity-st-judes.html|title=Hospital Confirms Eric Trump Helped Raise $16.3 Million for It|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=September 17, 2017|date=January 6, 2017|last1=Lipton|first1=Eric|last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie|archive-date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216172017/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/us/politics/eric-trump-charity-st-judes.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Funds usage=== In June 2017, ''Forbes'' reported that the Eric Trump Foundation shifted money intended to go to cancer patients to the Trumps' businesses.<ref name="Forbes6.29.17">{{Cite news |last=Alexander |first=Dan |date=June 29, 2017 |title=How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/#25c21a6e6b4a |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606234755/https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/#25c21a6e6b4a |archive-date=June 6, 2017 |access-date=June 7, 2017 |work=Forbes}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/06/trump-organization-charged-eric-trumps-cancer-charity-golf-events.html|title=Here's how Trump profited from his son's kids cancer charity|last=Mangan|first=Dan|date=June 6, 2017|website=CNBC|access-date=June 7, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607022317/http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/06/trump-organization-charged-eric-trumps-cancer-charity-golf-events.html|archive-date=June 7, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/eric-trump-funneled-cancer-charity-money-businesses-associates/story?id=47878610 |title=Eric Trump funneled cancer charity money to his business: report |first1=Lauren |last1=Pearle |first2=Riley |last2=Beggin|date=June 7, 2017 |website=ABC News |access-date=June 7, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607114519/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/eric-trump-funneled-cancer-charity-money-businesses-associates/story?id=47878610 |archive-date=June 7, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-cancer-charity-donations-trump-organization |date=June 6, 2017 |first=Eliza |last=Relman |title=Report: The Trumps allegedly funneled thousands in kids' cancer charity donations into the Trump Organization |work=Business Insider |access-date=June 7, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220641/https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-cancer-charity-donations-trump-organization |url-status=live }}</ref> Eric Trump had asserted that his foundation got to use Trump Organization assets for free ("We get to use our assets 100% free of charge"), but that appears not to be true. According to ''Forbes'', more than $1.2 million of the donations went to the Trump Organization for the use of Trump's Westchester golf course, and "Golf charity experts say the listed expenses defy any reasonable cost justification for a one-day golf tournament". According to a former foundation director, "We did have to cover the expenses.{{nbsp}}...The charity had grown so much that the Trump Organization couldn't absorb all of those costs anymore." ''Forbes'' acknowledged that the charity has done a great deal of good, including an intensive-care unit that opened in 2015 at St. Jude and funding cancer research.<ref name=Forbes6.29.17/> According to Trump, the foundation's expense ratio is 12.6%, and "at no time did the Trump Organization profit in any way from the foundation or any of its activities".<ref>{{cite news |last=Watson |first=Kathryn |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eric-trump-cancer-foundation/|title=Eric Trump's cancer charity event was billed by Trump for use of golf course: Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707220453/http://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/eric-trump-cancer-foundation/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=July 7, 2017 |work=CBS News |date=June 7, 2017 }}</ref>
''Forbes'' also reported that more than $500,000 of the money donated for cancer patients "was re-donated to other charities, many of which were connected to Trump family members or interests, including at least four groups that subsequently paid to hold golf tournaments at Trump courses".<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Michael |title=Rep. Steve Cohen calls for investigation into Eric Trump's charity golf tournament for St. Jude |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/12/congressman-seeks-probe-into-eric-trumps-golf-tournament-st-jude/389926001/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=The Tennessean |language=en-US}}</ref> According to ''Forbes'', "All of this seems to defy federal tax rules and state laws that ban self-dealing and misleading donors. It also raises larger questions about the Trump family dynamics and whether Eric and his brother, Don Jr., can be truly independent of their father."<ref name=Forbes6.29.17/> The foundation says that relevant donors were informed that donations would be redirected.<ref>{{cite news |last=Alexander |first=Dan |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/29/eric-trump-foundation-told-donors-money-went-to-kids-with-cancer-then-gave-to-different-causes/ |title=Eric Trump Foundation Told Donors Money Went To Kids With Cancer, Then Gave To Different Causes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706044303/https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/29/eric-trump-foundation-told-donors-money-went-to-kids-with-cancer-then-gave-to-different-causes/ |archive-date=July 6, 2017 |work=Forbes |date=June 29, 2017 |quote=A spokesperson for the Eric Trump Foundation, which was recently rebranded Curetivity, said the charity had been transparent—at least with some people. 'Relevant donors whose money was given to causes other than St. Jude were made aware the funds would be donated elsewhere,' the spokesperson wrote in an email to Forbes. 'All donations made via the website were given to St. Jude.' }}</ref>
The Eric Trump Foundation had advertised that its golf charity events raised money exclusively for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, with 95–100% of the money raised going toward the charity. Public tax records show that the foundation applied significant amounts of the funds raised to pay costs of the events to the Trump Organization for use of its facilities. Additionally, the foundation donated to charitable causes other than St. Jude and made grants to several other charities, including at least three animal welfare organizations and the American Society for Enology and Viticulture, a California wine industry organization.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/eric-trump-charity-spent-dollar880k-at-family-owned-golf-resorts |title=Eric Trump 'Charity' Spent $880K at Family-Owned Golf Resorts|last=Zadrozny|first=Brandy |author-link=Brandy Zadrozny|date=October 1, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Beast|access-date=October 4, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003210507/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/30/eric-trump-charity-spent-880k-at-family-owned-golf-resorts.html|archive-date=October 3, 2016 }}</ref>
Trump said in July 2016 that Donald Trump had made "hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal donations" to the Eric Trump Foundation in the past, but there is no evidence of that. When ''The Washington Post'' requested evidence, Trump appeared to backtrack and refused to give details.<ref name="WaPo ETF100s">{{cite news |date=July 12, 2016 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/12/eric-trump-said-his-charity-received-hundreds-of-thousands-from-his-father-now-hes-not-sure/ |first=David A. |last=Fahrenthold |title=Eric Trump said his charity received 'hundreds of thousands' from his father. Now, he's not sure |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=September 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924090812/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/12/eric-trump-said-his-charity-received-hundreds-of-thousands-from-his-father-now-hes-not-sure/ |archive-date=September 24, 2016 }}</ref>
In June 2017, the New York State Attorney General's Office confirmed that it had begun an inquiry into the Eric Trump Foundation, based on issues the ''Forbes'' investigation raised.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jake |last=Lahut |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/09/eric-trump-foundation-new-york-attorney-general-eric-schneiderman-239358 |title=N.Y. AG Schneiderman examining Eric Trump Foundation |work=Politico |date=June 9, 2017 |access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220645/https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/09/eric-trump-foundation-new-york-attorney-general-eric-schneiderman-239358 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=David A. |last=Fahrenthold |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/06/09/n-y-attorney-general-looking-into-eric-trumps-foundation/ |title=New York attorney general 'looking into' Eric Trump's foundation |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 9, 2017 |access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220655/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/06/09/n-y-attorney-general-looking-into-eric-trumps-foundation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The investigation was reported as ongoing in December 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/2018/12/18/trump-agrees-to-shutter-charity-amid-scrutiny-but-probe-into-eric-trump-foundation-continues/ |title=Trump agrees to shutter charity amid scrutiny—but probe into Eric Trump Foundation continues |date=December 18, 2018 |website=Salon |first=Matthew |last=Rozsa |access-date=December 18, 2018 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220716/https://www.salon.com/2018/12/18/trump-agrees-to-shutter-charity-amid-scrutiny-but-probe-into-eric-trump-foundation-continues/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Donald Trump presidential campaigns == ===2016 presidential campaign=== [[File:Eric Trump RNC July 2016 (cropped2).jpg|thumb|upright|Trump speaking at the 2016 RNC]]
Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign was formally launched on June 16, 2015, at Trump Tower in New York City. Eric was a key advisor, fundraiser, and campaign surrogate during the campaign. He and his wife made campaign appearances in numerous states on his father's behalf.<ref name="indyone">{{cite news|last1=Revesz|first1=Rachel|title=Donald Trump's son spearheads his presidential fundraising campaign|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-eric-trump-son-spearheads-fundraising-campaign-seeks-10-million-a7106366.html|access-date=May 1, 2017|work=The Independent|date=June 27, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215163038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-eric-trump-son-spearheads-fundraising-campaign-seeks-10-million-a7106366.html|archive-date=February 15, 2017 }}</ref>
On August 2, 2016, in a television appearance on ''CBS This Morning'', Trump was asked to comment on his father's controversial statement to ''USA Today'' the previous day in which he said that if his daughter were ever subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace, he hoped she would find another company to work for or switch careers. Trump said, "Ivanka is a strong, powerful woman; she wouldn't allow herself to be objected [''recte'' subjected] to it".<ref name="fox-critics">{{cite news|first1=Katie|last1=Zezima|first2=Philip|last2=Rucker|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-and-eric-trump-opine-on-sexual-harassment--and-draw-fire/2016/08/02/9814549e-58c5-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html |access-date=November 10, 2019 |title= Trump on how women should deal with harassment: It's 'up to the individual'|newspaper=The Washington Post|date= August 2, 2016 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160802195935/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-and-eric-trump-opine-on-sexual-harassment--and-draw-fire/2016/08/02/9814549e-58c5-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html |archive-date=August 2, 2016 }}</ref>
===Michael Cohen reimbursement payments=== On May 28, 2024, an email was shown during defense closing arguments in Donald Trump's New York criminal trial which revealed that longtime Trump Organization comptroller Jeffrey McConnery, who was previously acknowledged to have organized Trump Sr.'s reimbursement payments to Michael Cohen following the hush money payments Cohen made to Stormy Daniels, sought approval from both Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.<ref name=closingargumentsdefense>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-05-28-24/index.html|title=Trump's defense delivers closing argument in criminal trial|first1=Kara|last1=Scannell|first2=Lauren|last2=Del Valle|first3=Jeremy|last3=Herb|publisher=CNN|date=May 28, 2024|accessdate=May 28, 2024|archive-date=May 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528143130/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-05-28-24/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It has been acknowledged that Eric Trump had signed some of the reimbursement checks to Cohen as well.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-05-06-24/index.html|title=Witness testimony to continue in Trump's hush money trial|first1=Kara|last1=Scannell|first2=Lauren|last2=Del Valle|first3=Jeremy|last3=Herb|first4=Sabrina|last4=Souza|publisher=CNN|date=May 6, 2024|accessdate=May 28, 2024|archive-date=May 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531201225/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-05-06-24/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=closingargumentsdefense /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/05/14/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/cohens-reimbursement-checks-00157819|title=People v. Trump|date=May 14, 2024|publisher=Politico|accessdate=May 28, 2024|archive-date=May 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528150021/https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/05/14/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/cohens-reimbursement-checks-00157819|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Conspiracy theories and attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election === [[File:Eric Trump (50759602648) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Trump speaking with attendees at the 2020 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA]] Trump has promoted several conspiracy theories.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/06/20/eric-trump-promotes-qanon-conspiracy-on-instagram-while-plugging-tulsa-rally/|title=Eric Trump Promotes QAnon Conspiracy On Instagram While Plugging Tulsa Rally|first=Jack|last=Brewster|website=Forbes|access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220709/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/06/20/eric-trump-promotes-qanon-conspiracy-on-instagram-while-plugging-tulsa-rally/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/02/politics/eric-trump-donald-trump-jr-fact-check/index.html|title=Fact check: Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. spread false information in run up to election|author=Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam|website=CNN|date=November 2, 2020 |access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220633/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/02/politics/eric-trump-donald-trump-jr-fact-check/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In May 2020, Trump said on Fox News that stay-at-home orders to combat the spread of COVID-19 were a strategy by the Democrats and the Joe Biden campaign intended to prevent his father's reelection by depriving him of the ability to conduct large campaign rallies. Trump said that after election day, "Coronavirus will magically all of a sudden go away and disappear and everybody will be able to reopen".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eric Trump accuses Democrats of "milking" coronavirus lockdowns to win the election|url=https://www.axios.com/eric-trump-democrats-coronavirus-c040253e-80ae-4cb7-a610-2b4ebf2c3cfa.html|last=Axios|website=Axios|date=May 17, 2020|language=en|access-date=May 17, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220710/https://www.axios.com/eric-trump-democrats-coronavirus-c040253e-80ae-4cb7-a610-2b4ebf2c3cfa.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-trump-coronavirus-disappear-after-election-day-probably-get-worse-2020-5|title=Eric Trump says coronavirus is a ploy to stop his father's campaign rallies and will 'magically' disappear after election day|last=Rogers|first=Taylor Nicole|date=May 17, 2020|work=Business Insider|access-date=May 17, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220712/https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-trump-coronavirus-disappear-after-election-day-probably-get-worse-2020-5|url-status=live}}</ref>
In September 2020, Trump spread a false video that appeared to show Biden "being caught red-handed using a teleprompter" when he was not.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dale|first=Daniel|title=Fact check: Eric Trump posts video that falsely claims Joe Biden used teleprompter in Telemundo interview|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/23/politics/fact-check-eric-trump-biden-teleprompter-telemundo/index.html|access-date=September 23, 2020|website=CNN|date=September 23, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220720/https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/23/politics/fact-check-eric-trump-biden-teleprompter-telemundo/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2020|title=No, Joe Biden is not using a teleprompter in an interview|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/23/no-joe-biden-is-not-using-teleprompter-an-interview/|access-date=September 23, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220658/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/23/no-joe-biden-is-not-using-teleprompter-an-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Following his father's electoral defeat, Eric Trump engaged in attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, falsely calling the election result a "fraud" and threatening Republican lawmakers to overturn the result.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/eric-trump-republicans-2022/index.html|first=Chris |last=Cillizza|authorlink= Chris Cillizza|title=Analysis: Eric Trump just threatened every Republican member of Congress over today's vote|website=CNN|date=January 6, 2021 |access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220708/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/eric-trump-republicans-2022/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/04/election-results-misinformation/|title=Trump's campaign and family boost bogus conspiracy theories in a bid to undermine vote count|first1=Isaac|last1=Stanley-Becker|first2=Tony|last2=Romm|first3=Elizabeth|last3=Dwoskin|first4=Drew|last4=Harwell|via=www.washingtonpost.com|access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220714/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/04/election-results-misinformation/|url-status=live}}</ref>
While ballots were being counted in the 2020 election, Trump made baseless claims intended to cast doubt on Pennsylvania's ballot-counting process.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Karni|first1=Annie|last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie|date=November 4, 2020|title=Fox's Arizona Call for Biden Flipped the Mood at Trump Headquarters|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/us/politics/trump-fox-news-arizona.html|access-date=November 4, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106051800/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/us/politics/trump-fox-news-arizona.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He shared a fake video that purported to show Trump ballots being burned.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Konstantin Toropin, Donie O'Sullivan and Mallory Simon|title=Viral 'ballot' burning video shared by Eric Trump is fake|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/04/business/ballot-burning-fake-video/index.html|access-date=November 5, 2020|website=CNN|date=November 5, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220716/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/04/business/ballot-burning-fake-video/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Eric Trump retweets video falsely claiming man burned 80 Trump ballots|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/eric-trump/eric-trump-retweets-video-falsely-claiming-man-bur/|access-date=November 5, 2020|website=PolitiFact|language=en-US|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220705/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/eric-trump/eric-trump-retweets-video-falsely-claiming-man-bur/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gostanian|first=Ali|date=2020|title=Viral 'ballot' burning video shared by Eric Trump is fake|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/blog/2020-11-04-trump-biden-election-results-n1246346|access-date=November 5, 2020|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220646/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/blog/2020-11-04-trump-biden-election-results-n1246346|url-status=live}}</ref>
On the day of the January 6 storming of the United States Capitol, Trump spoke at the "Save America" rally alongside his wife Lara and Donald Trump Jr., among others.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Graziosi|first=Graig|date=January 6, 2021|title=Trump's sons declare war on GOP|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-jr-eric-trump-election-protest-b1783318.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106212530/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-jr-eric-trump-election-protest-b1783318.html|archive-date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> Trump was later among those who advanced the conspiracy theory that people associated with antifa were responsible for the attack.<ref name="nbc-storming">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/trump-loyalists-push-evidence-free-claims-antifa-activists-fueled-mob-n1253176|title=Trump loyalists push evidence-free claims that antifa activists fueled mob|date=January 7, 2021|access-date=January 7, 2021|work=NBC News|first1=Brandy|last1=Zadrozny|first2=Ben|last2=Collins|archive-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107014141/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/trump-loyalists-push-evidence-free-claims-antifa-activists-fueled-mob-n1253176|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Personal life== [[File:Trump CAUCUS (24471521350) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Eric and Lara Trump in 2016]] On July 4, 2013, Trump became engaged to his longtime girlfriend Lara Lea Yunaska, an associate producer on the syndicated television news program ''Inside Edition''. They married on November 8, 2014 at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rivera |first=Zayda |date=November 9, 2014 |title=Eric Trump marries Lara Yunaska in Palm Beach wedding |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/eric-trump-marries-lara-yunaska-palm-beach-wedding-article-1.2004472 |website=New York Daily News |language=en-US |access-date=March 20, 2016 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319214522/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/eric-trump-marries-lara-yunaska-palm-beach-wedding-article-1.2004472 |archive-date=March 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=November 10, 2014 |title=Eric Trump & Lara Yunaska's Wedding Album |url=https://people.com/celebrity/eric-trump-lara-yunaskas-wedding-album/#30248420 |website=People |language=en-US |access-date=November 10, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111153606/http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0%2C%2C20871219_30248420%2C00.html#30248417/ |archive-date=November 11, 2014 }}</ref> They have two children; their son Eric Luke Trump was born in September 2017, and their daughter Carolina Dorothy Trump was born in August 2019. They are respectively the ninth and tenth grandchildren of Donald Trump.<ref>{{cite web |last=Murphy |first=Helen |date=August 20, 2019 |title=Eric and Wife Lara Trump Welcome Second Child, President Donald Trump's 10th Grandchild |url=https://people.com/politics/eric-lara-trump-welcome-second-child/ |work=People |language=en-US |access-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220654/https://people.com/politics/eric-lara-trump-welcome-second-child/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Aizin |first=Rebecca |title=Eric Trump's 2 Kids: All About Son Luke and Daughter Carolina |url=https://people.com/all-about-eric-trump-kids-8680218 |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref>
In April 2021, Trump and his wife acquired a $3.2 million home in Jupiter, Florida.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/554053-eric-trump-buys-32m-home-near-fathers-golf-club-in-florida/|title=Eric Trump buys $3.2M home near father's golf club in Florida|first=Cameron|last=Jenkins|work=The Hill|date=May 18, 2021|accessdate=December 1, 2022|archive-date=December 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201233609/https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/554053-eric-trump-buys-32m-home-near-fathers-golf-club-in-florida/|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2022, Trump joined other members of his family in switching his official residency from New York to Florida.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2022/07/20/eric-trump-joins-family-in-leaving-new-york-declaring-florida-his-official-residence/?sh=147a8c643d9a|title=Eric Trump Joins Family In Leaving New York, Declaring Florida His Official Residence|first=Zach|last=Everson|work=Forbes|date=July 20, 2022|accessdate=December 1, 2022|archive-date=December 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201230604/https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2022/07/20/eric-trump-joins-family-in-leaving-new-york-declaring-florida-his-official-residence/?sh=147a8c643d9a|url-status=live}}</ref>
Trump is an "avid outdoorsman" and big-game hunter.<ref name="Kelly">{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Tara|date=March 13, 2012|title=Donald Trump's Sons Defend Safari Killing Spree In Zimbabwe (Photos)|work=HuffPost|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/donald-trump-sons-safari-killing_n_1341596.html|url-status=live|access-date=June 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519202004/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/donald-trump-sons-safari-killing_n_1341596.html|archive-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref> He also enjoys skiing.<ref name="cbsnews.com" />
==2028 presidential election== In 2025, Eric Trump mentioned that he might run for president in 2028 when his father is term limited.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/eric-trump-suggests-he-could-run-for-president-when-donald-term-ends | title=Eric Trump suggests he could run for president when his father's term ends | work=The Guardian | last1=Lavelle | first1=Daniel | date=June 28, 2025 }}</ref>
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