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'Undisputed idiot king': Former NBC journalist calls Eric Trump 'the epitome of stupidity'

First Son Eric Trump's false claim that political violence is exclusively carried out by the American left prompted Emmy-winning journalist David Shuster to declare that President Donald Trump's second-oldest son was the "undisputed idiot king" and "a grotesque epitome of stupidity so profound he renders the rest of his family — already a display of moral and cognitive deformities that would confound Sigmund Freud — almost respectable by comparison."

After MAGA activist Charlie Kirk was killed by a lone gunman on a Utah college campus last week, Eric Trump recently joined a far-right podcast to lay blame for Kirk's murder at the feet of the left. This is despite the alleged shooter's staunch Republican family, non-partisan voter registration status and his own friends saying he never discussed politics.

"The bullets are only flying one way," Eric Trump told podcast host Will Cain. "Listen, there's fringe on both sides, 100%, but like, I don't know ... These people have tried to do everything they could to take us out of the game."

In a Tuesday post to his Substack, Shuster — who is a veteran of NBC, CNN and Fox News — called Eric "the dumbest Trump, which is saying something." He went on to say that Trump's adult son saying that the left was the only side carrying political violence was "the intellectual equivalent of spraying manure in your own eyes while insisting it is perfume."

"In this single sentence, Eric demonstrated the mental agility of a cornered sloth," Shuster wrote. "And the selective memory of a dung beetle rolling it’s own feculent ball across the lawn of public discourse."

Shuster pointed out that Eric Trump glossed over high-profile recent instances of right-wing violence, like the June murder of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband Mark — in which the alleged killer also wounded Democratic state senator Jon Hoffman and his wife, Yvette. Shuster also reminded his readers that a man angry about vaccines fired on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and killed the police officer who confronted him. The former MSNBC host also didn't hold back in criticizing Eric Trump from using Kirk's murder to promote his new book.

"Eric was baffled when critics said the pledge looked opportunistic. Maybe the word itself baffled Eric since 'opportunistic' has five syllables," Shuster wrote. "...He is the family’s apex of ignorance. The pinnacle of self-important incompetence. The organism whose very existence makes the rest of the Trump clan’s failings appear almost tolerable."

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Eric Trump uses first interview after Charlie Kirk shooting to promote his new book

Eric Trump railed against “radical left lunatics” in a tirade of grievances—parroting the same rhetoric his father used in the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk—as he hawked his new memoir, “Under Siege.”

“As to what the radical left lunatics were trying to do to our family, what the movement that we created, and it’s a movement of good. It’s exactly what Charlie epitomized,” the President’s son declared to podcaster Benny Johnson.

“You know, we’re all watching, and we see exactly what happened to Charlie,” he explained.

“That is us being under siege,” he told Johnson. “That is that is our party, that is our movement.”

“That is God being under siege,” he declared. “That’s our Constitution being under siege. That’s our American flag being under siege . That’s our family unit in this country being under siege. That’s our democracy being under siege. Everything that we love, everything that we fought for.”

“It’s every one of those college kids that’s indoctrinated,” he complained. “It’s all of them being under siege. It’s a revisionist history that they teach in our schools.”

Trump said he will donate part of the proceeds of the book to Kirk’s organization, Turning Point USA, “because here’s what you and I and all the other people can never allow happen: We cannot allow his mission, you know, to ever die, it won’t.”

He also claimed that “the bullets are only going one way,” suggesting that the left, not the right, is responsible for violence.

Trump went on to describe where he was when his father’s attempted assassination took place in Butler, Pennsylvania. He also invoked the 2017 shooting of Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, and “what almost happened to [Brett] Kavanaugh. And then we see what happens to Charlie Kirk.”

“I mean, the bullets are only flying one way, and yet I get to hear the nonsense, and I get to watch all these networks every night,” he said.

“I mean, how is it that you know, the decorum is only going one way in this country, and yet we’re the ones that are labeled as the ‘fascist’? Isn’t that kind of ironic?”

“You know, hey, the Republicans in this country are generally the ones that have the guns. We’re the ones that believe in the Second Amendment. You know, they’re not doing this shooting.”

On Friday morning in a social media post with a photo of his book, Trump wrote, “Like all of you, I have been deeply impacted by Charlie’s life. His story is not over. This movement is not over, and there is still so much more to be done. In honor of Charlie’s life and his incredible legacy, I will be donating a portion of the proceeds from Under Siege to Turning Point USA to continue their amazing work.”

Pointing to that post, The Daily Beast wrote that Trump was using Kirk’s death “to sell his book.”

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'Notice they don't deny it': Trump's sons hammered for excusing profits from presidency

President Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, sparked backlash Wednesday after he claimed that the Trump family had “no damn choice," when asked about the president allegedly "pocketing off the presidency."

He claimed the family decided to turn to cryptocurrency after being shut out by major banks.

A recent investigation estimated that the Trump family has amassed billions since Trump’s presidency through a mix of real estate ventures, licensing agreements, campaign activities, and increasingly, crypto investments.

During an appearance on Fox News's "Fox & Friends" Wednesday morning, Eric Trump blamed financial institutions for their pivot.

“It’s infuriating. We had nowhere to go... We didn’t have a damn choice. We started getting into cryptocurrency before my father got into office.”

Donald Trump Jr., who also appeared on the show, added to the defense: “Trump was a businessman before presidency. Are we supposed to stop running our businesses? He’s not involved in these things.”

These remarks from the president's sons led to strong reactions on social media.

The Tennessee Holler, a liberal podcast, wrote on their X account: "Notice they don’t deny it. Corruption and grift at every turn."

Political commentator Vince Wilson wrote: "With how intimately these people are involved in this administration they absolutely should divest from their investments."

Evaristus Odinikaeze, an army veteran, wrote: "Eric Trump’s 'we had no choice but to go into crypto' defense is hilarious. Most people switch banks when accounts close, not mint billions. The Trump family didn’t 'stumble' into crypto wealth. They leveraged political power and insider influence while in office, then wrapped it in a victimhood fairy tale to make it sound like survival instead of self-dealing. Opportunistic and self serving criminals."

The X account "Republicans against Trump" wrote: "Responding to the new revelations that the Trump family has profited billions since Trump took office, Eric Trump claims it was all because the big banks shut their accounts and they 'didn’t have a damn choice' but to go into crypto. Beyond parody."

Meanwhile, the Trump administration continues its pushback against what it terms “debanking” — the supposed practice of banks cutting ties with clients based on political or ideological differences. A pivotal executive order issued last week urges federal regulators to probe such closures, ban the use of “reputational risk” as justification, and force banks to notify the Department of Justice if close accounts for political reasons.

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'Nothing left to bargain with': White House and Eric Trump mocked amid dueling tactics

The White House has been adamant: President Donald Trump’s sweeping mass tariffs, which he is imposing on nearly every country across the globe, are a line in the sand — non-negotiable, not up for discussion, debate, or deviation.

“This is not a negotiation,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN on Thursday, “emphasizing that the tariffs are part of a national emergency response to countries that have, in her view, harmed American workers for decades,” according to Newsweek.

“Trump administration officials insist that the sweeping tariffs are not a negotiation tactic, and that Trump “is not going to back off,” CNBC reported Thursday afternoon.

CNN’s Brian Stelter reported, however, “While the Trump White House says the tariff rates are not the start of a negotiation, Wall Street thinks they are, because otherwise the markets would be down ‘like 30%’ today.”

The Dow closed down almost 1700 points on Thursday, or almost 4%, with Barron’s reporting: “The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq had their worst day since 2020 after President Donald Trump announced global tariffs.”

But according to the President’s former White House and campaign press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, who called it “posturing” on Fox News, she believes there’s definitely room for negotiation.

“You heard the White House there saying, you know, ‘this is not part of a negotiation, this is here to stay.’ I firmly believe that is posturing,” she told her Fox News co-hosts. “Trump is the great dealmaker, a great negotiator. And he’s someone who understands how to get to the, to a good end result. And with that in mind, you set the posture ‘that this isn’t going away, these are here to stay, you’ve had 70 years to negotiate.’ That’s what I think this is.”

“We’ll see what happens,” she added, “but I would not be surprised if the great negotiator has an endgame in mind here.”

Trump’s son, Eric Trump, took a similar stance.

“I wouldn’t want to be the last country that tries to negotiate a trade deal with @realDonaldTrump,” wrote Eric Trump on Thursday. “The first to negotiate will win – the last will absolutely lose. I have seen this movie my entire life…”

Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino replied, “I agree.”

NBC News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent Ken Dilation responded: “Wait, so this IS a negotiating bid? Because the White House said it isn’t.”

Possibly more telling than the President’s son appearing to give the game away, the President’s political operation, via his “War Room,” responded with the “eyes” emoji, promoting Eric Trump’s post and suggesting interest.

Meanwhile, both the Trump White House and Eric Trump were mocked.

“How many of those movies ended in bankruptcy, honey?” asked national security and civil rights journalist Marcy Wheeler.

“This entire family appears to see every relationship as a zero sum game,” observed HuffPost White House correspondent S.V. Dáte. “Explains a lot.”

Journalist Jack Schlossberg also mocked Eric Trump:

“Grand strategist eric trump — brilliant !! Negotiation 101: 1) Fire all your ammunition in every direction 2) Give up your leverage to the first at the table 3) Have nothing left to bargain with 4) declare victory.”

It appears that the “first to negotiate” may be Trump’s “favorite” president—besides himself.

“The day after President Trump antagonized world leaders across the globe with his most sweeping set of tariffs yet, he was scheduled to fly to Florida and potentially see the one leader he has called his “favorite president’,” The New York Times reports. “That leader, President Javier Milei of Argentina, had flown overnight to receive an award on Thursday at a right-wing gala at Mar-a-Lago. Mr. Trump was scheduled to also be there late Thursday — Mr. Milei said Mr. Trump would receive an award, too — and Mr. Milei said he hoped the two would meet.”

President Milei responded to Eric Trump’s post:

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Trump’s sons aim to stop disloyal 'DC swamp rats' from serving in the White House: report

Former President Donald Trump's two adult sons — Donald Jr. and Eric — have become the unofficial "loyalty czars" of their father's second presidency, should he be elected to another term in November.

That's according to a recent report in Axios, which delved into how the former president's family is playing a major role in deciding who would be allowed to serve in the White House between 2025 and 2029. Donald Jr. in particular has consistently been in his father's ear, especially concerning who he should pick to be his running mate after locking up the Republican nomination. Trump's eldest son has said he's recommended Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), wanting his father to select a "fighter" as his potential next vice president.

When the New York Post asked Donald Jr. about his role on his father's transition team, he summed it up by saying his job is "mostly just to make sure we stop some of the DC swamp rats and the swamp creatures from getting in there and doing their thing."

An unnamed source close to Trump's children told Axios that, as far as it concerns Trump's potential appointees, the primary function of Donald Jr. and Eric "is to keep the John Boltons of the world outside a second Trump administration." Bolton — who was UN ambassador in former President George W. Bush's administration — is now one of Trump's chief Republican critics despite briefly serving as his National Security Adviser.

The importance of loyalty to Trump and the MAGA movement has also been prioritized by the far-right Heritage Foundation in its "Project 2025" initiative. Since 2023, Heritage has been quietly assembling a database of tens of thousands of potential appointees whose screening criteria focuses on candidates' record of publicly supporting Trump. The group is also likely screening candidates' support of the policies outlined in its "Mandate for Leadership" playbook, which is a laundry list of draconian proposals with the main goal of increasing and consolidating the power of the executive branch while weakening checks and balances.

In response to Heritage's recommendations, Trump campaign senior advisors Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita restated last fall that Trump himself would make the final call about who would serve in his administration, rather than any outside group.

"Any personnel lists, policy agendas or government plans published anywhere are merely suggestions. Policy recommendations from external allies are just that—recommendations," they said.

But should Trump win a second term, it's likely that Project 2025 would be a primary driver of at least staffing his administration, if not also driving his policy agenda. In 2023, Heritage announced the hire of MAGA loyalist John McEntee — who served as director of the Presidential Personnel Office in Trump's White House — as a senior advisor.

"The Presidential Personnel Database will be of extraordinary value for the 47th president because we are doing a lot of the incoming administration’s most important work ahead of time," McEntee stated.

If Trump is elected to a second term, it's likely he would reinstate his 2020 "schedule F" executive order that removed numerous employment protections for the federal civil service, which Biden promptly rescinded after taking office in January of 2021. Under schedule F, the number of presidential appointees would be drastically increased from roughly 5,000 to more than 50,000, and those appointees would serve in key policy-making positions in various federal agencies.

Click here to read Axios' report in full.

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'Gives the game away': Dem says Eric Trump admitted to taking money from foreign countries

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released a report showing that during Donald Trump's four years as president, his businesses received at least $7.8 million in payments from foreign governments and officials from 20 different countries — among them, China, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Democrats, in the report, argue that the payments were a violation of the U.S. Constitution's emoluments clause, which forbids federal government officials from accepting money or gifts from foreign governments without Congress' permission.

On X, formerly Twitter, the former president's son Eric Trump said of the report, "What a joke! All foreign government profits, for stays at our hotels and other properties while my father was in office, were voluntaraly[sic] donated to the United States Treasury."

POLL: Should Trump be allowed to hold office again?

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) was vehemently critical of Eric Trump's response to the House Oversight report during a Friday morning, January 5 appearance on CNN.

Raskin told CNN's John Berman, "I love that excuse because what he's saying is: Trust us, we'll go through all the numbers. And they put in, I think, a half a million dollars — which kind of gives the game away. They know they're taking millions of dollars in unlawful, unconstitutional foreign government payments. But he says: Trust us, we'll do our own accounting. We're not going to show it to you, but we'll give some money back."

The Maryland Democrat continued, "The Constitution doesn't say that you can't keep profits from foreign governments; the Constitution says you can't keep any payments at all without going to Congress to have it accepted. We're talking about an unbroken line of presidents accepting that and always coming to Congress to say: We received some trinkets, we received a statue, we received a painting — whatever it is. And then, it's up to Congress to decide what to do with it."

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Internet Pounds 'All-Around Ugly Human' Eric Trump Over 'Anti-Semitic' Attack on Bob Woodward

Eric Trump is lashing out at veteran Watergate journalist Bob Woodward, and his remarks are drawing accusations of anti-Semitism. Wednesday morning the president's son charged the author of "Fear" – the latest bombshell book exposing the Trump administration as inept and corrupt – with writing it "to make 3 extra shekels."

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