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Eric Trump
Eric Frederick Trump 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.
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business · American businessman (born 1984) · businessperson · socialite · television presenter · also Eric Trump, Eric F. Trump, Eric Frederick Trump, Trump
Born 6 January 1984 · Q3731533
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2028· 1 entry
2026· 12 entries
“It is now abundantly clear that the Clintons set up a business to profit from public office. They sold access and specific actions by and to them for money.”
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“As unfortunate as it is, I understand the quagmire,”
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“ll Stop Raising Money For Charity In The Wake Of Ethical Criticism The multiple fundraising attempts raised ethical questions because they appeared to offer direct access to members of President-elect Donald Trump”
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“hundreds of thousands of dollars”
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“It also depends on what’s available. There may be a better alternative; then there may not. If there’s not a better alternative, then you stay. But it could be there’s a better alternative where you’re taken care of better.”
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“Ivanka is a strong, powerful woman; she wouldn”
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The Guardian: Republican senator denounces Trump’s ‘crazy, stupid’ claims about MMR vaccine safety
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The Guardian: Trump threatens to declare strait of Hormuz ‘territory of the United States’
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Public attention spiked: 10,468 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.8× the usual 2,167, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: better structured
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Daniel Cormier posted a screenshot of his interaction with Trump on X, which appeared to show Trump asking for insider information about the UFC Freedom 250 fight
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Public attention spiked: 10,175 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.7× the usual 2,167, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Unlinking common words and/or phrases (and repeated linking of uncommon ones) - see MOS:OVERLINK
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Snopes rated the claim “Days before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump invested in a company that makes autonomous drones driven by artificial intelligence.” True.
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2025· 4 entries
Snopes rated the claim “A screenshot authentically showed a Fox News chyron quoting U.S. President Donald Trump’s son Eric as saying, “I don't even know Epstein's first name, so saying my dad was close to Jeffrey is a lie."” Labeled Satire.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Eric Trump gloves are off” Fake Post.
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Snopes rated the claim “A screenshot authentically shows Eric Trump shared the following post on X: “Any and all who dare to defy the American Golden Age, heed this warning: You WILL lose. Tow the line, or we WILL run you down! The gloves are off, and we're not playing around this time. For now, it's tariffs, but trust …” Fake.
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Eric Trump mentioned that he might run for president in 2028 when his father is term limited
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2024· 3 entries
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 organiz
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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
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Snopes rated the claim “A photo authentically depicts Donald Trump with two of his children, Ivanka and Eric, alongside Jeffrey Epstein in 1993.” True.
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2021· 1 entry
“We live in the greatest country in the world, and we will never, ever, ever stop fighting.”
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2020· 6 entries
Claimed: “Photo shows Joe Biden's mansion.” — rated False by Boom Live.
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Claimed: “"Biden has pledged to stop border wall construction and give amnesty and health care to all illegal immigrants."” — rated Some elements are true, need clarification by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “"After Nov. 3, coronavirus will magically all of a sudden go away and disappear.”” — rated Not Based in Science by FactCheck.org.
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“Coronavirus will magically all of a sudden go away and disappear and everybody will be able to reopen”
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“Any senator or any congressman on this side that does not fight tomorrow, I’m telling you will not, their political career is over because the MAGA movement is going nowhere.”
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“My father built the skyline of New York City”
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2019· 2 entries
Claimed: “"When my father became commander in chief of this country, we got out of all international business.”” — rated Pants on Fire by PolitiFact.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Eric Trump said, “The president should be able to choose governors, senators, and congressmen, just like our founders meant it to be. The only election should be for president.”” Pants on Fire.
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2017· 4 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Eric Trump said his father planned to "cancel" taxes on wealthy people.” False.
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It was reported that Eric Trump had said in 2014 that "we don't rely on American banks
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“We have all the funding we need out of Russia.”
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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.
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2016· 5 entries
Trump announced that he would stop active fundraising for the Eric Trump Foundation as of December 31
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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 harassm
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“Where are Republicans! Have some backbone. Fight against this fraud. Our voters will never forget you if you're sheep!”
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“hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal donations”
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Campaign: 2016 presidential election.
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2015· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Photographs show Donald Trump's sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, posing during a big game hunting trip.” True.
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At Trump Tower in New York City
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2014· 1 entry
At the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida
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2013· 3 entries
Trump became engaged to his longtime girlfriend Lara Lea Yunaska, an associate producer on the syndicated television news program Inside Edition
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That the 7th Annual Eric Trump Foundation Golf Invitational on September 9, 2013, at the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff, New York, had "
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Trump received Wine Enthusiast Magazine's "Rising Star of the Year" Award
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2012· 1 entry
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
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2008· 2 entries
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"
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“in terms of high-end product influx into the US, Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets”
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2007· 1 entry
Trump established the Eric Trump Foundation, a public charity to raise money for St
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2006· 1 entry
Graduated with honors from Georgetown University in Washington, D
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2002· 1 entry
Trump graduated from the Hill School, a preparatory boarding high school
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1990· 1 entry
Was an engineer; his grandmother, Maria, worked in a shoe factory
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1984· 3 entries
Born 1984-01-06.
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In New York City, the third child and second son of Donald Trump and his first wife Ivana Zelníčková
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“My father's simple message - It's not an anti-Muslim message, it's [an] anti-terror message. You know, we have ISIS and they're running rampant around the world and we have to do something about it.”
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