Eric Trump has revealed his advice to “the world’s most famous bachelor”, his younger brother Barron, as the teenager heads off to university.
The former president’s 40-year-old son told the Daily Mail that life was easier for him and his brother Don Jr., 46, when they were at the same stage, many years before their father’s successful presidential campaign. surprised the world in 2016. .
Trump’s youngest son, Barron, 18, has become an object of public fascination, largely because Donald and Melania have managed to shield him from the intense attention.
Eric said, “My advice to Barron is that you are the most watched person, probably the most watched bachelor in the world right now.” I’m very lucky, when I was single we got a lot of attention, but not the attention he will get, especially if we win in 12 days.
“Just be careful, just be careful,” Eric said with a smile. “There are many eyes on you.”
Donald Trump and his wife Melania along with their son Barron and Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr. and their children, watch as Ivana Trump’s casket is placed in a hearse outside St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church on July 20, 2022 in new york city
He added seriously that Trump’s youngest son is a credit to his father.
‘He’s a great boy. He is a smart boy. He behaves very, very well. He has been educated well and will have a great future ahead of him.
Eric also talked about how the teenager became interested in the campaign and helped Donald Trump reach younger voters by appearing on podcasts.
“He’s done a great job pushing some of the youth podcasts, and I’ve really pushed back on podcasts because I think traditional media is dying all over the world.”
Trump’s youngest son, Barron, 18, has become an object of public fascination, largely because Donald and Melania have managed to shield him from the intense attention.
Eric spoke to the Daily Mail on Thursday in a wide-ranging interview in which he discussed his father’s assassination attempts, the election campaign, Prince Harry, golf and the biased mainstream media.
He also discussed his affection for his brothers, don jr., and his sister Ivanka, 42, from donald first marriage to Ivana; his younger sister Tiffany, 31, from his father’s marriage to Marla Maples, and his brother Barron, 18, from the 45th president’s current marriage to Melania.
It’s a complicated family dynamic, and when you add in the business empire and the White House, it’s potentially explosive.
But there were no signs of conflict at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee shortly after the first assassination attempt, when the entire family – including grandchildren – took the stage for the traditional balloon release, accompanied by a rendition of Nessun Dorma.
Eric says, “It’s pretty remarkable that the five of us, the five kids, are so close and we go out and fight.” And they have not been able to divide us… and they have tried. They’ve tried every way you can imagine to make it so miserable, so uncomfortable.
“They haven’t been able to do it.”
Eric Trump, who runs the family business empire, the Trump Organization, spoke to the Daily Mail on Thursday at his office in Palm Beach, Florida, in an interview that sets the stage for what he is convinced will be a victory on Election Day. .
In addition to his five children, Donald Trump is a grandfather to ten, including Eric’s son Luke and daughter Carolina, whom he shares with his wife Lara, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.
On the shelves in Eric’s office, around the MAGA caps and Trump wine bottles, are photos of Donald Trump with his grandchildren.
Eric credited his father’s “tough and strong” personality for helping keep the family together and also described a softer side to the 78-year-old.
“My daughter will get in his golf cart, he will be playing, he will have a big Pokémon doll or a teddy bear and he will be driving, the speakers will be blaring because he loves to listen to music when he plays, he will be running around the golf course. golf drinking Diet Cokes, probably talking on the phone to some world leader and she’s in his arms.
“It’s a lot of fun to watch – it’s a side of Donald Trump that a lot of people sometimes can’t believe.” In reality, it does not exist and it is not one of the things that we really project.”
“He’s running around the golf course drinking Diet Cokes, probably on the phone with some world leader, and she’s in his arms,” Eric says of his father’s relationship with his daughter Carolina. Donald Trump brought the young woman on stage with him at his September 21 rally in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Donald (centre) and Eric Trump (far right) talk to staff during work at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The corporate position allows Eric to “disconnect” from politics and “hide in the background,” an opportunity he says he values.
Regarding the elections, Eric is optimistic.
In recent days, Kamala Harris’ rhetoric has become increasingly extreme as her rival advances in the polls. The main betting markets offer odds on Donald Trump that imply a 60 percent chance of victory.
“It’s going to be close,” Eric admitted.
But the narrow margins that complicated the outcome in 2020 and prompted accusations from Donald Trump, as well as his older children, that Democrats had rigged the election, are not on Eric’s mind as he witnesses huge lines outside rallies across the country. the country. .
“We always say, as a family, ‘too big to handle,’ and that’s our intention and hopefully that’s what these huge lines mean,” Eric said.