Eric Trump claimed that his father was the victim of the “culture cancellation” after the banks, social media companies, PGA and the authorities in New York went against him after Wednesday’s insurrection.
The president’s son told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Trump had been punished by liberal-fearing companies and organizations, but he defiantly insisted that his father leave the presidency with a strong mark backed by millions of voters who would follow him to the ends of the earth. ‘
“We live in the age of canceled culture, but that didn’t start this week,” said 37-year-old Eric.
“It’s something we’ve been doing to others for years.”
Eric Trump told the crowd Wednesday: “Show a fight,” urged them to “march on the Capitol.”
Donald Trump (seen on Tuesday) is the victim of “culture annulment,” said his son Eric
Eric and his brother, Donald Jr., have run the family company since their father took office four years ago.
“If you don’t agree with them, if you don’t like them, they try to cancel you.”
Amid allegations, Trump incited Wednesday, the American PGA voted next year for the eponymous championship at Trump’s Bedminster Golf Course, New Jersey.
A British golf organization has said the British Open will not be played at a Trump property in the “foreseeable future”.
Shopify e-commerce company has stopped helping manage the Trump online store.
Social media has blocked him, and New York City has announced it wants to cancel contracts with Trump for ice rinks and a golf course in the Bronx.
“The president provoked a rebellion against the United States government, a clear unconstitutional act,” said Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio.
– It’s unforgivable.
Deutsche Bank, one of Trump’s biggest creditors, said they would no longer work with Trump
The PGA said on Monday that their championship would not take place in Bedminster in May 2022
New York City is trying to end its relationship with the president after the riots
Potentially the most worrying of all is that several banks, including one of its largest lenders, Deutsche Bank, have said they will no longer lend Trump’s company, raising the prospect that the president should dig into his own pockets to -paid loans if he can not refinance.
“We have assisted the President of the United States by encouraging riots and refraining from appealing to the National Guard to protect Congress in the exercise of its office,” said a bank that cut ties, Signature Bank of New York – once so close to Trump he put his daughter Ivanka on the board.
Eric Trump looked steady but combative as he spoke by phone from his office in the Trump Tower, the AP reported.
Trump’s golf courses are believed to be fighting as his name becomes toxic
He dismissed the blows as a major threat to a company with minimal debt – $ 400 million against billions of assets – and could at any time capitalize on its vast cash holdings, not to mention the loyalty of those who I remain with the president.
“You have a man who would have pursued a hundred million Americans to the ends of the earth,” Eric Trump said.
“It has created the largest political movement in American history, and its opportunities are endless.”
However, this optimistic assessment, the limited data available to his private company, suggests that Trump’s golf properties, as well as other parts of his business, may be struggling.
The two Scottish golf courses have lost money for years, had to send more than 1,000 workers last year to the coronavirus, apartment prices in Trump residential buildings have fallen sharply and the company has failed to sell one of its most famous its properties, Trump International Hotel in Washington DC
A person who does business with members of Trump’s golf club in Bedminster said that several members are thinking of freezing their membership after the riots in the Chapter and that getting new members will be difficult.
Eric Trump is photographed with his father and Don Jr. in June 2016 at their Scottish golf course
Eric, photographed with his wife Lara and Rudy Giuliani, was vocal in the provocative election results
“They don’t want to be embarrassed in public because they are members of his golf club,” he said.
“Do you think a guy who works for a financial company or a drug company wants to see his picture in the newspaper?”
Together with his father, Eric Trump spoke to the crowd on January 6 before many of them rushed to the Capitol, pushed through the barriers, attacked the police, vandalized the building and left five people dead.
– You have a spine. It shows a fight. Learn from Donald Trump, ”Eric Trump said before urging them to“ march on the Capitol ”.
President Trump said Tuesday during a visit to the Texas border wall that he bears no responsibility for encouraging the insurgency and warned that efforts to accuse him of his comments only threaten to further divide the country, “which is very dangerous”.
Asked directly in his interview if he feels his father incited the crowd, Eric Trump paused and then the line died.
At least 170 cases have been opened against Trump supporters who stormed the Chapter
Police try to detain protesters pushing through a Capitol door on Wednesday
A protester fights with a police officer against riots in front of the Capitol building, after the shock came into force at 18:00