If there’s one thing we know about Eric Trump, it’s that he‘s not very bright. If there’s another, it’s that he thinks tax fraud is not a big deal. If there’s yet another, it’s that, like the rest of his family, he was born without the gene for self-awareness, which leads to him doing things like going on TV and claiming that nepotism makes him sick. Yes, that Eric Trump! The one whose middle name is Frederick, as in Fred Trump, as in the guy who started the company that led to Donald Trump receiving zillions of dollars over his lifetime, and Eric never working a day of his life at a company that didn’t have his family’s name on the building.
That complete and total lack of self-awareness also leads Eric, son of a man who spent hundreds of days of his presidency at his for-profit properties, to appear on prime-time television and criticize Joe Biden for spending a few nights away from the White House.
During an interview on Fox News on Monday, Trump’s adult son ranted that “when Afghanistan is falling…you have President Biden who is in Delaware not solving that problem.”
Setting aside the fact that a considerable amount of blame for the debacle in Afghanistan can be placed squarely on Eric’s dad‘s shoulders—thanks to his decision to cut a deal with the Taliban that many believe gave the group the upper hand and laid the groundwork for the disastrous exit—it’s incredibly rich to suggest that Biden is shirking his responsibilities by traveling to his home outside Wilmington. For one thing, the president can obviously do his job wherever he is in the world, be it overseas or on Air Force One. For another: Trump literally spent 428 days of his presidency not at the White House but at one of his for-profit properties! For the number whizzes out there, that’s a year and 63 days, or as The Washington Post helpfully put it, one visit every 3.4 days. Most of that time was spent at Mar-a-Lago, though Trump made sure to visit 14 different properties in seven states, the District of Columbia, and three countries, including a money-losing Irish golf club he used a state visit to pimp.
Another thing Eric failed to note in his little rant is that while Biden’s trips to Delaware likely don’t cost taxpayers any more than they’re already paying to protect him in D.C., Trump used his sojourns to line the Trump Organization’s pockets, charging the government for everything from rooms at his resorts to the glasses of water he drank. Perhaps Eric would be more comfortable with Biden visiting Delaware if he was gouging the Secret Service in the process.
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