Eric Trump has claimed his father is the victim of “ cancellation culture ” after banks, social media companies, the PGA and New York City authorities cracked down on him following Wednesday’s uprising.
The president’s son told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Trump was being punished by liberal-fearing corporations and organizations, but defiantly insisted his father leave the presidency with a powerful brand backed by millions of voters who will follow him ” to at the ends of the Earth. ‘
“ We live in the era of cancellation culture, but this isn’t something that started this week, ” said Eric, 37.
“It’s something they’ve been doing to us and others for years.”
Eric Trump told the crowd on Wednesday: ‘Show some fight’, urged them to ‘march on the Capitol’
Donald Trump (seen Tuesday) has been a victim of ‘culture cancellation,’ his son Eric said
Eric has been running the family business with his brother, Donald Jr., since their father took office four years ago.
“If you don’t agree with them, if they don’t like you, they try to cancel you.”
Amid allegations that Trump stirred up the crowd on Wednesday, America’s PGA voted to remove its eponymous championship from Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey next year.
A British golf organization said the British Open will not be played on Trump premises in the ‘near future’.
The e-commerce company Shopify no longer helped run the online Trump Store.
Social media companies stopped him, and New York City announced it wanted to cancel contracts with Trump for ice rinks and a golf course in the Bronx.
“The president instigated an uprising against the US government, an unconstitutional act,” said Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio.
That is unforgivable.
Deutsche Bank, one of Trump’s largest lenders, has said they will no longer work with Trump
The PGA said on Monday that their championship would not be held in Bedminster in May 2022
New York City wants to end its relationship with the president after the riots
Most troubling of all, several banks, including one of its biggest lenders, Deutsche Bank, have reportedly said they would no longer lend money to Trump’s company, raising the prospect that the president might be in his own pockets. has to dig for his loans if he can’t refinance.
“ We witnessed the President of the United States encouraging the rioters and refraining from calling in the National Guard to protect Congress from its sense of duty, ” said a severing bank, the Signature Bank of New York – ever so close to Trump that it put his daughter Ivanka on the board.
Eric Trump seemed imperturbable but combative when speaking by phone from his Trump Tower office, AP reported.
Trump’s golf courses are believed to be struggling because his name is turning poisonous
He dismissed the hits as no major threat to a company with minimal debt – $ 400 million against billions in assets – and can always tap into its massive real estate reserves for cash, not to mention the loyalty of those who cling to the president.
“You have a man who would be followed by a hundred million Americans to the ends of the earth,” Eric Trump said.
“He created the greatest political movement in American history and his opportunities are endless.”
Despite that optimistic assessment, the limited data available for his private company suggests that the Trump Organization’s golfing properties, as well as other parts of his businesses, may be struggling.
The two Scottish golf courses have been losing money for years, it had to renew more than 1,000 employees last year due to the coronavirus, the prices of apartments in Trump’s residential buildings have fallen sharply and the company has been unsuccessful in its plans to his most celebrated properties, the Trump International Hotel in Washington DC
One person doing business with members of Trump’s golf club in Bedminster said several members are thinking about freezing their membership after the Capitol riots, and it will be difficult to add new members.
Eric Trump is pictured with his father and Don Jr. in June 2016 on their Scottish golf course
Eric, pictured with his wife Lara and Rudy Giuliani, has spoken out in challenging election results
“They don’t want to be publicly shamed for being a member of his golf club,” the person said.
“Do you think a man who works for a financial or pharmaceutical company wants to see his picture in the newspaper?”
Eric Trump, along with his father, spoke to the crowd on Jan. 6 before many of them rushed to the Capitol, ran over barriers, attacked the police, demolished the building and left five people dead.
‘Have a backbone. Show some struggle. Learn from Donald Trump, ”Eric Trump said before urging them“ to march to the Capitol. ”
President Trump said on a visit to the Texas border wall on Tuesday that he was not responsible for fueling the uprising and warned that attempts to charge him for his comments only threatened to divide the land further, “ which is very dangerous. ”
When asked directly in his interview if he felt his dad turned on the crowd, Eric Trump paused and then the line fell dead.
At least 170 cases have been opened against Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol
Police are trying to stop protesters from entering a doorway in the Capitol on Wednesday
A protester grapples with a riot police officer outside the Capitol after the 6 p.m. curfew went into effect