Eric Trump has claimed that his father is a victim of “culture cancellation” after banks, social media companies, the PGA and New York City authorities filed a lawsuit against him after the uprising. on Wednesday.
The president’s son told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Trump was being punished by companies and organizations that feared liberals, but insisted on challenging his father to leave the presidency with a powerful brand backed by millions of voters who will follow him until the ends of the Earth “.
“We live in the era of canceled culture, but that hasn’t started this week,” said Eric, 37.
“It’s something they’ve been doing to us and others for years.”
Eric Trump told the crowd Wednesday: “Show a fight,” urged them to “march to the Capitol.”
Donald Trump (seen Tuesday) is a victim of the “cancellation of culture,” his son Eric said
Eric, along with his brother, Donald Jr., has run the family business since his father took office four years ago.
“If you don’t agree with them, if you don’t like them, they will try to cancel you.”
Amid accusations that Trump incited the crowd Wednesday, the PGA of America voted to withdraw the eponymous championship from Trump’s Bedminster Golf Course, New Jersey, next year.
A British golf organization said the British Open will not be played on a Trump property in the “foreseeable future.”
E-commerce company Shopify stopped helping manage the Trump online store.
Social media companies blocked him and New York City announced it wanted to cancel contracts with Trump for skating rinks and a golf course in the Bronx.
“The president provoked a rebellion against the U.S. government, a clearly unconstitutional act,” Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
“That is unforgivable.”
Deutsche Bank, one of Trump’s largest lenders, has said it will stop working with Trump
The PGA said on Monday that its championship would not be held in Bedminster in May 2022
New York City wants to end its relationship with the president after the riots
Potentially the most troubling of all is that several banks, including one of its main lenders, Deutsche Bank, have reportedly said they would no longer lend to Trump’s company, raising the prospect that the president may have to dig into your pockets to pay off your loans if you can’t refinance.
“We witnessed the president of the United States encouraging riot police and refraining from calling on the National Guard to protect Congress in the line of duty,” said a bank that cut ties, New York’s Signature Bank , once so close to Trump that he put his daughter Ivanka on his board.
Eric Trump looked puzzled but combative as he spoke on the phone from his office in Trump Tower, AP reported.
Trump’s golf courses are believed to have problems as his name becomes toxic
He dismissed the successes as a major threat to a company that has a minimum debt -4 billion dollars against billions of assets- and can always take advantage of its huge cash holdings, not to mention the loyalty of the which are attached by the president.
“You have a man who would be followed to the ends of the Earth by one hundred million Americans,” Eric Trump said.
“He created the largest political movement in American history and his opportunities are endless.”
Despite this optimistic assessment, the limited data available to his private company suggests that the Trump Organization’s golf properties, as well as other parts of its business, may be having problems.
Its two Scottish golf courses have been losing money for years, it had to move more than 1,000 workers last year due to the coronavirus, apartment prices in Trump’s residential buildings have fallen sharply and the company has not been successful in its plans to sell one of its most famous properties, the Trump International Hotel in Washington DC
A person who does business with members of Trump’s golf club in Bedminster said several members plan to freeze their members after the Capitol riots and it will be difficult to get new members.
Eric Trump appears with his father and Don Jr. in June 2016 at his Scottish golf course
Eric, represented with wife Lara and Rudy Giuliani, has been vocal in challenging election results
“They don’t want me to embarrass them publicly for being a member of their golf club,” the person said.
“Do you think a guy who works for a financial company or a pharmaceutical company wants to see his picture in the newspaper?”
Along with his father, Eric Trump spoke to the crowd on Jan. 6 before many of them rushed to the Capitol, crossed the barriers, attacked police, vandalized the building and left five people dead.
You have a spine. It shows a bit of a fight. Learn from Donald Trump, ”Eric Trump said before urging them to“ march to the Capitol ”.
President Trump said Tuesday during a visit to the border wall in Texas that he had no responsibility to encourage the insurgency and warned that efforts to impute him for his comments only threatened to further divide the country, “which is very dangerous. “.
Asked directly in his interview if he felt his father was inciting the crowd, Eric Trump paused and the line ended.
At least 170 cases have been opened against Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol
Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck
A protester fights a riot police officer outside the Capitol building after the curfew took effect at 6 p.m.