Just weeks before Eric’s television appearance, a viral video captured what many interpreted as a heated exchange between the President and First Lady aboard Marine One as it landed on the White House South Lawn.
The widely circulated footage showed Trump pointing his finger at Melania, who responded by shaking her head during what online commentators quickly dubbed a marital dispute.
However, forensic lip readers later revealed the conversation was actually about the so-called ‘escalator-gate’ incident at the United Nations headquarters, where an escalator suddenly malfunctioned as the couple stepped onto it during Trump’s visit to address the UN General Assembly.
The President had declared the UN incident ‘absolutely sabotage’ on social media, writing: “It’s amazing that Melania and I didn’t fall forward onto the sharp edges of these steel steps, face first.”
Despite the apparently tense helicopter conversation, the couple was seen walking hand in hand across the South Lawn shortly after disembarking, presenting a united front.
Eric Trump’s bombshell television appearance
Eric Trump erupted on live television during an appearance on Rob Schmitt’s Newsmax show, responding to claims that his father was using the Department of Justice to target political adversaries.
The President’s son defended himself and his father, portraying them as victims of relentless attacks.
Describing himself as ‘a perfect role model’ and a ‘perfect model citizen,’ Eric claimed the authorities ‘came after me like I was a dog.’
He then launched into a lengthy list of grievances: “They tried to impeach my father two times. They went after him for a Russia hoax that did not exist, which was paid for by Hillary Clinton. The FBI and DOJ spied on my father’s campaign. They de-platformed him.
“They weaponized every attorney general and every district attorney around the country. They indicted him 91 times – 34 times in a bogus trial in New York City. They posted his mugshot.
“He’s the most recognizable person in the world. They posted his mugshot even though they didn’t need to, which totally backfired on him [Biden]. They gagged him over and over and over.”
Eric continued: “They raided his home. They raided Mar-a-Lago. They tried to get him divorced; they tried to separate our family. They tried to go after our employees. They attacked us. They tried to bankrupt our company.
“They de-platformed us, they stripped every bank account away from me and the Trump Organization that you can imagine, and Merrick Garland was at the forefront of all of it, and Joe Biden was at the forefront of all of it when they raided our home, when they raided Mar-a-Lago, when they raided Melania’s closet. When they raided 16-year-old Barron’s room.”
Divorce claims
Buried within Eric’s extensive catalog of allegations was a particularly striking claim: that unnamed officials had attempted to orchestrate a ‘divorce’ between his father and stepmother, Melania, and tried to ‘separate our family.’
Despite such bold statements, Eric failed to provide evidence to support his assertions about divorce or family separation.
The claims represent one of the most direct acknowledgments from within the Trump family about external pressures on the President’s marriage.
The 79-year-old Republican President has been married three times and has five children. His first marriage was to Ivana Trump, a Czech model and businesswoman, in 1977; they had three children together: Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. They divorced in 1992.
The following year, in 1993, Trump married Marla Maples, an actress and television personality, and they had one daughter, Tiffany, before divorcing in 1999.
His third and current marriage is to Melania, a former model from Slovenia, in 2005, and they have one son, Barron.