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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.","crawl_time":1775762695,"first_indexed_time":1434689315,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr. s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Donald Trump Jr. - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Donald Trump Jr.\nTrump in 2025\nBorn\nDecember 31, 1977\n(age 48)\nNew York City, U.S.\nOther names\nDon Jr.\nEducation\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\n(\nBS\n)\nOccupations\nBusinessman\nactivist\ntelevision presenter\nauthor\nKnown for\nExecutive in\nthe Trump Organization\nFormer boardroom judge on\nThe Apprentice\nPolitical party\nRepublican\nSpouse\nVanessa Haydon\n\n\n(\nm.\n 2005;\ndiv.\n 2018)\n\nPartners\nKimberly Guilfoyle\n(2018–2024)\nBettina Anderson\n(2025–present)\nChildren\n5, including\nKai\nParents\nDonald Trump\nIvana Zelníčková\nFamily\nTrump family\nWebsite\ndonjr\n.com\nSignature\nDonald John Trump Jr.\n(born December 31, 1977), often nicknamed\nDon Jr.\n, is an American businessman and activist. He is the eldest child of\nDonald Trump\n, the 45th and 47th\npresident of the United States\n, and his first wife,\nIvana Trump\n.\nTrump serves as a\ntrustee\nand executive vice president of\nthe Trump Organization\n, running the company alongside his younger brother\nEric\n.\n[\n1\n]\nDuring their\nfather's first presidency\n, the brothers continued to engage in deals and investments in foreign countries and collect payments at their U.S. properties from foreign governments, despite pledging not to do so.\n[\n2\n]\nHe also served as a boardroom judge on the\nreality TV\nshow featuring his father,\nThe Apprentice\n. In addition, he authored\nTriggered\nin 2019 and\nLiberal Privilege\nin 2020.\nTrump was active in his\nfather's 2016 presidential campaign\n. He cooperated with Russia in their\ninterference in the 2016 United States elections\nand had\na meeting with a Russian lawyer\nwho promised damaging information about the\ncampaign\nof\nHillary Clinton\nin the\n2016 presidential election\n.\n[\n3\n]\nTrump campaigned for several Republicans during the\n2018 midterm elections\n.\n[\n4\n]\nTrump was also active in his\nfather's 2020 presidential campaign\n, often on the campaign trail and featured in the news for making unfounded claims.\n[\n4\n]\nDuring the\nelection\n, he called for \"\ntotal war\n\" as the results were counted and promoted the\nstolen election conspiracy theory\n. Following his father's defeat, he engaged in\nattempts to overturn the results\n.\n[\n5\n]\n[\n6\n]\nHe spoke at the\nrally\nthat led to the\nstorming of the Capitol\n, where he threatened Trump's opponents that \"we're coming for you.\"\n[\n7\n]\nIn January 2021,\nAttorney General for the District of Columbia\nKarl Racine\nsaid that he was looking at whether to charge Trump Jr. with\ninciting\nthe violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in the criminal investigation into the attack.\n[\n8\n]\nCNN\nreported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to\nWhite House Chief of Staff\nMark Meadows\noutlining paths to subvert the\nElectoral College\nprocess and ensure his father a second term.\n[\n9\n]\nAt the\n2024 Republican National Convention\n, he led the introductions of\nJD Vance\n, who had been selected as Donald Trump's running mate.\n[\n10\n]\nEarly life\nDonald John Trump Jr. was born on December 31, 1977, in\nManhattan\n, New York City, to\nIvana\nand\nDonald Trump\n.\n[\n11\n]\nHe has two younger siblings,\nIvanka\nand\nEric\n. He also has two half siblings,\nTiffany\n, from his father's marriage to\nMarla Maples\n, and\nBarron\n, from his father's current marriage to\nMelania Trump\n. Through his father, Trump is a grandson of\nFred Trump\nand\nMary Anne MacLeod\n, and a great-grandson of\nFrederick Trump\nand\nElizabeth Christ Trump\n, the latter of whom founded what became the Trump Organization. As a boy, Trump found a role model in his maternal grandfather, Miloš Zelníček, who had a home near\nPrague\n, where he spent summers camping, fishing, hunting and learning the\nCzech language\n.\n[\n12\n]\nHis parents divorced when he was 12 years old due to his father having an\nextramarital affair\n.\n[\n13\n]\nTrump Jr. was estranged from his father for one year after the divorce, furious at his actions which broke up the family.\n[\n14\n]\nTrump was educated at\nBuckley School\n[\n15\n]\nand\nThe Hill School\n, a college preparatory boarding school in\nPottstown\n, Pennsylvania, followed by the\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\n's (Penn)\nWharton School\n, where he graduated in 2000 with a\nB.S.\nin\nEconomics\n.\n[\n16\n]\nCareer\nTrump Jr. in 2009\nAfter graduating from\nPenn\nin 2000, Trump moved to\nAspen, Colorado\n, where he hunted, fished, skied, lived in a truck, and worked as a bartender for a year, before returning to join the\nTrump Organization\nin New York. Trump has supervised building projects, which included\n40 Wall Street\n,\nTrump International Hotel and Tower\n, and\nTrump Park Avenue\n,\n[\n17\n]\nIn 2006 he helped launch\nTrump Mortgage\n, which collapsed less than a year later.\n[\n11\n]\nIn 2010, he became a spokesperson and \"executive director of global branding\" for\nCambridge Who's Who\n, a\nvanity publisher\nagainst whom hundreds of complaints had already been filed with the\nBetter Business Bureau\n.\n[\n11\n]\n[\n18\n]\nHe appeared as a guest adviser and judge on many episodes of his father's reality television show\nThe Apprentice\n, from\nseason 5\nin 2006 to\nhis father's last season\nin 2015.\n[\n19\n]\nTrump Organization\nOn January 11, 2017, Trump's father announced that he and his brother Eric would oversee a trust that included the Trump Organization's assets while his father was president, to avert a\nconflict of interest\n.\n[\n20\n]\nAmid the\nTrump–Ukraine scandal\n– where Trump asked the Ukrainian president to investigate\nJoe Biden\nand his son\nHunter Biden\n – Trump Jr. strongly criticized Hunter Biden, accusing him of nepotism and leveraging his father as a means to get financial benefits. Trump Jr. said, \"When you're the father and your son's entire career is dependent on that, they own you.\" Trump Jr. was widely ridiculed for these remarks by\nTrevor Noah\nand others. Trump Jr. is a high-level executive in his father's business and continued to operate and promote the family's businesses across the world during Trump's presidency.\n[\n21\n]\n[\n22\n]\n[\n23\n]\n[\n24\n]\nThe\nAssociated Press\nwrote of Trump Jr.'s, remarks that he was \"showing no self-awareness that he, too, has at least in part been successful because of a famous father\".\n[\n25\n]\nAccording to\nThe Washington Post\nfact-checker, Trump Jr.'s assertion that he and his family members had gotten out of foreign business deals after Trump became president is false.\n[\n2\n]\nThe Washington Post\nreported that after Trump became president, \"Trump's sons have been busy selling assets to foreign individuals, expanding or adding onto their existing deals and investments in foreign countries, and collecting payments in U.S. properties from foreign governments.\"\n[\n2\n]\nIn February 2018, advertisements in Indian newspapers promoted a deal whereby anyone who purchased\nTrump Organization\napartments in\nGurgaon\nbefore February 20 would be invited to have a \"conversation and dinner\" with Trump Jr. The ads were criticized by corruption watchdogs as unethical.\n[\n26\n]\n[\n27\n]\nA ruling which was handed down on February 16, 2024 barred Trump from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York, including the Trump Organization, for two years.\n[\n28\n]\nIn November 2024, Trump announced that he would be joining\n1789 Capital\nas a partner.\n[\n29\n]\n[\n30\n]\nIn 2025, he announced that the firm would invest in the\nEnhanced Games\n, a proposed sports event that will allow\nperformance enhancing drugs\n.\n[\n31\n]\nHe joined the advisory board of drone company Unusual Machines in November 2024.\n[\n32\n]\nIn December 2024, it was announced that Trump was joining the board of directors of\nPublicSquare\n.\n[\n33\n]\nPodcast\nIn 2023, Trump launched a podcast,\nTriggered with Don Jr\n, on the platform\nRumble\n.\n[\n34\n]\n[\n35\n]\nExecutive Branch private membership club\nIn April 2025, the\nExecutive Branch\n, a Washington, D.C., private membership club opened with a party that was reported to have included members of the\nTrump administration\n, \"wealthy CEOs, tech founders, and policy experts\".\n[\n36\n]\nThe club was co-founded by Trump,\nDavid O. Sacks\n,\nCameron Winklevoss\n, and\nTyler Winklevoss\n, and is owned by Trump,\nOmeed Malik\n,\nChris Buskirk\nof\nRockbridge Network\nand\n1789 Capital\n, and Alex and Steve Witkoff, sons of\nSteve Witkoff\n.\n[\n37\n]\n[\n38\n]\nInvolvement in politics\n2016 presidential campaign\nTrump Jr. campaigning for his father in Iowa, November 2016\nAhead of the\n2016 presidential election\n, Trump Jr. was a central member of his father's campaign,\n[\n39\n]\ncharacterized by\nThe New York Times\nas a \"close political adviser\".\n[\n40\n]\nHe spoke at the\nRepublican National Convention\n, along with his siblings Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany.\n[\n40\n]\nTrump Jr. influenced his father's choice of\nSecretary of the Interior\nRyan Zinke\nduring the presidential transition.\n[\n41\n]\n[\n42\n]\nSince his father's victory in the 2016 election, Trump Jr. has developed what\nThe Washington Post\ncalls a \"public persona as a right-wing provocateur and ardent defender of\nTrumpism\n\".\n[\n43\n]\nThe Atlantic\nreported in 2019 that Trump had described Trump Jr. in 2017 as \"not the sharpest knife in the drawer\".\n[\n44\n]\nTrump Jr. earned the nickname \"Fredo\" among some Trump campaign staffers, a reference to\na character\nin\nThe Godfather\n.\n[\n45\n]\n[\n46\n]\nTrump Tower meeting\nOn June 9, 2016, Trump Jr. attended a meeting arranged by publicist\nRob Goldstone\non behalf of Azerbaijani-Russian businessman\nEmin Agalarov\n.\n[\n47\n]\nThe meeting was held in\nTrump Tower\nin\nManhattan\n, among three members of the presidential campaign: Trump Jr.,\nJared Kushner\n, and\nPaul Manafort\n – and Russian lawyer\nNatalia Veselnitskaya\n, her translator Anatoli Samochornov, Russian-American lobbyist\nRinat Akhmetshin\n, and\nIke Kaveladze\n, a\nGeorgian-American\n, U.S.-based senior vice president at Crocus Group, the real estate development company run by\nAras Agalarov\n.\n[\n47\n]\nApproximately a year later, Trump Jr. initially told the media that\nadoption of Russian children\nwas the main subject of the meeting.\n[\n48\n]\nOn July 8, 2017, Trump Jr. tweeted his email exchange with\nGoldstone\n.\n[\n49\n]\nIt revealed that Trump Jr. had agreed to attend the meeting with the understanding he would receive information damaging to\nHillary Clinton\n.\n[\n50\n]\nGoldstone also wrote in one of Trump Jr.'s publicly disclosed emails that the Russian government was involved.\n[\n50\n]\nRobert Mueller\n, the\nspecial counsel\nof the\nDepartment of Justice\nin charge of Russia-related investigations, investigated the emails and the meeting.\n[\n51\n]\nAlthough the White House lauded Trump Jr. for his transparency, he released the e-mails only after\nThe New York Times\nhad informed him that they had them and were going to publish a story about them.\n[\n52\n]\nIn June 2019, Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee made a criminal referral of Trump Jr. to federal prosecutors on suspicions that he misled the committee with his testimony.\n[\n53\n]\nMeeting with Gulf states emissary\nTrump Jr. had a meeting in August 2016 with an emissary for the\nUnited Arab Emirates\nand\nSaudi Arabia\nwho offered help to the Trump presidential campaign.\n[\n54\n]\nThe meeting included\nJoel Zamel\n, an Israeli specialist in\nsocial media manipulation\n;\nGeorge Nader\n, an envoy representing the crown princes of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia; and American businessman\nErik Prince\n.\n[\n55\n]\n[\n54\n]\nCorrespondence with WikiLeaks\nIn November 2017, news broke that\nJulian Assange\nhad used the\nWikiLeaks\nTwitter account to correspond with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 presidential election. Trump Jr. had already provided this correspondence to congressional investigators who were looking into\nRussian interference in the 2016 election\n.\n[\n56\n]\n[\n57\n]\n[\n58\n]\nThe correspondence showed that WikiLeaks actively solicited the cooperation of Trump Jr., who was a campaign surrogate and advisor in the campaign of his father.\n[\n59\n]\n[\n60\n]\nWikiLeaks urged the Trump campaign to reject the results of the 2016 presidential election at a time when it appeared the Trump campaign would lose. WikiLeaks asked Trump Jr. to share a made-up\n[\n61\n]\nclaim by\nTrue Pundit\nthat Hillary Clinton had wanted to attack Assange with drones. WikiLeaks also shared a link to a website that would help people search through the\nhacked e-mails\nof Clinton campaign manager\nJohn Podesta\n, which WikiLeaks had recently made public. Trump Jr. shared both.\n[\n56\n]\n[\n57\n]\nTrump Jr. speaks at the 2019 Teen Student Action Summit hosted by\nTurning Point USA\n, 2019.\n2018 midterm election campaigns\nDuring the\n2018 midterms election cycle\n, Trump actively campaigned on behalf of Republican candidates, including for\nMatt Rosendale\n,\nPatrick Morrisey\n,\nMike Braun\n,\nRon DeSantis\n,\nLee Zeldin\nand\nMatt Gaetz\n.\n[\n62\n]\nHe raised millions of dollars for Republican candidates, was second only to his father in his ability to draw crowds to campaign events, and is credited with helping Republican candidates win.\n[\n44\n]\nOther political activities\nIn 2007, Trump Jr. gave $4,000 to then-Senator\nHillary Clinton\n's campaign to be the\nDemocratic\npresidential nominee.\n[\n63\n]\nIn 2011, Trump Jr. responded to criticism of the\nTea Party movement\nby Florida representative\nFrederica Wilson\nby confusing Wilson with California representative\nMaxine Waters\nand saying her colorful hats made her look like a\nstripper\n.\n[\n64\n]\nIn April 2017, he campaigned for Montana congressional candidate\nGreg Gianforte\n,\n[\n65\n]\nand in May met with\nRepublican National Committee\nofficials to discuss the party's strategy and resources.\n[\n66\n]\nIn September 2017, Trump Jr. asked to have his\nSecret Service\ndetail removed, telling friends he wanted more privacy, the second presidential child to do so.\n[\na\n]\nThe request was criticized by former Secret Service agents.\n[\n67\n]\nTrump Jr.'s protection was restored later that month.\n[\n68\n]\nIn October 2020, it was reported that Pennsylvania Republicans were suggesting Trump Jr. run for the vacant Senate seat in Pennsylvania in\n2022\nafter two-term incumbent\nPat Toomey\nannounced he would not be seeking re-election.\n[\n69\n]\nIn the same month, Trump Jr. held a crowded indoor rally where attendees did not wear masks, contradicting public health guidelines.\n[\n70\n]\nTrump Jr. with Speaker of the House\nKevin McCarthy\nin 2023\nIn an October 29 interview with\nFox News\n's\nLaura Ingraham\n, Trump Jr. asserted that the coronavirus death rate has dropped to \"almost nothing\", adding \"(b)ecause we've gotten control of this thing. We understand how it works – they have the therapeutics to be able to deal with this. If you look at that, look at my Instagram, it's gone down to almost nothing.\"\n[\n71\n]\nOn that day, the number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. was 1,063.\n[\n72\n]\nBefore his father's loss in the 2020 election, Trump was the subject of speculation for a\n2024\nrun for president.\n[\n73\n]\n[\n74\n]\nIn October 2020, he posted a photo to his Instagram account of a \"Don Jr. 2024\" flag.\n[\n75\n]\n[\n76\n]\nMichael Cohen reimbursement payments\nOn May 28, 2024, an email was shown during defense closing arguments in Trump Sr.'s\nNew York criminal trial\nwhich revealed that longtime Trump Organization comptroller Jeffrey McConnery, who was previously acknowledged to have organized Trump Sr.'s reimbursement payments to\nMichael Cohen\nfollowing the hush money payments Cohen made to\nStormy Daniels\n, sought approval from both Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.\n[\n77\n]\nTrump Jr. signed some of the reimbursement checks to Cohen as well.\n[\n77\n]\n[\n78\n]\nViews\nTrump Jr. speaking in 2020\nRace and immigration\nDuring his father's presidential campaign, Trump Jr. caused controversy in 2016 when he posted an image that compared Syrian refugees to\nSkittles\n, saying \"If I had a bowl of Skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful? That's our Syrian refugee problem.\"\n[\n40\n]\n[\n79\n]\n[\n80\n]\nThe makers of Skittles condemned the tweet, saying \"Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy.\"\n[\n80\n]\n[\n40\n]\nThe\nCato Institute\nstated that year that the chances \"an American would be killed in a terrorist attack committed by a refugee was one in 3.64 billion\" per year.\n[\n81\n]\n[\n82\n]\nOn March 1, 2016, an interview with\nwhite supremacist\nJames Edwards\nand Trump Jr. was aired. The campaign initially denied the interview had taken place; later Trump Jr. claimed it was unintentional.\n[\n83\n]\nAs a consequence of the interview, mainstream media outlets have accused Trump Jr. of being either a believer in the\nwhite genocide conspiracy theory\n,\n[\n84\n]\nor pretending to be an advocate for political gain.\n[\n85\n]\nIn September 2016, Trump Jr. cited\nHolocaust\nimagery to criticize what he perceived as the mainstream media's uncritical coverage of Hillary Clinton during her campaign, by \"letting her slide on every discrepancy\", while also accusing Democrats involved in the 2016 campaign of lying. Trump Jr. said if the Republicans were committing the same offences mainstream outlets would be \"warming up the gas chamber right now\".\n[\n86\n]\n[\n87\n]\nAlso that month, Trump Jr. shared an image on\nInstagram\ndepicting a cross between his father and\nPepe the Frog\n. When asked on\nGood Morning America\nabout Pepe the Frog and its associations with\nwhite supremacy\n, Trump Jr. said he had never heard of Pepe the Frog and thought it was just a \"frog with a wig\".\n[\n88\n]\n[\n89\n]\nIn April 2017, Trump Jr. lauded conspiracy theorist\nMike Cernovich\n, who has promoted the debunked\nwhite genocide\nand\nPizzagate\nconspiracy theories,\n[\n90\n]\nsaying, \"In a long gone time of unbiased journalism he'd win the\nPulitzer\n\".\n[\n91\n]\n[\n92\n]\nIn August 2020, the\nSouthern Poverty Law Center\nreported that Trump Jr. appeared at a far-right \"We Build the Wall\" event with\nJack Posobiec\nin July 2019.\n[\n93\n]\nPromotion of conspiracy theories\nTrump Jr.\nretweeted\nconspiratorial remarks by white supremacist\nKevin B. MacDonald\nabout alleged\nfavors exchanged by Hillary Clinton and Switzerland's largest bank\n.\n[\n40\n]\nOn the campaign trail, Trump Jr. promoted\nAlex Jones\n' conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton wore an earpiece to a presidential forum\n[\n94\n]\n[\n95\n]\n[\n96\n]\nand that official unemployment rates were manipulated for political purposes.\n[\n97\n]\nIn May 2017, Trump Jr. promoted what\nCNN\ncalled the \"long-debunked, far-right conspiracy theory\" that\nBill Clinton\nwas linked to\nVince Foster's death\n.\n[\n98\n]\nIn November, Trump Jr. again promoted the conspiracy theory that\nthe Clintons had murdered people\n.\n[\n99\n]\nIn February 2018, Trump Jr. liked two\ntweets\npromoting a\nconspiracy theory\nthat survivors of the\nStoneman Douglas High School shooting\nwere coached into propagating anti-Trump rhetoric.\n[\n100\n]\n[\n101\n]\nIn May 2018, Trump Jr. retweeted a false and\nantisemitic\nconspiracy theory that\nGeorge Soros\n, the Jewish Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist, was a \"nazi\n[sic]\nwho turned in his fellow Jews to be murdered in German concentration camps & stole their wealth\".\n[\n102\n]\n[\n11\n]\n[\n103\n]\nThe tweets originated from\nRoseanne Barr\n, whose TV show\nRoseanne\nwas canceled the same day after she had posted a series of racist and antisemitic tweets.\n[\n102\n]\nA spokesperson for Soros responded to the tweets, \"George Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary as a 13-year-old child by going into hiding and assuming a false identity with the help of his father, who managed to save his own family and help many other Jews survive the Holocaust\".\n[\n103\n]\nIn June 2018, Trump Jr. liked a tweet suggesting that the migrant children separated from their parents due to the\nTrump administration family separation policy\nwere actually actors.\n[\n104\n]\nIn September 2018, when\nHurricane Florence\nwas affecting the United States, Trump Jr. tweeted a picture of CNN journalist\nAnderson Cooper\nwaist-deep in floodwaters when another man in the same picture was standing knee-deep a distance away. In the same tweet, Trump Jr. included a link to a\nBreitbart News\narticle claiming that CNN's ratings had dropped by 41%, and proposed a conspiracy theory that CNN was \"lying to try to make [his father, President Trump] look bad\". In actuality, the picture of Cooper was about 10 years old, taken during 2008's\nHurricane Ike\nbefore Trump became president, and Cooper was videoed talking about how the floodwaters were receding.\n[\n105\n]\n[\n106\n]\nIn May 2020, Trump Jr. falsely accused\nJoe Biden\nof being a\npedophile\n.\n[\n107\n]\n[\n108\n]\nAfter Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2025, Trump Jr. launched a conspiracy theory questioning how\nJill Biden\n, who received a doctoral degree, missed the signs and whether it was\ncovered up\n. Trump Jr.'s response was seen as an outlier compared to other politicians including his father's, and was a subject of criticism. However, he had also\nliked\na post wishing Biden a speedy recovery, \"politics aside.\"\n[\n109\n]\n[\n110\n]\nIn August 2020, Trump Jr. shared a\nBreitbart News\narticle about more than 800 dead people voting in Michigan which was framed to suggest that the ballots were not legitimately cast and thus showed evidence of extensive voter fraud; however, the voters in question died after submitting the ballots, and the ballots were rejected by Michigan authorities who knew the voters had died before the election date.\n[\n111\n]\nIn September 2020, he again pushed false claims about voter fraud by asserting, \"The radical left are laying the groundwork to steal this election from my father\". He added: \"Their plan is to add millions of fraudulent ballots that can cancel your vote and overturn the election\" and asked \"able-bodied\" people to join an election security \"army\" for his father. Facebook and Twitter affixed labels to the video which pointed to accurate information about voting.\n[\n112\n]\nIn November 2020, after\nPfizer\nannounced that it had developed a\nCOVID-19 vaccine\nwith 90% effectiveness, Trump Jr. suggested that the vaccine had been held back in order to hurt his father's chances of winning the election.\n[\n113\n]\n[\n114\n]\nPfizer CEO\nAlbert Bourla\ndismissed the suggestion, saying that the company had always planned to rely on the \"speed of science\".\n[\n115\n]\nAfter\nRussia invaded Ukraine\nin February 2022, Trump Jr. amplified baseless Russian state propaganda which claimed that\nthe US and Ukraine were developing biological weapons\n.\n[\n116\n]\n[\n117\n]\nCOVID-19 misinformation\nTrump Jr. was given a 12-hour restriction by Twitter in July 2020 after he promoted misinformation about\nCOVID-19\nby retweeting a video showing\nHouston\ndoctor\nStella Immanuel\npromoting\nhydroxychloroquine\nas a cure, despite conflicting studies, and by claiming that masks were unnecessary. Twitter later said that it restricted his ability to tweet or retweet for 12 hours for violating its\nCOVID-19 misinformation\npolicy.\n[\n118\n]\n[\n119\n]\n[\n120\n]\n[\n121\n]\nOn October 29, 2020, Trump Jr. criticized the media's focus on new infections rather than on deaths, saying on Fox News, \"why aren't they talking about deaths? Oh, oh, because the number is almost nothing. Because we've gotten control of this, and we understand how it works.\" On the day Trump Jr. made that comment,\nthe United States registered roughly 1,000 COVID-19 deaths\n.\n[\n122\n]\n[\n123\n]\nOther\nTrump Jr. at\nAmericaFest\n2025\nIn November 2019, Trump Jr. tweeted the name of the alleged whistleblower who brought to light the\nTrump-Ukraine scandal\n.\n[\n124\n]\n[\n125\n]\nWhistleblower conventions are intended to protect the identity of individuals who expose wrongdoing in government.\nAgence France-Presse\nattempted to independently verify the identity that Trump Jr. tweeted but was unable to do so.\n[\n126\n]\nIn June 2020, during the\nCOVID-19 pandemic\n, Trump Jr. accused liberals of hypocrisy, for imposing restrictive measures and social distancing guidelines on businesses while holding the \"Action for Black Trans Lives\" protest for the rights of African American\ntransgender\npeople.\n[\n127\n]\nTrump Jr. has accused\nbig tech\ncompanies of being biased against conservatives and has claimed that a\ndeep state\nsought to undermine Trump during his presidency.\n[\n4\n]\nAttempts to overturn the 2020 election\nTrump had a prominent role in his father's\nattempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election\n, threatening Republican lawmakers who did not take part in it.\n[\n128\n]\nIn November 2020, he advocated \"\ntotal war\n\" instead of completion of vote counting in the\n2020 United States elections\n.\n[\n6\n]\nCNN reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to\nWhite House Chief of Staff\nMark Meadows\noutlining paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term.\n[\n129\n]\nHe wrote, \"It's very simple. We have multiple paths. We control them all. We have operational control. Total leverage. Moral high ground. POTUS must start second term now.\" He continued, \"Republicans control 28 states Democrats 22 states. Once again Trump wins,\" adding, \"We either have a vote WE control and WE win OR it gets kicked to Congress 6 January 2021.\" Biden had not yet been declared the winner at the time of the text.\n[\n9\n]\n[\n130\n]\nRelation to the January 6 Capitol attack\nTogether with his father and other speakers, on January 6, 2021, Trump Jr. spoke to an audience and, speaking about reluctant GOP lawmakers saying, \"If you're gonna be the zero and not the hero, we're coming for you\".\n[\n131\n]\nPresident Trump further\nincited\nthe crowd which then marched to the\nUS Capitol building\n, where they\nforced entry\n, broke windows and\nvandalized\nthe building. One woman was killed, and a police officer and three other people died during or shortly after the incursion.\n[\n132\n]\nTelevision host\nand former congressman\nJoe Scarborough\ncalled for the arrest of Trump Jr., along with his father and Rudolph Giuliani, for\ninsurrection\nagainst the United States.\n[\n133\n]\nFollowing his father's permanent ban from\nTwitter\non January 8, 2021, Donald Trump Jr. claimed that\nfree speech\n\"no longer exists in America\".\n[\n134\n]\nOn March 5, 2021, Representative\nEric Swalwell\nfiled a civil lawsuit against Trump Jr. and three others (his father, Representative\nMo Brooks\n, and\nRudy Giuliani\n), seeking damages for their alleged role in inciting the riot.\n[\n135\n]\nIn December 2021, text messages released by Meadows revealed that Trump Jr. begged Meadows to persuade his father to stop the attack.\n[\n136\n]\n[\n137\n]\nCriminal investigation\nOn January 11, 2021,\nD.C. attorney general\nKarl Racine\nsaid that Donald Trump Jr. is a\nperson of interest\nin the criminal investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol and that he is looking at whether to charge him, along with\nRudy Giuliani\nand\nMo Brooks\n, with inciting the violent attack.\n[\n8\n]\n[\n138\n]\nFraud investigation\nOn January 14, 2021, it became known that Trump Jr. is a person of interest in the\ncriminal investigation\ninto\nmisuse\nof his father's inaugural funds in Washington D.C., and that\nprosecutors\nintend to interview him over his role in \"grossly overpaying\" for use of event space at the\nTrump Hotel in Washington\nfor the 2017 inauguration.\n[\n139\n]\nIn May 2022, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine reached a $750,000 settlement with the inaugural committee without requiring an admission of wrongdoing.\n[\n140\n]\nBooks\nTriggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us\nIn 2019, Trump Jr. released the book,\nTriggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us\n. The book is critical of\npolitical correctness\n, and argues that the American left has a\nvictimhood\ncomplex.\n[\n141\n]\nThe Washington Post\ncommented: \"yet, in his telling, the real victim is often him, his father or another Trump family member\".\n[\n141\n]\nIn the book, Trump Jr. pushes conspiracy theories about how the\nintelligence community\nhas attempted to harm President Trump, comparing President Trump's experiences with the\nFBI\nharassment campaign against civil rights leader\nMartin Luther King Jr.\n[\n142\n]\nTrump Jr. wrote of a visit to\nArlington National Cemetery\n(a military cemetery), commenting that he got emotional looking at the graves and that it reminded him of \"all the sacrifices\" the Trump family had made, including \"voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were 'profiting off of the office'.\"\n[\n141\n]\n[\n142\n]\nFact-checkers have reported that Trump still owns the family business, and that the Trump family have continued to engage in international business deals since Trump became president.\n[\n141\n]\nIn a review for\nThe Washington Post\n,\nCarlos Lozada\nsaid that it \"fails as memoir and as polemic: its analysis is facile, its hypocrisy relentless, its self-awareness marginal (the writing is wretched, even by the standards of political vanity projects)\".\n[\n143\n]\nThe book was a\nNew York Times\nbest-seller\n. The book was purchased in bulk by at least nine Republican organizations, candidates or advocacy groups, including N.R.C.C. and the\nRNC\nwhich bought $75,000 and $100,000 worth of the books, respectively.\nTurning Point USA\nand the National Republican Senatorial Committee purchased approximately 2,000 and 2,500 books, respectively.\n[\n144\n]\nLiberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible\nIn 2020, Trump Jr. self-published the book\nLiberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible\n. Trump Jr. reportedly hired three researchers to collect information about\nJoe Biden\nand spent three months writing the book.\n[\n145\n]\nTrump Jr. explained to\nThe New York Times\nhis reasons: \"While I had no plans for a book this year, I was stuck indoors like the rest of the nation during the pandemic\", he said, adding that he \"decided to highlight Biden's half century of being a swamp monster, since the media wouldn't do it\". The same article stated that he decided to self-publish because he could count on the publicity of \"his own platform – and the promise of bulk purchases from the RNC\".\n[\n145\n]\nThe book was indeed bought in bulk by the RNC.\n[\n146\n]\nOn October 28, 2020, the RNC paid over $300,000 of donor money to Pursuit Venture LLC, a company owned by Trump Jr., for \"donor mementos\". It was the most money the RNC had ever paid for this purpose.\n[\n147\n]\nThe hardcover retails for $29.99, which suggests roughly how many copies might have been purchased, and the RNC's intent was to give a copy to people who donated $50–$100.\n[\n148\n]\nPersonal life\nFamily\nTrump Jr. with\nKimberly Guilfoyle\nin July 2019\nIn 2003, Trump Jr. began dating model\nVanessa Kay Haydon\nat his father's suggestion.\n[\n11\n]\nThe couple married on November 12, 2005, at his father's\nMar-a-Lago\nestate in\nPalm Beach, Florida\n; the service was officiated by Trump Jr.'s aunt, Judge\nMaryanne Trump Barry\n.\n[\n149\n]\nHaydon's grandfather was Danish jazz musician\nKai Ewans\n.\n[\n150\n]\n[\n151\n]\n[\n152\n]\n[\n153\n]\nThey have five children: daughter\nKai Madison\n(b. May 2007), son Donald John III (b. February 2009), son Tristan Milos (b. October 2011), son Spencer Frederick (b. October 2012), and daughter Chloe Sophia (b. June 2014).\n[\n154\n]\n[\n155\n]\n[\n156\n]\nThe oldest daughter, Kai, is named after her maternal great-grandfather, Kai Ewans.\n[\n157\n]\n[\n150\n]\nKai Trump was introduced by her father and spoke at the\n2024 Republican National Convention\non July 17.\n[\n158\n]\nOn March 15, 2018, it was announced that the couple had separated and Haydon had filed for\nuncontested divorce\nin\nManhattan Supreme Court\n.\n[\n159\n]\n[\n160\n]\n[\n161\n]\nHowever, later it was revealed that the divorce was contested.\n[\n162\n]\nThe complaint was secret except for the title of the case.\n[\n163\n]\nOn February 22, 2019, they announced that they settled their divorce at the end of 2018.\n[\n164\n]\nIn 2018, Trump Jr. started dating\nKimberly Guilfoyle\n.\n[\n44\n]\n[\n165\n]\nGuilfoyle had been friends with the Trump family for years.\n[\n166\n]\nThe two reportedly became engaged on December 31, 2020, Trump Jr.'s 43rd birthday. However, news of the engagement was not made public until January 2022.\n[\n167\n]\nTrump Jr. and Guilfoyle mutually ended their engagement sometime in 2024.\n[\n168\n]\nIn December 2021, Trump Jr. switched his official residency from New York to Florida, 2 years after Donald Trump had done so.\n[\n169\n]\n[\n170\n]\nIn December 2025, it was announced that he had become engaged to socialite\nBettina Anderson\n.\n[\n171\n]\nHunting\nTrump Jr. is an enthusiastic\nhunter\n. Controversy erupted in 2012 when the pictures he had taken of his hunting trophies in 2010 were published, including by\nMia Farrow\n, who reposted them in 2015 and 2019. Trump Jr. responded by saying \"I'm not going to run and hide because the\npeta\n[sic]\ncrazies don't like me\". In one photo, Trump Jr. has his arms around a dead leopard; in another, he is holding a knife in one hand and a bloody elephant tail in the other.\n[\n172\n]\nAlthough the hunt was legal, anti-hunting activists criticized him. At least one sponsor dropped his father's television show\nThe Celebrity Apprentice\n.\n[\n173\n]\nOn\nEarth Day\nin 2017, Trump Jr. legally hunted\nprairie dogs\nin Montana with GOP Congressional candidate\nGreg Gianforte\n.\n[\n174\n]\nProPublica\nrevealed on December 11, 2019, that the government of\nMongolia\nretroactively granted Trump Jr. a hunting permit for the endangered\nArgali mountain sheep\n.\n[\n175\n]\nThe sheep hunt and travel to\nUlaanbaatar\nfor a private meeting with Mongolian president\nKhaltmaagiin Battulga\ncost U.S. taxpayers $76,859.36 for\nUnited States Secret Service\nprotection,\n[\n176\n]\naccording to two\nFreedom of Information Act\nrequests by the\nCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington\n(CREW).\n[\n177\n]\n[\n178\n]\nHumane Society International\nwildlife vice president Teresa Telecky said, \"For\ntrophy hunters\nto travel to Mongolia to kill a beautiful and endangered ram is an absolute outrage\".\n[\n179\n]\nIn February 2020, Trump Jr. agreed to go on a hunting trip in\nAlaska\nwith the winner of a fundraising auction for\nSafari Club International\n.\n[\n180\n]\nHe also regularly visits\nYukon Territory\n, Canada, for hunting.\n[\n181\n]\nIn February, 2025, Trump Jr. was accused of killing a protected duck while hunting in the\nVenice lagoon\n. 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April 12, 2017.\nArchived\nfrom the original on December 1, 2017\n. Retrieved\nNovember 18,\n2017\n.\n^\nCosta, Robert (May 27, 2017).\n\"Trump family members met with GOP leaders to discuss strategy\"\n.\nThe Washington Post\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 28, 2017\n. Retrieved\nMay 28,\n2017\n.\n^\nLeonnig, Carol D. (September 18, 2017).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. wants to give up Secret Service protection\"\n.\nThe Washington Post\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 16, 2017\n. Retrieved\nNovember 15,\n2017\n.\n^\nKlein, Betsy; Tatum, Sophie; Landers, Elizabeth (September 25, 2017).\n\"Donald Trump Jr.'s Secret Service detail restored, sources say\"\n.\nCNN\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 16, 2017\n. Retrieved\nNovember 15,\n2017\n.\n^\nAratani, Lauren; Holpuch, Amanda; Lutz, Tom; Holmes, Oliver (October 4, 2020).\n\"GOP senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania announced his retirement today, setting the stage for what will be a contentious fight for his open Senate seat in 2022\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nOctober 4,\n2020\n.\n^\nPowell, Tori B. (October 8, 2020).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. Holds Packed Indoor Rally Amid White House's COVID-19 Outbreak\"\n.\nThe Daily Beast\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nOctober 8,\n2020\n.\n^\nVella, Lauren (October 30, 2020).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. claims US coronavirus death rate at 'almost nothing'\n\"\n.\nThe Hill\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nOctober 30,\n2020\n.\n^\nBella, Timothy (October 30, 2020).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. said covid-19 deaths are at 'almost nothing.' The virus killed more than 1,000 Americans the same day\"\n.\nThe Washington Post\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nOctober 30,\n2020\n.\n^\nRoche, Darragh (November 1, 2020).\n\"Trump fights for last votes as speculation grows about Trump Jr. 2024 bid\"\n.\nNewsweek\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nNovember 4,\n2020\n.\n^\nScher, Bill (January 3, 2020).\n\"Who's Winning 2024?\"\n.\nPolitico\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nNovember 4,\n2020\n.\n^\nAratani, Lauren (October 25, 2020).\n\"\n'This will make lib heads explode': Donald Trump Jr posts 2024 picture\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n.\nISSN\n \n0261-3077\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nNovember 4,\n2020\n.\n^\nSolender, Andrew (October 24, 2020).\n\"Trump Sons Hint at 2024 Runs As President's Polling Looks Dire\"\n.\nForbes\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nNovember 4,\n2020\n.\n^\na\nb\nScannell, Kara; Del Valle, Lauren; Herb, Jeremy (May 28, 2024).\n\"Trump's defense delivers closing argument in criminal trial\"\n. CNN\n. Retrieved\nMay 28,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Cohen's reimbursement checks\"\n.\nPolitico\n. May 14, 2024\n. Retrieved\nMay 28,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Donald Trump Jr compares Syrian refugees to Skittles\"\n.\nBBC News\n. September 20, 2016.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 9, 2017\n. Retrieved\nMay 16,\n2017\n.\n^\na\nb\nDetrow, Scott (September 20, 2016).\n\"Taste The Outrage: Donald Trump Jr.'s Tweet Compares Refugees To Skittles\"\n.\nNPR\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 21, 2017\n. Retrieved\nMay 26,\n2017\n.\n^\n\"More in U.S. die from a lightning strike than by foreign terrorists\"\n.\nNBC News\n. February 2, 2017\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 1,\n2025\n.\n^\nMattingly, Phil (September 22, 2016).\n\"Trump Jr. defends Skittles tweet: 'I don't deal in microaggression'\n\"\n.\nCNN\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on September 19, 2018\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 19,\n2018\n.\n^\nMiller, Michael E. (March 4, 2016).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. stumbles out of father's shadow and into the spotlight with white nationalist interview\"\n.\nThe Washington Post\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on October 7, 2019\n. Retrieved\nOctober 7,\n2019\n.\n^\nGraham, David (September 20, 2016).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. Is His Father's Id\"\n.\nThe Atlantic\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 30, 2018\n. Retrieved\nJuly 30,\n2018\n.\n^\nKestenbaum, Sam (September 20, 2016).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. Emerges as 'Alt-Right' Hero Even as Dad Tones Down Rhetoric\"\n.\nThe Forward\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 30, 2018\n. Retrieved\nJuly 30,\n2018\n.\n^\nRappeport, Alan (September 15, 2016).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. Invokes Holocaust Imagery\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on December 16, 2016\n. Retrieved\nJuly 12,\n2017\n.\n^\nNguyen, Tina (September 15, 2016).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. Under Fire for \"Gas Chamber\" Remark\"\n.\nVanity Fair\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on October 25, 2016\n. Retrieved\nJuly 12,\n2017\n.\n^\nNguyen, Tina (September 11, 2016).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. Shares White Supremacist Meme\"\n.\nVanity Fair\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 1,\n2025\n.\n^\nGlass, Nick (September 16, 2016).\n\"Trump Jr.: 'I've never even heard of Pepe the Frog'\n\"\n.\nPolitico\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 15, 2017\n. Retrieved\nNovember 15,\n2017\n.\n^\n\"Trump Jr. Wants 'Alt-right' Personality Mike Cernovich to Win Pulitzer\"\n.\nHaaretz\n. April 5, 2017.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 21, 2018\n. Retrieved\nJuly 30,\n2018\n.\n^\nTani, Maxwell (April 4, 2017).\n\"Some of Trump's top supporters are praising a conspiracy theorist who fueled 'pizzagate' for his reporting\"\n.\nBusiness Insider\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 7, 2017\n. Retrieved\nMay 16,\n2017\n.\n^\nSeipel, Brooke (April 4, 2017).\n\"Trump Jr. praises writer who pushed 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theory\"\n.\nThe Hill\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on April 5, 2017\n. Retrieved\nMay 16,\n2017\n.\n^\n\"Donald Trump Jr. Pictured at 'We Build the Wall' Event With Neo-Nazi Collaborator Jack Posobiec\"\n.\nSouthern Poverty Law Center\n. August 24, 2020.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 25, 2020\n. Retrieved\nAugust 25,\n2020\n.\n^\nMehta, Seema (September 8, 2016).\n\"Trump's son raises Clinton earpiece conspiracy\"\n.\nLos Angeles Times\n.\nISSN\n \n0458-3035\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 27, 2017\n. Retrieved\nMay 16,\n2017\n.\n^\nStanek, Becca (September 8, 2016).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. leaps on Alex Jones' conspiracy theory bandwagon\"\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 9, 2017\n. Retrieved\nMay 16,\n2017\n.\n^\nSavransky, Rebecca (September 8, 2016).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. promotes conspiracy theory on Clinton earpiece\"\n.\nThe Hill\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 17, 2017\n. Retrieved\nMay 16,\n2017\n.\n^\nEmery, C. Eugene Jr. (July 25, 2016).\n\"Donald Trump Jr.'s unemployment claim up in flames\"\n.\nPolitifact\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 12, 2017\n. Retrieved\nMay 16,\n2017\n.\n^\nKaczynski, Andrew (May 11, 2017).\n\"Trump Jr. shares tweet linking Clinton's firing of FBI director to death of Vince Foster\"\n.\nCNN\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 22, 2017\n. Retrieved\nMay 26,\n2017\n.\n^\nTani, Maxwell (November 6, 2017).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. revives conspiracy theory about Clintons amid Donna Brazile controversy\"\n.\nBusiness Insider\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 7, 2017\n. Retrieved\nNovember 6,\n2017\n.\n^\nNashrulla, Tasneem; Smidt, Remy (February 20, 2018).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. Liked Tweets Promoting A Conspiracy Theory About A Florida Shooting Survivor\"\n.\nBuzzFeed News\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on February 22, 2018\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 21,\n2018\n.\n^\n\"Florida survivor brands Trump Jr. 'disgusting' for liking shooting conspiracy tweet\"\n.\nNewsweek\n. February 21, 2018.\nArchived\nfrom the original on February 22, 2018\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 21,\n2018\n.\nThe president's son liked the online conspiracy theory that was posted by several people on Twitter about teenage survivor\nDavid Hogg\n, who has also been forced to defend himself against a conspiracy that he is a \"crisis actor\".\n^\na\nb\nShugerman, Emily (May 29, 2018).\n\"George Soros responds to Roseanne Barr's claim that he is 'a Nazi'\n\"\n.\nThe Independent\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 30, 2018\n. Retrieved\nMay 30,\n2018\n.\n^\na\nb\nManchester, Julia (May 29, 2018).\n\"Trump Jr. retweets Roseanne's conspiracy theory about George Soros\"\n.\nThe Hill\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 30, 2018\n. Retrieved\nMay 30,\n2018\n.\n^\nSinclair, Harriet (June 18, 2018).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. just liked a tweet suggesting children separated from their parents are crisis actors\"\n.\nNewsweek\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 29, 2018\n. Retrieved\nJune 29,\n2018\n.\n^\nStewart, Emily (September 18, 2018).\n\"Donald Trump Jr.'s Anderson Cooper hurricane conspiracy theory, explained\"\n.\nVox\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on September 18, 2018\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 19,\n2018\n.\n^\nCooper, Anderson\n(September 18, 2018).\n\"Anderson Cooper shuts down Donald Trump Jr.'s lie\"\n.\nCNN\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on December 21, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJuly 29,\n2021\n– via\nYouTube\n.\n^\nMartin, Jonathan (May 16, 2020).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. Smears Biden With Baseless Instagram Post\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\nISSN\n \n0362-4331\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nMay 17,\n2020\n.\n^\nPengelly, Martin (May 18, 2020).\n\"Trump sons provoke outrage with baseless attacks on Biden and lockdown\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on February 13, 2022\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 13,\n2022\n.\n^\n\"How Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump Jr reacted to Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis - CNBC TV18\"\n.\nCNBCTV18\n. May 19, 2025\n. Retrieved\nMay 19,\n2025\n.\n^\n\"Donald Trump Jr. stokes controversy with his comment on Biden's cancer diagnosis\"\n.\nThe Economic Times\n. May 19, 2025.\nISSN\n \n0013-0389\n. Retrieved\nMay 19,\n2025\n.\n^\nSubramaniam, Tara; Lybrand, Holmes (August 18, 2020).\n\"Fact Check: Michigan's rejection of ballots from dead voters is an example of the system working, not fraud\"\n.\nCNN\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 18, 2020\n. Retrieved\nAugust 18,\n2020\n.\n^\nO'Sullivan, Donie;\nDale, Daniel\n(September 23, 2020).\n\"Fact check: Trump Jr. touts baseless rigged-election claims to recruit 'army' for his dad\"\n.\nCNN\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 23,\n2020\n.\n^\nNaughtie, Andrew (November 9, 2020).\n\"Donald Trump Jr floats conspiracy theory about timing of Pfizer's vaccine\"\n.\nThe Independent\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 9, 2020\n. Retrieved\nOctober 24,\n2021\n.\n^\nMcGinley, Laurie; Dawsey, Josh; Abutaleb, Yasmeen; Johnson, Carolyn Y. (November 11, 2020).\n\"Trump rails against 'medical deep state' after Pfizer vaccine news comes after Election Day\"\n.\nThe Washington Post\n.\n^\nHarriet, Alexander (November 9, 2020).\n\"Pfizer CEO dismisses Trump Jr's claim Covid vaccine announcement was held back to damage Trump\"\n.\nThe Independent\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 9, 2020\n. Retrieved\nOctober 24,\n2021\n.\n^\nQiu, Linda (March 11, 2022).\n\"Theory About U.S.-Funded Bioweapons Labs in Ukraine Is Unfounded\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\nISSN\n \n0362-4331\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on March 11, 2022\n. Retrieved\nMarch 12,\n2022\n.\n^\nLing, Justin (March 18, 2022).\n\"How 'Ukrainian bioweapons labs' myth went from QAnon fringe to Fox News\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n.\nISSN\n \n0261-3077\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 7,\n2025\n.\n^\n\"Twitter temporarily bars Donald Trump Jr. from tweeting over coronavirus misinformation\"\n.\nAxios\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 28, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJuly 28,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"Donald Trump Jr suspended from tweeting\"\n.\nBBC News\n. July 28, 2020.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 28, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJuly 28,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"Twitter bars Donald Trump Jr. for 12 hours he posts false information about coronavirus\"\n.\nmasslive\n. July 28, 2020.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJuly 28,\n2020\n.\n^\nRodrigo, Chris Mills (July 28, 2020).\n\"Twitter limits Donald Trump Jr.'s account after sharing coronavirus disinformation\"\n.\nThe Hill\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJuly 28,\n2020\n.\n^\nForgey, Quint (October 30, 2020).\n\"Don Jr. dismisses coronavirus deaths: 'The number is almost nothing'\n\"\n.\nPolitico\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on October 30, 2020.\n^\nThrush, Glenn (October 30, 2020).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. said virus deaths had fallen to 'almost nothing' as over 1,000 died in the U.S.\"\nThe New York Times\n.\nISSN\n \n0362-4331\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 7,\n2025\n.\n^\nHandley, Paul.\n\"Donald Trump Jr. tweets name of alleged Ukraine whistleblower\"\n.\nThe Times of Israel\n.\nISSN\n \n0040-7909\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 1,\n2025\n.\n^\nFandos, Nicholas (October 8, 2019).\n\"Trump's Ukraine Call Was 'Crazy' and 'Frightening,' Official Told Whistle-Blower\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\nISSN\n \n0362-4331\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 1,\n2025\n.\n^\nHandley, Paul (November 6, 2019).\n\"Impeachment: Trump's son tweets name of alleged whistleblower\"\n.\nYahoo! 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Retrieved\nApril 9,\n2022\n.\n^\nda Silva, Chantal\n(November 6, 2020).\n\"\n'Reckless' and 'stupid': Trump Jr calls for 'total war' over election results\"\n.\nThe Independent\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 10,\n2021\n.\n^\nForgey, Quint (January 6, 2021).\n\"\n'I'm going to be in your backyard': Trump sons threaten primaries for GOP lawmakers\"\n.\nPolitico\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on February 8, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 21,\n2021\n.\n^\nGstalter, Morgan (January 7, 2021).\n\"Scarborough calls for arrest of Trump, Giuliani and Trump Jr. for insurrection against US\"\n.\nThe Hill\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 8, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 7,\n2021\n.\n^\n\"Fact-checking Trump Jr. comment: How the First Amendment doesn't apply to private companies\"\n.\nThe Telegraph\n.\nAlton, Illinois\n. January 8, 2021.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 9,\n2021\n.\n^\nJansen, Bart (June 3, 2021).\n\"Unanswered calls and a thwarted private detective: Swalwell's lawsuit over Jan. 6 has trouble getting started\"\n.\nUSA Today\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 28, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJuly 28,\n2021\n.\n^\nSmith, David (December 14, 2021).\n\"Trump Jr and Fox News hosts begged Meadows to help stop Capitol attack, texts show\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on December 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 20,\n2022\n.\n^\nTomlinson, Hugh (December 15, 2021).\n\"Make Dad end Capitol riot, Donald Trump Jr texted White House chief\"\n.\nThe Times\n.\nISSN\n \n0140-0460\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 20, 2022\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 20,\n2022\n.\n^\n\"House pushes to impeach Trump after deadly Capitol riot: Live updates\"\n.\nCNN\n. January 11, 2021\n. 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Retrieved\nNovember 8,\n2019\n.\n^\nLozada, Carlos (January 3, 2020).\n\"Donald Trump Jr.'s 'Triggered' reads like a campaign book for 2024\"\n.\nThe Washington Post\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 11,\n2020\n.\n^\nConfessore, Nicholas; Alter, Alexandra (November 28, 2019).\n\"Donald Trump Jr., Debut Author, Sees Sales Bolstered by G.O.P. Allies\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\nISSN\n \n0362-4331\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nDecember 1,\n2019\n.\n^\na\nb\nHarris, Elizabeth A.; Karni, Annie (August 6, 2020).\n\"Self-Publishing Is a Gamble. Why Is Donald Trump Jr. Doing It?\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\nISSN\n \n0362-4331\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. Retrieved\nAugust 16,\n2020\n.\n^\nIsenstadt, Alex (July 21, 2020).\n\"RNC to hawk Donald Trump Jr.'s new book\"\n.\nPolitico\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 14, 2021\n. 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Retrieved\nMarch 30,\n2017\n.\n^\nJuul, Trine Warrer; Normann, Maja (June 1, 2017).\n\"Trumps svigerdatter på hemmeligt besøg på lille dansk ø. Den familiære forbindelse mellem Danmark og den amerikanske præsident er tættere end hidtil antaget\"\n[Trump's daughter-in-law on a secret visit to a small Danish island. The familial connection between Denmark and the American president is closer than previously assumed.].\nDanish Broadcasting Corporation\n(in Danish).\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 17, 2017\n. Retrieved\nJuly 25,\n2017\n.\n^\nKonigsberg, Eric (June 19, 2000).\n\"The OB-GYN Who Loves Women\"\n.\nNew York\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 18, 2016.\n^\n\"Jews in the News: Andy Samberg, Liza Weil and Ivanka Trump\"\n.\nTampa Jewish Federation\n. Tampa Jewish Community Centers and Federation. March 1, 2016.\nArchived\nfrom the original on October 5, 2016.\n^\n\"Donald Trump Jr. Welcomes Son Donald John III\"\n.\nPeople\n. 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Retrieved\nJuly 17,\n2024\n.\n^\nTatum, Sophie (March 15, 2018).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump are separating\"\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on March 16, 2018\n. Retrieved\nMarch 16,\n2018\n.\n^\nPuente, Maria (March 15, 2018).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. and wife Vanessa are divorcing\"\n.\nUSA Today\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on March 16, 2018\n. Retrieved\nMarch 15,\n2018\n.\n^\nHaag, Matthew; Fortin, Jacey (March 15, 2018).\n\"Vanessa Trump, Donald Trump Jr.'s Wife, Files for Divorce\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on March 16, 2018\n. Retrieved\nMarch 16,\n2018\n.\n^\nRosman, Katherine; Bernstein, Jacob (March 22, 2018).\n\"Unbecoming a Trump: The Vanessa Trump Divorce\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on March 31, 2018\n. Retrieved\nMay 4,\n2018\n.\n^\nLemire, Jonathan; Neumeister, Larry (March 15, 2018).\n\"Donald Trump Jr.'s wife, Vanessa Trump, files for divorce\"\n.\nThe Boston Globe\n.\nAssociated Press\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on March 16, 2018\n. Retrieved\nMarch 16,\n2018\n.\n^\nVulpo, Mike (February 22, 2019).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump Finalize Their Divorce\"\n.\nE! Online\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 23, 2023\n. Retrieved\nJune 23,\n2023\n.\n^\nRoss, Martha (May 14, 2018).\n\"Did Donald Trump Jr. leak Kimberly Guilfoyle romance story for this petty reason?\"\n.\nThe Mercury News\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 20, 2018\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 17,\n2018\n.\n^\nWilson, Samantha (May 16, 2018).\n\"Vanessa Trump 'Not Thrilled' Over Don Jr. & Kimberly Guilfoyle Romance: It's More 'Humiliation' For Her\"\n.\nhollywoodlife.com\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 1, 2018\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 17,\n2018\n.\n^\nPapenfuss, Mary (January 3, 2022).\n\"Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle Reportedly Engaged – For A Year\"\n.\nHuffPost\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 5, 2022\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 4,\n2022\n.\n^\n\"Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr.'s Breakup Is 'Not a Contentious Thing' and His 'Family Is Still Enamored with Her' (Exclusive)\"\n.\nPeople.com\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 9,\n2025\n.\n^\nEverson, Zach (July 20, 2022).\n\"Eric Trump Joins Family In Leaving New York, Declaring Florida His Official Residence\"\n.\nForbes\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on December 1, 2022\n. Retrieved\nDecember 1,\n2022\n.\n^\n\"Trump switches permanent residence from New York to Florida\"\n.\nwww.bbc.com\n. November 1, 2019\n. Retrieved\nMarch 9,\n2026\n.\n^\nCameron, Chris (December 15, 2025).\n\"Donald Trump Jr. Is Engaged to Palm Beach Socialite Bettina Anderson\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n. Retrieved\nDecember 17,\n2025\n.\n^\nAhmed, Tufayel (November 27, 2019).\n\"Mia Farrow Resurfaces Photo of Trump's Sons Posing with Dead Leopard As Animal Cruelty Becomes Federal Crime\"\n.\nNewsweek\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 15, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJuly 13,\n2020\n.\n^\nCarlson, Erin (March 15, 2012).\n\"Sponsor Drops 'Celebrity Apprentice' Over Donald Trump Jr.'s Hunting Controversy\"\n.\nThe Hollywood Reporter\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on March 19, 2017\n. Retrieved\nMarch 18,\n2017\n.\n^\nGillman, Todd J. (July 7, 2018).\n\"Trump Jr. hit 'fake news' with fake claim the media said he hunted 'pregnant dogs' instead of prairie dogs\"\n.\nThe Dallas Morning News\n. Archived from\nthe original\non May 28, 2022\n. Retrieved\nJune 23,\n2023\n.\n^\nBowden, John (December 11, 2019).\n\"Mongolian officials retroactively granted Trump Jr. permit after he killed endangered sheep: report\"\n.\nThe Hill\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on December 17, 2019\n. Retrieved\nDecember 11,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"Donald Trump Jr's rare sheep hunt 'cost US taxpayers $75,000'\n\"\n.\nBBC News\n. June 10, 2020.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 10, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJune 10,\n2020\n.\n^\nHonl-Stuenkel, Linnaea; White, Lauren (June 8, 2020).\n\"DON JR'S MONGOLIAN HUNTING TRIP COST $60K MORE THAN SECRET SERVICE ORIGINALLY ADMITTED\"\n.\nCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 9, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJune 10,\n2020\n.\n^\nNewsome, Leonza III (May 19, 2020).\n\"Re: Freedom of Information Act Appeal, No. 20200297\"\n(PDF)\n.\namazonaws.com\n. citizensforethics.org.\nArchived\n(PDF)\nfrom the original on June 11, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJune 10,\n2020\n.\n^\nDalton, Jane (July 12, 2020).\n\"Dentist who slaughtered Cecil the lion 'hunts and kills protected wild ram' just four years on\"\n.\nThe Independent\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 23, 2023\n. Retrieved\nJune 23,\n2023\n.\n^\nDoyle, Michael (February 4, 2020).\n\"Win a trip to hunt with Trump Jr\"\n.\nE&E News\n.\nEnvironment & Energy Publishing\n.\n{{\ncite news\n}}\n:  CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (\nlink\n)\n^\n\"Donald Trump Jr.'s Great Escape (Published 2017)\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n. September 27, 2017.\n^\n\"«Donald Trump Jr a caccia di specie protette a Venezia»: la denuncia di Europa Verde e il video della battuta in laguna\"\n.\nCorriere del Veneto\n. February 3, 2025.\nArchived\nfrom the original on December 16, 2025\n. Retrieved\nDecember 16,\n2025\n.\n^\nNiranjan, Ajit (February 4, 2025).\n\"\n\"Donald Trump Jr accused of killing protected bird in Venice lagoon\"\n\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n. 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[o]\")\n\n## Contents\nmove to sidebar\n\nhide\n\n- [(Top)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.)\n- [1 Early life](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Early_life)\n- [2 Career](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Career)\n  Toggle Career subsection\n  - [2\\.1 Trump Organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Trump_Organization)\n  - [2\\.2 Podcast](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Podcast)\n  - [2\\.3 Executive Branch private membership club](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Executive_Branch_private_membership_club)\n- [3 Involvement in politics](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Involvement_in_politics)\n  Toggle Involvement in politics subsection\n  - [3\\.1 2016 presidential campaign](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#2016_presidential_campaign)\n    - [3\\.1.1 Trump Tower meeting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Trump_Tower_meeting)\n    - [3\\.1.2 Meeting with Gulf states emissary](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Meeting_with_Gulf_states_emissary)\n    - [3\\.1.3 Correspondence with WikiLeaks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Correspondence_with_WikiLeaks)\n  - [3\\.2 2018 midterm election campaigns](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#2018_midterm_election_campaigns)\n  - [3\\.3 Other political activities](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Other_political_activities)\n  - [3\\.4 Michael Cohen reimbursement payments](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Michael_Cohen_reimbursement_payments)\n- [4 Views](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Views)\n  Toggle Views subsection\n  - [4\\.1 Race and immigration](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Race_and_immigration)\n  - [4\\.2 Promotion of conspiracy theories](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Promotion_of_conspiracy_theories)\n  - [4\\.3 COVID-19 misinformation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#COVID-19_misinformation)\n  - [4\\.4 Other](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Other)\n- [5 Attempts to overturn the 2020 election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_election)\n  Toggle Attempts to overturn the 2020 election subsection\n  - [5\\.1 Relation to the January 6 Capitol attack](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Relation_to_the_January_6_Capitol_attack)\n  - [5\\.2 Criminal investigation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Criminal_investigation)\n- [6 Fraud investigation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Fraud_investigation)\n- [7 Books](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Books)\n  Toggle Books subsection\n  - [7\\.1 *Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Triggered:_How_the_Left_Thrives_on_Hate_and_Wants_to_Silence_Us)\n  - [7\\.2 *Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Liberal_Privilege:_Joe_Biden_and_the_Democrats'_Defense_of_the_Indefensible)\n- [8 Personal life](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Personal_life)\n  Toggle Personal life subsection\n  - [8\\.1 Family](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Family)\n  - [8\\.2 Hunting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Hunting)\n- [9 See also](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#See_also)\n- [10 Notes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Notes)\n- [11 References](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#References)\n- [12 External links](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#External_links)\n\nToggle the table of contents\n\n# Donald 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Pennsylvania\") ([BS](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bachelor_of_Science \"Bachelor of Science\")) |\n| Occupations | Businessman activist television presenter author |\n| Known for | Executive in [the Trump Organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Trump_Organization \"The Trump Organization\") Former boardroom judge on *[The Apprentice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Apprentice_\$American_TV_series\$ \"The Apprentice (American TV series)\")* |\n| Political party | [Republican](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_Party_\$United_States\$ \"Republican Party (United States)\") |\n| Spouse | [Vanessa Haydon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanessa_Trump \"Vanessa Trump\")   ( m. 2005; div. 2018\\)  |\n| Partners | [Kimberly Guilfoyle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kimberly_Guilfoyle \"Kimberly Guilfoyle\") (2018–2024) [Bettina Anderson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bettina_Anderson \"Bettina Anderson\") (2025–present) |\n| Children | 5, including [Kai](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kai_Trump \"Kai Trump\") |\n| Parents | [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump\") [Ivana Zelníčková](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivana_Trump \"Ivana Trump\") |\n| Family | [Trump family](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_family \"Trump family\") |\n| Website | [donjr.com](https:\/\/donjr.com\/) |\n| Signature |   |\n| [![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f7\/Donald_Trump_Jr.svg\/250px-Donald_Trump_Jr.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Donald_Trump_Jr.svg) |   |\n\n**Donald John Trump Jr.** (born December 31, 1977), often nicknamed **Don Jr.**, is an American businessman and activist. He is the eldest child of [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump\"), the 45th and 47th [president of the United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States \"President of the United States\"), and his first wife, [Ivana Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivana_Trump \"Ivana Trump\").\n\nTrump serves as a [trustee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trustee \"Trustee\") and executive vice president of [the Trump Organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Trump_Organization \"The Trump Organization\"), running the company alongside his younger brother [Eric](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Trump \"Eric Trump\").[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-1) During their [father's first presidency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"First presidency of Donald Trump\"), the brothers continued to engage in deals and investments in foreign countries and collect payments at their U.S. properties from foreign governments, despite pledging not to do so.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-deals-2) He also served as a boardroom judge on the [reality TV](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reality_TV \"Reality TV\") show featuring his father, *[The Apprentice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Apprentice_\$American_TV_series\$ \"The Apprentice (American TV series)\")*. In addition, he authored *[Triggered](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triggered_\$book\$ \"Triggered (book)\")* in 2019 and *[Liberal Privilege](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberal_Privilege \"Liberal Privilege\")* in 2020.\n\nTrump was active in his [father's 2016 presidential campaign](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign \"Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign\"). He cooperated with Russia in their [interference in the 2016 United States elections](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections \"Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections\") and had [a meeting with a Russian lawyer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Tower_meeting \"Trump Tower meeting\") who promised damaging information about the [campaign](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign \"Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign\") of [Hillary Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton \"Hillary Clinton\") in the [2016 presidential election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_United_States_presidential_election \"2016 United States presidential election\").[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-3) Trump campaigned for several Republicans during the [2018 midterm elections](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_United_States_elections \"2018 United States elections\").[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-britannica-4)\n\nTrump was also active in his [father's 2020 presidential campaign](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign \"Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign\"), often on the campaign trail and featured in the news for making unfounded claims.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-britannica-4) During the [election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_United_States_presidential_election \"2020 United States presidential election\"), he called for \"[total war](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Total_war \"Total war\")\" as the results were counted and promoted the [stolen election conspiracy theory](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election#Stop_the_Steal \"Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election\"). Following his father's defeat, he engaged in [attempts to overturn the results](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election \"Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election\").[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-5)[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-DallasMorningNews-2020-11-05-6) He spoke at the [rally](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/January_6_Trump_rally \"January 6 Trump rally\") that led to the [storming of the Capitol](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol \"2021 storming of the United States Capitol\"), where he threatened Trump's opponents that \"we're coming for you.\"[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nytimes-2021-7) In January 2021, [Attorney General for the District of Columbia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attorney_General_for_the_District_of_Columbia \"Attorney General for the District of Columbia\") [Karl Racine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Racine \"Karl Racine\") said that he was looking at whether to charge Trump Jr. with [inciting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Incitement#United_States \"Incitement\") the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in the criminal investigation into the attack.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cnbc-2021-8) [CNN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN \"CNN\") reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to [White House Chief of Staff](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_Chief_of_Staff \"White House Chief of Staff\") [Mark Meadows](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Meadows \"Mark Meadows\") outlining paths to subvert the [Electoral College](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Electoral_College \"United States Electoral College\") process and ensure his father a second term.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-control-9)\n\nAt the [2024 Republican National Convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_Republican_National_Convention \"2024 Republican National Convention\"), he led the introductions of [JD Vance](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JD_Vance \"JD Vance\"), who had been selected as Donald Trump's running mate.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-10)\n\n## Early life\nDonald John Trump Jr. was born on December 31, 1977, in [Manhattan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manhattan \"Manhattan\"), New York City, to [Ivana](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivana_Trump \"Ivana Trump\") and [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump\").[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11) He has two younger siblings, [Ivanka](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivanka_Trump \"Ivanka Trump\") and [Eric](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Trump \"Eric Trump\"). He also has two half siblings, [Tiffany](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiffany_Trump \"Tiffany Trump\"), from his father's marriage to [Marla Maples](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marla_Maples \"Marla Maples\"), and [Barron](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barron_Trump \"Barron Trump\"), from his father's current marriage to [Melania Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melania_Trump \"Melania Trump\"). Through his father, Trump is a grandson of [Fred Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Trump \"Fred Trump\") and [Mary Anne MacLeod](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Anne_MacLeod_Trump \"Mary Anne MacLeod Trump\"), and a great-grandson of [Frederick Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_Trump \"Frederick Trump\") and [Elizabeth Christ Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_Christ_Trump \"Elizabeth Christ Trump\"), the latter of whom founded what became the Trump Organization. As a boy, Trump found a role model in his maternal grandfather, Miloš Zelníček, who had a home near [Prague](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague \"Prague\"), where he spent summers camping, fishing, hunting and learning the [Czech language](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Czech_language \"Czech language\").[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-12)\n\nHis parents divorced when he was 12 years old due to his father having an [extramarital affair](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extramarital_affair \"Extramarital affair\").[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-13) Trump Jr. was estranged from his father for one year after the divorce, furious at his actions which broke up the family.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-14)\n\nTrump was educated at [Buckley School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buckley_School_\$New_York_City\$ \"Buckley School (New York City)\")[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-15) and [The Hill School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hill_School \"The Hill School\"), a college preparatory boarding school in [Pottstown](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pottstown,_Pennsylvania \"Pottstown, Pennsylvania\"), Pennsylvania, followed by the [University of Pennsylvania](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Pennsylvania \"University of Pennsylvania\")'s (Penn) [Wharton School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wharton_School \"Wharton School\"), where he graduated in 2000 with a [B.S.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bachelor_of_Science \"Bachelor of Science\") in [Economics](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economics \"Economics\").[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-16)\n\n## Career\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/e8\/Don_Jr._headshot.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Don_Jr._headshot.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. in 2009\n\nAfter graduating from [Penn](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Pennsylvania \"University of Pennsylvania\") in 2000, Trump moved to [Aspen, Colorado](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aspen,_Colorado \"Aspen, Colorado\"), where he hunted, fished, skied, lived in a truck, and worked as a bartender for a year, before returning to join the [Trump Organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Organization \"Trump Organization\") in New York. Trump has supervised building projects, which included [40 Wall Street](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/40_Wall_Street \"40 Wall Street\"), [Trump International Hotel and Tower](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_International_Hotel_and_Tower_\$Chicago\$ \"Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)\"), and [Trump Park Avenue](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Park_Avenue \"Trump Park Avenue\"),[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cohan201702-17) In 2006 he helped launch [Trump Mortgage](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Mortgage \"Trump Mortgage\"), which collapsed less than a year later.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11) In 2010, he became a spokesperson and \"executive director of global branding\" for [Cambridge Who's Who](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambridge_Who%27s_Who \"Cambridge Who's Who\"), a [vanity publisher](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanity_press \"Vanity press\") against whom hundreds of complaints had already been filed with the [Better Business Bureau](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Better_Business_Bureau \"Better Business Bureau\").[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11)[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-18) He appeared as a guest adviser and judge on many episodes of his father's reality television show *[The Apprentice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Apprentice_\$American_TV_series\$ \"The Apprentice (American TV series)\")*, from [season 5](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Apprentice_\$American_TV_series\$_season_5 \"The Apprentice (American TV series) season 5\") in 2006 to [his father's last season](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Apprentice_\$American_TV_series\$_season_14 \"The Apprentice (American TV series) season 14\") in 2015.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-19)\n\n### Trump Organization\nOn January 11, 2017, Trump's father announced that he and his brother Eric would oversee a trust that included the Trump Organization's assets while his father was president, to avert a [conflict of interest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conflict_of_interest \"Conflict of interest\").[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-20)\n\nAmid the [Trump–Ukraine scandal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal \"Trump–Ukraine scandal\") – where Trump asked the Ukrainian president to investigate [Joe Biden](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden \"Joe Biden\") and his son [Hunter Biden](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hunter_Biden \"Hunter Biden\") – Trump Jr. strongly criticized Hunter Biden, accusing him of nepotism and leveraging his father as a means to get financial benefits. Trump Jr. said, \"When you're the father and your son's entire career is dependent on that, they own you.\" Trump Jr. was widely ridiculed for these remarks by [Trevor Noah](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trevor_Noah \"Trevor Noah\") and others. Trump Jr. is a high-level executive in his father's business and continued to operate and promote the family's businesses across the world during Trump's presidency.[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-21)[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-22)[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-23)[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-24) The [Associated Press](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Associated_Press \"Associated Press\") wrote of Trump Jr.'s, remarks that he was \"showing no self-awareness that he, too, has at least in part been successful because of a famous father\".[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-25) According to *[The Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post \"The Washington Post\")* fact-checker, Trump Jr.'s assertion that he and his family members had gotten out of foreign business deals after Trump became president is false.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-deals-2) *The Washington Post* reported that after Trump became president, \"Trump's sons have been busy selling assets to foreign individuals, expanding or adding onto their existing deals and investments in foreign countries, and collecting payments in U.S. properties from foreign governments.\"[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-deals-2)\n\nIn February 2018, advertisements in Indian newspapers promoted a deal whereby anyone who purchased [Trump Organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Organization \"Trump Organization\") apartments in [Gurgaon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gurgaon \"Gurgaon\") before February 20 would be invited to have a \"conversation and dinner\" with Trump Jr. The ads were criticized by corruption watchdogs as unethical.[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-26)[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-27)\n\nA ruling which was handed down on February 16, 2024 barred Trump from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York, including the Trump Organization, for two years.[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-28)\n\nIn November 2024, Trump announced that he would be joining [1789 Capital](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1789_Capital \"1789 Capital\") as a partner.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-29)[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-30) In 2025, he announced that the firm would invest in the [Enhanced Games](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enhanced_Games \"Enhanced Games\"), a proposed sports event that will allow [performance enhancing drugs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Performance_enhancing_drugs \"Performance enhancing drugs\").[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Financial_Times_2025-02-13-31) He joined the advisory board of drone company Unusual Machines in November 2024.[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-32)\n\nIn December 2024, it was announced that Trump was joining the board of directors of [PublicSquare](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_Square_\$company\$ \"Public Square (company)\").[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-33)\n\n### Podcast\nIn 2023, Trump launched a podcast, *Triggered with Don Jr*, on the platform [Rumble](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rumble_\$website\$ \"Rumble (website)\").[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-34)[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-35)\n\n### Executive Branch private membership club\nIn April 2025, the *Executive Branch*, a Washington, D.C., private membership club opened with a party that was reported to have included members of the [Trump administration](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"Second presidency of Donald Trump\"), \"wealthy CEOs, tech founders, and policy experts\".[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-36) The club was co-founded by Trump, [David O. Sacks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_O._Sacks \"David O. Sacks\"), [Cameron Winklevoss](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cameron_Winklevoss \"Cameron Winklevoss\"), and [Tyler Winklevoss](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tyler_Winklevoss \"Tyler Winklevoss\"), and is owned by Trump, [Omeed Malik](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omeed_Malik \"Omeed Malik\"), [Chris Buskirk](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Buskirk \"Chris Buskirk\") of [Rockbridge Network](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rockbridge_Network \"Rockbridge Network\") and [1789 Capital](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1789_Capital \"1789 Capital\"), and Alex and Steve Witkoff, sons of [Steve Witkoff](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Witkoff \"Steve Witkoff\").[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-37)[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-38)\n\n## Involvement in politics\n### 2016 presidential campaign\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/da\/Donald_Trump_Jr_at_rally_in_Iowa.jpg\/250px-Donald_Trump_Jr_at_rally_in_Iowa.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Donald_Trump_Jr_at_rally_in_Iowa.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. campaigning for his father in Iowa, November 2016\n\nAhead of the [2016 presidential election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_United_States_presidential_election \"2016 United States presidential election\"), Trump Jr. was a central member of his father's campaign,[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-39) characterized by *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")* as a \"close political adviser\".[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) He spoke at the [Republican National Convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Republican_National_Convention \"2016 Republican National Convention\"), along with his siblings Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany.[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40)\n\nTrump Jr. influenced his father's choice of [Secretary of the Interior](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior \"United States Secretary of the Interior\") [Ryan Zinke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ryan_Zinke \"Ryan Zinke\") during the presidential transition.[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-41)[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-42) Since his father's victory in the 2016 election, Trump Jr. has developed what *The Washington Post* calls a \"public persona as a right-wing provocateur and ardent defender of [Trumpism](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trumpism \"Trumpism\")\".[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-43) *The Atlantic* reported in 2019 that Trump had described Trump Jr. in 2017 as \"not the sharpest knife in the drawer\".[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Successor-44) Trump Jr. earned the nickname \"Fredo\" among some Trump campaign staffers, a reference to [a character](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fredo_Corleone \"Fredo Corleone\") in *[The Godfather](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Godfather \"The Godfather\")*.[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-45)[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-46)\n\n#### Trump Tower meeting\nMain articles: [Trump Tower meeting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Tower_meeting \"Trump Tower meeting\") and [Links between Trump associates and Russian officials](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials \"Links between Trump associates and Russian officials\")\n\nOn June 9, 2016, Trump Jr. attended a meeting arranged by publicist [Rob Goldstone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rob_Goldstone \"Rob Goldstone\") on behalf of Azerbaijani-Russian businessman [Emin Agalarov](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emin_Agalarov \"Emin Agalarov\").[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-npr071117-47) The meeting was held in [Trump Tower](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Tower \"Trump Tower\") in [Manhattan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manhattan \"Manhattan\"), among three members of the presidential campaign: Trump Jr., [Jared Kushner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jared_Kushner \"Jared Kushner\"), and [Paul Manafort](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Manafort \"Paul Manafort\") – and Russian lawyer [Natalia Veselnitskaya](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Natalia_Veselnitskaya \"Natalia Veselnitskaya\"), her translator Anatoli Samochornov, Russian-American lobbyist [Rinat Akhmetshin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rinat_Akhmetshin \"Rinat Akhmetshin\"), and [Ike Kaveladze](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ike_Kaveladze \"Ike Kaveladze\"), a [Georgian-American](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgian-American \"Georgian-American\"), U.S.-based senior vice president at Crocus Group, the real estate development company run by [Aras Agalarov](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aras_Agalarov \"Aras Agalarov\").[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-npr071117-47)\n\nApproximately a year later, Trump Jr. initially told the media that [adoption of Russian children](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dima_Yakovlev_Law \"Dima Yakovlev Law\") was the main subject of the meeting.[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-48) On July 8, 2017, Trump Jr. tweeted his email exchange with [Goldstone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rob_Goldstone \"Rob Goldstone\").[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-49) It revealed that Trump Jr. had agreed to attend the meeting with the understanding he would receive information damaging to [Hillary Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton \"Hillary Clinton\").[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-read-the-emails-50) Goldstone also wrote in one of Trump Jr.'s publicly disclosed emails that the Russian government was involved.[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-read-the-emails-50) [Robert Mueller](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Mueller \"Robert Mueller\"), the [special counsel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_counsel \"Special counsel\") of the [Department of Justice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Department_of_Justice \"U.S. Department of Justice\") in charge of Russia-related investigations, investigated the emails and the meeting.[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Prokupecz-51) Although the White House lauded Trump Jr. for his transparency, he released the e-mails only after *The New York Times* had informed him that they had them and were going to publish a story about them.[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-52)\n\nIn June 2019, Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee made a criminal referral of Trump Jr. to federal prosecutors on suspicions that he misled the committee with his testimony.[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-53)\n\n#### Meeting with Gulf states emissary\nTrump Jr. had a meeting in August 2016 with an emissary for the [United Arab Emirates](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Arab_Emirates \"United Arab Emirates\") and [Saudi Arabia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Arabia \"Saudi Arabia\") who offered help to the Trump presidential campaign.[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nytimes-54) The meeting included [Joel Zamel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikistrat \"Wikistrat\"), an Israeli specialist in [social media manipulation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_media_manipulation \"Social media manipulation\"); [George Nader](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Nader_\$businessman\$ \"George Nader (businessman)\"), an envoy representing the crown princes of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia; and American businessman [Erik Prince](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erik_Prince \"Erik Prince\").[\\[55\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-55)[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nytimes-54)\n\n#### Correspondence with WikiLeaks\nIn November 2017, news broke that [Julian Assange](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julian_Assange \"Julian Assange\") had used the [WikiLeaks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WikiLeaks \"WikiLeaks\") Twitter account to correspond with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 presidential election. Trump Jr. had already provided this correspondence to congressional investigators who were looking into [Russian interference in the 2016 election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections \"Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections\").[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-secret-56)[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-wikileaks-57)[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-58)\n\nThe correspondence showed that WikiLeaks actively solicited the cooperation of Trump Jr., who was a campaign surrogate and advisor in the campaign of his father.[\\[59\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-59)[\\[60\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-60) WikiLeaks urged the Trump campaign to reject the results of the 2016 presidential election at a time when it appeared the Trump campaign would lose. WikiLeaks asked Trump Jr. to share a made-up[\\[61\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-61) claim by [True Pundit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/True_Pundit \"True Pundit\") that Hillary Clinton had wanted to attack Assange with drones. WikiLeaks also shared a link to a website that would help people search through the [hacked e-mails](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Podesta_emails \"Podesta emails\") of Clinton campaign manager [John Podesta](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Podesta \"John Podesta\"), which WikiLeaks had recently made public. Trump Jr. shared both.[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-secret-56)[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-wikileaks-57)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/89\/Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%2848513758216%29_%28cropped%29.jpg\/250px-Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%2848513758216%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Donald_Trump,_Jr._\$48513758216\$_\$cropped\$.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. speaks at the 2019 Teen Student Action Summit hosted by [Turning Point USA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turning_Point_USA \"Turning Point USA\"), 2019.\n### 2018 midterm election campaigns\nDuring the [2018 midterms election cycle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_United_States_elections \"2018 United States elections\"), Trump actively campaigned on behalf of Republican candidates, including for [Matt Rosendale](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Rosendale \"Matt Rosendale\"), [Patrick Morrisey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patrick_Morrisey \"Patrick Morrisey\"), [Mike Braun](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Braun \"Mike Braun\"), [Ron DeSantis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_DeSantis \"Ron DeSantis\"), [Lee Zeldin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lee_Zeldin \"Lee Zeldin\") and [Matt Gaetz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Gaetz \"Matt Gaetz\").[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-62) He raised millions of dollars for Republican candidates, was second only to his father in his ability to draw crowds to campaign events, and is credited with helping Republican candidates win.[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Successor-44)\n\n### Other political activities\nIn 2007, Trump Jr. gave \\$4,000 to then-Senator [Hillary Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton \"Hillary Clinton\")'s campaign to be the [Democratic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_\$United_States\$ \"Democratic Party (United States)\") presidential nominee.[\\[63\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-63)\n\nIn 2011, Trump Jr. responded to criticism of the [Tea Party movement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tea_Party_movement \"Tea Party movement\") by Florida representative [Frederica Wilson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederica_Wilson \"Frederica Wilson\") by confusing Wilson with California representative [Maxine Waters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxine_Waters \"Maxine Waters\") and saying her colorful hats made her look like a [stripper](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stripper \"Stripper\").[\\[64\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-64)\n\nIn April 2017, he campaigned for Montana congressional candidate [Greg Gianforte](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Gianforte \"Greg Gianforte\"),[\\[65\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-65) and in May met with [Republican National Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_National_Committee \"Republican National Committee\") officials to discuss the party's strategy and resources.[\\[66\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-66)\n\nIn September 2017, Trump Jr. asked to have his [Secret Service](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secret_Service \"United States Secret Service\") detail removed, telling friends he wanted more privacy, the second presidential child to do so.[\\[a\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-67) The request was criticized by former Secret Service agents.[\\[67\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-68) Trump Jr.'s protection was restored later that month.[\\[68\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-69)\n\nIn October 2020, it was reported that Pennsylvania Republicans were suggesting Trump Jr. run for the vacant Senate seat in Pennsylvania in [2022](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania \"2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania\") after two-term incumbent [Pat Toomey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pat_Toomey \"Pat Toomey\") announced he would not be seeking re-election.[\\[69\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-70) In the same month, Trump Jr. held a crowded indoor rally where attendees did not wear masks, contradicting public health guidelines.[\\[70\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-71)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/aa\/Kevin_McCarthy_joins_Donald_Trump_Jr.%27s_video_podcast_in_2023.jpg\/250px-Kevin_McCarthy_joins_Donald_Trump_Jr.%27s_video_podcast_in_2023.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kevin_McCarthy_joins_Donald_Trump_Jr.%27s_video_podcast_in_2023.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. with Speaker of the House [Kevin McCarthy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_McCarthy \"Kevin McCarthy\") in 2023\n\nIn an October 29 interview with [Fox News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fox_News \"Fox News\")'s [Laura Ingraham](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laura_Ingraham \"Laura Ingraham\"), Trump Jr. asserted that the coronavirus death rate has dropped to \"almost nothing\", adding \"(b)ecause we've gotten control of this thing. We understand how it works – they have the therapeutics to be able to deal with this. If you look at that, look at my Instagram, it's gone down to almost nothing.\"[\\[71\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-72) On that day, the number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. was 1,063.[\\[72\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-73)\n\nBefore his father's loss in the 2020 election, Trump was the subject of speculation for a [2024](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_United_States_presidential_election \"2024 United States presidential election\") run for president.[\\[73\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-74)[\\[74\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-75) In October 2020, he posted a photo to his Instagram account of a \"Don Jr. 2024\" flag.[\\[75\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-76)[\\[76\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-77)\n\n### Michael Cohen reimbursement payments\nOn May 28, 2024, an email was shown during defense closing arguments in Trump Sr.'s [New York criminal trial](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York \"Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York\") which revealed that longtime Trump Organization comptroller Jeffrey McConnery, who was previously acknowledged to have organized Trump Sr.'s reimbursement payments to [Michael Cohen](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Cohen_\$lawyer\$ \"Michael Cohen (lawyer)\") following the hush money payments Cohen made to [Stormy Daniels](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stormy_Daniels \"Stormy Daniels\"), sought approval from both Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.[\\[77\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-closingargumentsdefense-78) Trump Jr. signed some of the reimbursement checks to Cohen as well.[\\[77\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-closingargumentsdefense-78)[\\[78\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-79)\n\n## Views\n|   |   |\n|---|---|\n| ![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/f\/f2\/Edit-clear.svg\/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png) | This section **may contain [excessive](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style\/Lists#List_size \"Wikipedia:Manual of Style\/Lists\") or [irrelevant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Due_and_undue_weight \"Wikipedia:Neutral point of view\") examples**. Please help [improve it](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Jr.&action=edit) by removing [less pertinent examples](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Example_cruft \"Wikipedia:Example cruft\") and [elaborating](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:PROSE \"Wikipedia:PROSE\") on existing ones. *(August 2024)* *([Learn how and when to remove this message](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Maintenance_template_removal \"Help:Maintenance template removal\"))* |\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b1\/Donald_Trump_Jr._crop.jpg\/250px-Donald_Trump_Jr._crop.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Donald_Trump_Jr._crop.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. speaking in 2020\n### Race and immigration\nDuring his father's presidential campaign, Trump Jr. caused controversy in 2016 when he posted an image that compared Syrian refugees to [Skittles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skittles_\$confectionery\$ \"Skittles (confectionery)\"), saying \"If I had a bowl of Skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful? That's our Syrian refugee problem.\"[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40)[\\[79\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-80)[\\[80\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-taste-81) The makers of Skittles condemned the tweet, saying \"Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy.\"[\\[80\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-taste-81)[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) The [Cato Institute](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cato_Institute \"Cato Institute\") stated that year that the chances \"an American would be killed in a terrorist attack committed by a refugee was one in 3.64 billion\" per year.[\\[81\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-82)[\\[82\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-83)\n\nOn March 1, 2016, an interview with [white supremacist](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_supremacy \"White supremacy\") [James Edwards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Political_Cesspool#James_Edwards \"The Political Cesspool\") and Trump Jr. was aired. The campaign initially denied the interview had taken place; later Trump Jr. claimed it was unintentional.[\\[83\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-84) As a consequence of the interview, mainstream media outlets have accused Trump Jr. of being either a believer in the [white genocide conspiracy theory](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_genocide_conspiracy_theory \"White genocide conspiracy theory\"),[\\[84\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-85) or pretending to be an advocate for political gain.[\\[85\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-86)\n\nIn September 2016, Trump Jr. cited [Holocaust](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Holocaust \"The Holocaust\") imagery to criticize what he perceived as the mainstream media's uncritical coverage of Hillary Clinton during her campaign, by \"letting her slide on every discrepancy\", while also accusing Democrats involved in the 2016 campaign of lying. Trump Jr. said if the Republicans were committing the same offences mainstream outlets would be \"warming up the gas chamber right now\".[\\[86\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-rapp-87)[\\[87\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nguyen-88) Also that month, Trump Jr. shared an image on [Instagram](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Instagram \"Instagram\") depicting a cross between his father and [Pepe the Frog](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pepe_the_Frog \"Pepe the Frog\"). When asked on *[Good Morning America](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Good_Morning_America \"Good Morning America\")* about Pepe the Frog and its associations with [white supremacy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_supremacy \"White supremacy\"), Trump Jr. said he had never heard of Pepe the Frog and thought it was just a \"frog with a wig\".[\\[88\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-89)[\\[89\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-90)\n\nIn April 2017, Trump Jr. lauded conspiracy theorist [Mike Cernovich](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Cernovich \"Mike Cernovich\"), who has promoted the debunked [white genocide](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_genocide_conspiracy_theory \"White genocide conspiracy theory\") and [Pizzagate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory \"Pizzagate conspiracy theory\") conspiracy theories,[\\[90\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-91) saying, \"In a long gone time of unbiased journalism he'd win the [Pulitzer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize \"Pulitzer Prize\")\".[\\[91\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-92)[\\[92\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-93)\n\nIn August 2020, the [Southern Poverty Law Center](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center \"Southern Poverty Law Center\") reported that Trump Jr. appeared at a far-right \"We Build the Wall\" event with [Jack Posobiec](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_Posobiec \"Jack Posobiec\") in July 2019.[\\[93\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-:0-94)\n\n### Promotion of conspiracy theories\nTrump Jr. [retweeted](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Retweet \"Retweet\") conspiratorial remarks by white supremacist [Kevin B. MacDonald](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_MacDonald_\$evolutionary_psychologist\$ \"Kevin MacDonald (evolutionary psychologist)\") about alleged [favors exchanged by Hillary Clinton and Switzerland's largest bank](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clinton_Foundation%E2%80%93State_Department_controversy#Switzerland.27s_largest_bank \"Clinton Foundation–State Department controversy\").[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) On the campaign trail, Trump Jr. promoted [Alex Jones](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alex_Jones \"Alex Jones\")' conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton wore an earpiece to a presidential forum[\\[94\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-95)[\\[95\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-96)[\\[96\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-97) and that official unemployment rates were manipulated for political purposes.[\\[97\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-98)\n\nIn May 2017, Trump Jr. promoted what [CNN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN \"CNN\") called the \"long-debunked, far-right conspiracy theory\" that [Bill Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton \"Bill Clinton\") was linked to [Vince Foster's death](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suicide_of_Vince_Foster \"Suicide of Vince Foster\").[\\[98\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-99) In November, Trump Jr. again promoted the conspiracy theory that [the Clintons had murdered people](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clinton_body_count_conspiracy_theory \"Clinton body count conspiracy theory\").[\\[99\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-100)\n\nIn February 2018, Trump Jr. liked two [tweets](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter \"Twitter\") promoting a [conspiracy theory](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conspiracy_theory \"Conspiracy theory\") that survivors of the [Stoneman Douglas High School shooting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stoneman_Douglas_High_School_shooting \"Stoneman Douglas High School shooting\") were coached into propagating anti-Trump rhetoric.[\\[100\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-101)[\\[101\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-102)\n\nIn May 2018, Trump Jr. retweeted a false and [antisemitic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antisemitism \"Antisemitism\") conspiracy theory that [George Soros](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Soros \"George Soros\"), the Jewish Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist, was a \"nazi *\\[sic\\]* who turned in his fellow Jews to be murdered in German concentration camps & stole their wealth\".[\\[102\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-barr-103)[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11)[\\[103\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-roseanne-104) The tweets originated from [Roseanne Barr](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roseanne_Barr \"Roseanne Barr\"), whose TV show *[Roseanne](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roseanne_\$TV_series\$ \"Roseanne (TV series)\")* was canceled the same day after she had posted a series of racist and antisemitic tweets.[\\[102\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-barr-103) A spokesperson for Soros responded to the tweets, \"George Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary as a 13-year-old child by going into hiding and assuming a false identity with the help of his father, who managed to save his own family and help many other Jews survive the Holocaust\".[\\[103\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-roseanne-104)\n\nIn June 2018, Trump Jr. liked a tweet suggesting that the migrant children separated from their parents due to the [Trump administration family separation policy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_administration_family_separation_policy \"Trump administration family separation policy\") were actually actors.[\\[104\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-105)\n\nIn September 2018, when [Hurricane Florence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Florence \"Hurricane Florence\") was affecting the United States, Trump Jr. tweeted a picture of CNN journalist [Anderson Cooper](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anderson_Cooper \"Anderson Cooper\") waist-deep in floodwaters when another man in the same picture was standing knee-deep a distance away. In the same tweet, Trump Jr. included a link to a *[Breitbart News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breitbart_News \"Breitbart News\")* article claiming that CNN's ratings had dropped by 41%, and proposed a conspiracy theory that CNN was \"lying to try to make \\[his father, President Trump\\] look bad\". In actuality, the picture of Cooper was about 10 years old, taken during 2008's [Hurricane Ike](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Ike \"Hurricane Ike\") before Trump became president, and Cooper was videoed talking about how the floodwaters were receding.[\\[105\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-106)[\\[106\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-107)\n\nIn May 2020, Trump Jr. falsely accused [Joe Biden](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden \"Joe Biden\") of being a [pedophile](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pedophilia \"Pedophilia\").[\\[107\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-108)[\\[108\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-109) After Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2025, Trump Jr. launched a conspiracy theory questioning how [Jill Biden](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jill_Biden \"Jill Biden\"), who received a doctoral degree, missed the signs and whether it was [covered up](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cover-up \"Cover-up\"). Trump Jr.'s response was seen as an outlier compared to other politicians including his father's, and was a subject of criticism. However, he had also [liked](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Like_button \"Like button\") a post wishing Biden a speedy recovery, \"politics aside.\"[\\[109\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-110)[\\[110\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-111)\n\nIn August 2020, Trump Jr. shared a *Breitbart News* article about more than 800 dead people voting in Michigan which was framed to suggest that the ballots were not legitimately cast and thus showed evidence of extensive voter fraud; however, the voters in question died after submitting the ballots, and the ballots were rejected by Michigan authorities who knew the voters had died before the election date.[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-112) In September 2020, he again pushed false claims about voter fraud by asserting, \"The radical left are laying the groundwork to steal this election from my father\". He added: \"Their plan is to add millions of fraudulent ballots that can cancel your vote and overturn the election\" and asked \"able-bodied\" people to join an election security \"army\" for his father. Facebook and Twitter affixed labels to the video which pointed to accurate information about voting.[\\[112\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-113)\n\nIn November 2020, after [Pfizer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pfizer \"Pfizer\") announced that it had developed a [COVID-19 vaccine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pfizer%E2%80%93BioNTech_COVID-19_vaccine \"Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine\") with 90% effectiveness, Trump Jr. suggested that the vaccine had been held back in order to hurt his father's chances of winning the election.[\\[113\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-114)[\\[114\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-115) Pfizer CEO [Albert Bourla](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Bourla \"Albert Bourla\") dismissed the suggestion, saying that the company had always planned to rely on the \"speed of science\".[\\[115\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-116)\n\nAfter [Russia invaded Ukraine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine \"2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine\") in February 2022, Trump Jr. amplified baseless Russian state propaganda which claimed that [the US and Ukraine were developing biological weapons](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine_bioweapons_conspiracy_theory \"Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory\").[\\[116\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-117)[\\[117\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-118)\n\n### COVID-19 misinformation\nTrump Jr. was given a 12-hour restriction by Twitter in July 2020 after he promoted misinformation about [COVID-19](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coronavirus_disease_2019 \"Coronavirus disease 2019\") by retweeting a video showing [Houston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston \"Houston\") doctor [Stella Immanuel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stella_Immanuel \"Stella Immanuel\") promoting [hydroxychloroquine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hydroxychloroquine \"Hydroxychloroquine\") as a cure, despite conflicting studies, and by claiming that masks were unnecessary. Twitter later said that it restricted his ability to tweet or retweet for 12 hours for violating its [COVID-19 misinformation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_misinformation \"COVID-19 misinformation\") policy.[\\[118\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-119)[\\[119\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-120)[\\[120\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-121)[\\[121\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-122)\n\nOn October 29, 2020, Trump Jr. criticized the media's focus on new infections rather than on deaths, saying on Fox News, \"why aren't they talking about deaths? Oh, oh, because the number is almost nothing. Because we've gotten control of this, and we understand how it works.\" On the day Trump Jr. made that comment, [the United States registered roughly 1,000 COVID-19 deaths](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States \"COVID-19 pandemic in the United States\").[\\[122\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Politico_20201030-123)[\\[123\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-124)\n\n### Other\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c6\/AmericaFest_2025_-_Donald_Trump_Jr_08_%28cropped%29.jpg\/250px-AmericaFest_2025_-_Donald_Trump_Jr_08_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:AmericaFest_2025_-_Donald_Trump_Jr_08_\$cropped\$.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. at [AmericaFest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turning_Point_USA \"Turning Point USA\") 2025\n\nIn November 2019, Trump Jr. tweeted the name of the alleged whistleblower who brought to light the [Trump-Ukraine scandal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal \"Trump–Ukraine scandal\").[\\[124\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-125)[\\[125\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-126) Whistleblower conventions are intended to protect the identity of individuals who expose wrongdoing in government. [Agence France-Presse](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agence_France-Presse \"Agence France-Presse\") attempted to independently verify the identity that Trump Jr. tweeted but was unable to do so.[\\[126\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-127)\n\nIn June 2020, during the [COVID-19 pandemic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic \"COVID-19 pandemic\"), Trump Jr. accused liberals of hypocrisy, for imposing restrictive measures and social distancing guidelines on businesses while holding the \"Action for Black Trans Lives\" protest for the rights of African American [transgender](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transgender \"Transgender\") people.[\\[127\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-128)\n\nTrump Jr. has accused [big tech](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Tech \"Big Tech\") companies of being biased against conservatives and has claimed that a [deep state](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deep_state_in_the_United_States \"Deep state in the United States\") sought to undermine Trump during his presidency.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-britannica-4)\n\n## Attempts to overturn the 2020 election\nMain article: [Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election \"Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election\")\n\nTrump had a prominent role in his father's [attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election \"Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election\"), threatening Republican lawmakers who did not take part in it.[\\[128\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-129) In November 2020, he advocated \"[total war](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Total_war \"Total war\")\" instead of completion of vote counting in the [2020 United States elections](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_United_States_elections \"2020 United States elections\").[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-DallasMorningNews-2020-11-05-6)\n\nCNN reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to [White House Chief of Staff](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_Chief_of_Staff \"White House Chief of Staff\") [Mark Meadows](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Meadows \"Mark Meadows\") outlining paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term.[\\[129\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-130) He wrote, \"It's very simple. We have multiple paths. We control them all. We have operational control. Total leverage. Moral high ground. POTUS must start second term now.\" He continued, \"Republicans control 28 states Democrats 22 states. Once again Trump wins,\" adding, \"We either have a vote WE control and WE win OR it gets kicked to Congress 6 January 2021.\" Biden had not yet been declared the winner at the time of the text.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-control-9)[\\[130\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-131)\n\n### Relation to the January 6 Capitol attack\nFor broader coverage of this topic, see [January 6 United States Capitol attack](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack \"January 6 United States Capitol attack\").\n\nTogether with his father and other speakers, on January 6, 2021, Trump Jr. spoke to an audience and, speaking about reluctant GOP lawmakers saying, \"If you're gonna be the zero and not the hero, we're coming for you\".[\\[131\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-132) President Trump further [incited](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Incitement_to_terrorism \"Incitement to terrorism\") the crowd which then marched to the [US Capitol building](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/US_Capitol_building \"US Capitol building\"), where they [forced entry](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Forced_entry \"Forced entry\"), broke windows and [vandalized](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vandalize \"Vandalize\") the building. One woman was killed, and a police officer and three other people died during or shortly after the incursion.[\\[132\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-133)\n\n[Television host](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Television_host \"Television host\") and former congressman [Joe Scarborough](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Scarborough \"Joe Scarborough\") called for the arrest of Trump Jr., along with his father and Rudolph Giuliani, for [insurrection](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Insurrection \"Insurrection\") against the United States.[\\[133\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-thehill-2021-134) Following his father's permanent ban from [Twitter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter \"Twitter\") on January 8, 2021, Donald Trump Jr. claimed that [free speech](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_speech \"Free speech\") \"no longer exists in America\".[\\[134\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-135)\n\nOn March 5, 2021, Representative [Eric Swalwell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Swalwell \"Eric Swalwell\") filed a civil lawsuit against Trump Jr. and three others (his father, Representative [Mo Brooks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mo_Brooks \"Mo Brooks\"), and [Rudy Giuliani](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rudy_Giuliani \"Rudy Giuliani\")), seeking damages for their alleged role in inciting the riot.[\\[135\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-136)\n\nIn December 2021, text messages released by Meadows revealed that Trump Jr. begged Meadows to persuade his father to stop the attack.[\\[136\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-137)[\\[137\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-138)\n\n### Criminal investigation\nOn January 11, 2021, [D.C. attorney general](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attorney_General_for_the_District_of_Columbia \"Attorney General for the District of Columbia\") [Karl Racine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Racine \"Karl Racine\") said that Donald Trump Jr. is a [person of interest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Person_of_interest \"Person of interest\") in the criminal investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol and that he is looking at whether to charge him, along with [Rudy Giuliani](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rudy_Giuliani \"Rudy Giuliani\") and [Mo Brooks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mo_Brooks \"Mo Brooks\"), with inciting the violent attack.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cnbc-2021-8)[\\[138\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-139)\n\n## Fraud investigation\nOn January 14, 2021, it became known that Trump Jr. is a person of interest in the [criminal investigation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Criminal_investigation \"Criminal investigation\") into [misuse](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Misuse \"Misuse\") of his father's inaugural funds in Washington D.C., and that [prosecutors](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prosecutor \"Prosecutor\") intend to interview him over his role in \"grossly overpaying\" for use of event space at the [Trump Hotel in Washington](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Hotel_DC \"Trump Hotel DC\") for the 2017 inauguration.[\\[139\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cnn-fraud-investigation-140) In May 2022, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine reached a \\$750,000 settlement with the inaugural committee without requiring an admission of wrongdoing.[\\[140\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Klasfeld2022-141)\n\n## Books\n### *Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us*\nMain article: [Triggered (book)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triggered_\$book\$ \"Triggered (book)\")\n\nIn 2019, Trump Jr. released the book, *[Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triggered_\$book\$ \"Triggered (book)\")*. The book is critical of [political correctness](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_correctness \"Political correctness\"), and argues that the American left has a [victimhood](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victim_mentality \"Victim mentality\") complex.[\\[141\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142) *The Washington Post* commented: \"yet, in his telling, the real victim is often him, his father or another Trump family member\".[\\[141\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142) In the book, Trump Jr. pushes conspiracy theories about how the [intelligence community](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Intelligence_Community \"United States Intelligence Community\") has attempted to harm President Trump, comparing President Trump's experiences with the [FBI](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation \"Federal Bureau of Investigation\") harassment campaign against civil rights leader [Martin Luther King Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther_King_Jr. \"Martin Luther King Jr.\")[\\[142\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-book-143) Trump Jr. wrote of a visit to [Arlington National Cemetery](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arlington_National_Cemetery \"Arlington National Cemetery\") (a military cemetery), commenting that he got emotional looking at the graves and that it reminded him of \"all the sacrifices\" the Trump family had made, including \"voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were 'profiting off of the office'.\"[\\[141\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142)[\\[142\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-book-143) Fact-checkers have reported that Trump still owns the family business, and that the Trump family have continued to engage in international business deals since Trump became president.[\\[141\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142) In a review for *The Washington Post*, [Carlos Lozada](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlos_Lozada_\$journalist\$ \"Carlos Lozada (journalist)\") said that it \"fails as memoir and as polemic: its analysis is facile, its hypocrisy relentless, its self-awareness marginal (the writing is wretched, even by the standards of political vanity projects)\".[\\[143\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-144)\n\nThe book was a [*New York Times* best-seller](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list \"The New York Times Best Seller list\"). The book was purchased in bulk by at least nine Republican organizations, candidates or advocacy groups, including N.R.C.C. and the [RNC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_National_Committee \"Republican National Committee\") which bought \\$75,000 and \\$100,000 worth of the books, respectively. [Turning Point USA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turning_Point_USA \"Turning Point USA\") and the National Republican Senatorial Committee purchased approximately 2,000 and 2,500 books, respectively.[\\[144\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-145)\n\n### *Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible*\nMain article: [Liberal Privilege](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberal_Privilege \"Liberal Privilege\")\n\nIn 2020, Trump Jr. self-published the book *Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible*. Trump Jr. reportedly hired three researchers to collect information about [Joe Biden](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden \"Joe Biden\") and spent three months writing the book.[\\[145\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-NYT-Karni-146) Trump Jr. explained to *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")* his reasons: \"While I had no plans for a book this year, I was stuck indoors like the rest of the nation during the pandemic\", he said, adding that he \"decided to highlight Biden's half century of being a swamp monster, since the media wouldn't do it\". The same article stated that he decided to self-publish because he could count on the publicity of \"his own platform – and the promise of bulk purchases from the RNC\".[\\[145\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-NYT-Karni-146)\n\nThe book was indeed bought in bulk by the RNC.[\\[146\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-147) On October 28, 2020, the RNC paid over \\$300,000 of donor money to Pursuit Venture LLC, a company owned by Trump Jr., for \"donor mementos\". It was the most money the RNC had ever paid for this purpose.[\\[147\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-148) The hardcover retails for \\$29.99, which suggests roughly how many copies might have been purchased, and the RNC's intent was to give a copy to people who donated \\$50–\\$100.[\\[148\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-149)\n\n## Personal life\n### Family\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/19\/Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%26_Kimberly_Guilfoyle_%2848513772081%29.jpg\/250px-Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%26_Kimberly_Guilfoyle_%2848513772081%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Donald_Trump,_Jr._%26_Kimberly_Guilfoyle_\$48513772081\$.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. with [Kimberly Guilfoyle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kimberly_Guilfoyle \"Kimberly Guilfoyle\") in July 2019\n\nIn 2003, Trump Jr. began dating model [Vanessa Kay Haydon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanessa_Trump \"Vanessa Trump\") at his father's suggestion.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11) The couple married on November 12, 2005, at his father's [Mar-a-Lago](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mar-a-Lago \"Mar-a-Lago\") estate in [Palm Beach, Florida](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palm_Beach,_Florida \"Palm Beach, Florida\"); the service was officiated by Trump Jr.'s aunt, Judge [Maryanne Trump Barry](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maryanne_Trump_Barry \"Maryanne Trump Barry\").[\\[149\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-150) Haydon's grandfather was Danish jazz musician [Kai Ewans](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kai_Ewans \"Kai Ewans\").[\\[150\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-connection-151)[\\[151\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-152)[\\[152\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-153)[\\[153\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-154) They have five children: daughter [Kai Madison](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kai_Trump \"Kai Trump\") (b. May 2007), son Donald John III (b. February 2009), son Tristan Milos (b. October 2011), son Spencer Frederick (b. October 2012), and daughter Chloe Sophia (b. June 2014).[\\[154\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-155)[\\[155\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-156)[\\[156\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-157) The oldest daughter, Kai, is named after her maternal great-grandfather, Kai Ewans.[\\[157\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-158)[\\[150\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-connection-151) Kai Trump was introduced by her father and spoke at the [2024 Republican National Convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_Republican_National_Convention \"2024 Republican National Convention\") on July 17.[\\[158\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-159)\n\nOn March 15, 2018, it was announced that the couple had separated and Haydon had filed for [uncontested divorce](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uncontested_divorce \"Uncontested divorce\") in [Manhattan Supreme Court](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manhattan_Supreme_Court \"Manhattan Supreme Court\").[\\[159\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nyt150318-160)[\\[160\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-usatoday-divorcing-161)[\\[161\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-162) However, later it was revealed that the divorce was contested.[\\[162\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-163) The complaint was secret except for the title of the case.[\\[163\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-164) On February 22, 2019, they announced that they settled their divorce at the end of 2018.[\\[164\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-165)\n\nIn 2018, Trump Jr. started dating [Kimberly Guilfoyle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kimberly_Guilfoyle \"Kimberly Guilfoyle\").[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Successor-44)[\\[165\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-166) Guilfoyle had been friends with the Trump family for years.[\\[166\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-167) The two reportedly became engaged on December 31, 2020, Trump Jr.'s 43rd birthday. However, news of the engagement was not made public until January 2022.[\\[167\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-168) Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle mutually ended their engagement sometime in 2024.[\\[168\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-169)\n\nIn December 2021, Trump Jr. switched his official residency from New York to Florida, 2 years after Donald Trump had done so.[\\[169\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-170)[\\[170\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-171)\n\nIn December 2025, it was announced that he had become engaged to socialite [Bettina Anderson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bettina_Anderson \"Bettina Anderson\").[\\[171\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-172)\n\n### Hunting\nTrump Jr. is an enthusiastic [hunter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Game_hunting \"Game hunting\"). Controversy erupted in 2012 when the pictures he had taken of his hunting trophies in 2010 were published, including by [Mia Farrow](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mia_Farrow \"Mia Farrow\"), who reposted them in 2015 and 2019. Trump Jr. responded by saying \"I'm not going to run and hide because the [peta](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People_for_the_Ethical_Treatment_of_Animals \"People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals\") *\\[sic\\]* crazies don't like me\". In one photo, Trump Jr. has his arms around a dead leopard; in another, he is holding a knife in one hand and a bloody elephant tail in the other.[\\[172\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-leopard-173) Although the hunt was legal, anti-hunting activists criticized him. At least one sponsor dropped his father's television show *[The Celebrity Apprentice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Celebrity_Apprentice \"The Celebrity Apprentice\")*.[\\[173\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-174) On [Earth Day](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earth_Day \"Earth Day\") in 2017, Trump Jr. legally hunted [prairie dogs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prairie_dog \"Prairie dog\") in Montana with GOP Congressional candidate [Greg Gianforte](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Gianforte \"Greg Gianforte\").[\\[174\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-175)\n\n[ProPublica](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ProPublica \"ProPublica\") revealed on December 11, 2019, that the government of [Mongolia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mongolia \"Mongolia\") retroactively granted Trump Jr. a hunting permit for the endangered [Argali mountain sheep](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argali \"Argali\").[\\[175\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-176) The sheep hunt and travel to [Ulaanbaatar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulaanbaatar \"Ulaanbaatar\") for a private meeting with Mongolian president [Khaltmaagiin Battulga](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khaltmaagiin_Battulga \"Khaltmaagiin Battulga\") cost U.S. taxpayers \\$76,859.36 for [United States Secret Service](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secret_Service \"United States Secret Service\") protection,[\\[176\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-BBC-Sheep-hunt-177) according to two [Freedom of Information Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freedom_of_Information_Act_\$United_States\$ \"Freedom of Information Act (United States)\") requests by the [Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Citizens_for_Responsibility_and_Ethics_in_Washington \"Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington\") (CREW).[\\[177\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-CREW-FOIA-178)[\\[178\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-FOIA-2-Mongolia-179) [Humane Society International](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humane_Society_International \"Humane Society International\") wildlife vice president Teresa Telecky said, \"For [trophy hunters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trophy_hunter \"Trophy hunter\") to travel to Mongolia to kill a beautiful and endangered ram is an absolute outrage\".[\\[179\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-180)\n\nIn February 2020, Trump Jr. agreed to go on a hunting trip in [Alaska](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alaska \"Alaska\") with the winner of a fundraising auction for [Safari Club International](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Safari_Club_International \"Safari Club International\").[\\[180\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-181) He also regularly visits [Yukon Territory](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yukon_Territory \"Yukon Territory\"), Canada, for hunting.[\\[181\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-182)\n\nIn February, 2025, Trump Jr. was accused of killing a protected duck while hunting in the [Venice lagoon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venetian_Lagoon \"Venetian Lagoon\"). A video of a hunting trip in northern Italy that was published by the Italian newspaper *Corriere del Veneto*[\\[182\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-183) showed Trump Jr with the body of a rare [ruddy shelduck](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruddy_shelduck \"Ruddy shelduck\") (*Tadorna ferruginea*), a species protected throughout Europe by the [EU birds directive](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birds_Directive \"Birds Directive\") and by Italian law.[\\[183\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-184)\n\n## See also\n- [Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia \"Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia\")\n- [Mueller report](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mueller_report \"Mueller report\")\n- [Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections \"Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections\")\n  - [Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections_\$July_2016_%E2%80%93_election_day\$ \"Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)\")\n- [Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_investigations_into_Donald_Trump_and_Russia \"Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia\")\n## Notes\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-67)** [Ron Reagan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Reagan \"Ron Reagan\") and his wife, Doria Palmieri, dropped their service in 1982, citing similar privacy reasons.\n## References\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-1)**\n   [\"Donald Trump profile\"](https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/donald-trump\/). *[Forbes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Forbes \"Forbes\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20171206115608\/https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/donald-trump\/) from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2019.\n2. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-deals_2-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-deals_2-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-deals_2-2)\n   Rizzo, Salvador (November 1, 2019). [\"The Trump brothers' claims that they no longer profit from foreign deals\"](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/11\/01\/trump-brothers-claims-that-they-no-longer-profit-foreign-deals\/). *[The Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post \"The Washington Post\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210114193756\/https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/11\/01\/trump-brothers-claims-that-they-no-longer-profit-foreign-deals\/) from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2019.\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-3)**\n   - Stirewalt, Chris (July 11, 2017). [\"Trump Jr. burns GOP defenders\"](https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-jr-burns-gop-defenders). *[Fox News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fox_News \"Fox News\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170711215052\/http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2017\/07\/11\/trump-jr-burns-gop-defenders.html) from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017.\n   - Ayes, Sabra (July 11, 2017). [\"The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. was unknown in the U.S. – until now\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170712002310\/http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/washington\/la-na-essential-washington-updates-russian-lawyer-an-unkown-in-u-s-and-1499780866-htmlstory.html). *[Los Angeles Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Times \"Los Angeles Times\")*. 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[\"\"Donald Trump Jr accused of killing protected bird in Venice lagoon\"\"](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/feb\/04\/donald-trump-jr-accused-of-killing-protected-bird-in-venice-lagoon). *The Guardian*. 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Donald Trump\") [Twitter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter_use_by_Donald_Trump \"Twitter use by Donald Trump\") [QAnon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/QAnon \"QAnon\") [Donald Trump and fascism](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_and_fascism \"Donald Trump and fascism\") [Trump derangement syndrome](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_derangement_syndrome \"Trump derangement syndrome\") |\n| Involved | [Christina Bobb](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christina_Bobb \"Christina Bobb\") [Kenneth Chesebro](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenneth_Chesebro \"Kenneth Chesebro\") [Jeffrey Clark](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeffrey_Clark \"Jeffrey Clark\") [Joseph diGenova](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_diGenova \"Joseph diGenova\") [John Eastman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Eastman \"John Eastman\") [Jenna Ellis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jenna_Ellis \"Jenna Ellis\") [Rudy 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Clapp](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cameron_Clapp \"Cameron Clapp\") [Isabella DeLuca](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isabella_DeLuca \"Isabella DeLuca\") [Derrick Evans](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Derrick_Evans_\$politician\$ \"Derrick Evans (politician)\") [Nick Fuentes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nick_Fuentes \"Nick Fuentes\") [Tim \"Baked Alaska\" Gionet](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baked_Alaska_\$influencer\$ \"Baked Alaska (influencer)\") [Simone Gold](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Simone_Gold \"Simone Gold\") [Couy Griffin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Couy_Griffin \"Couy Griffin\") [Pamela Hemphill](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pamela_Hemphill \"Pamela Hemphill\") [Alan Hostetter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Hostetter \"Alan Hostetter\") [Adam Christian Johnson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adam_Christian_Johnson \"Adam Christian Johnson\") [Jay Johnston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jay_Johnston \"Jay Johnston\") 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He is the eldest child of [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump\"), the 45th and 47th [president of the United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States \"President of the United States\"), and his first wife, [Ivana Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivana_Trump \"Ivana Trump\").\n\nTrump serves as a [trustee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trustee \"Trustee\") and executive vice president of [the Trump Organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Trump_Organization \"The Trump Organization\"), running the company alongside his younger brother [Eric](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Trump \"Eric Trump\").[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-1) During their [father's first presidency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"First presidency of Donald Trump\"), the brothers continued to engage in deals and investments in foreign countries and collect payments at their U.S. properties from foreign governments, despite pledging not to do so.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-deals-2) He also served as a boardroom judge on the [reality TV](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reality_TV \"Reality TV\") show featuring his father, *[The Apprentice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Apprentice_\$American_TV_series\$ \"The Apprentice (American TV series)\")*. In addition, he authored *[Triggered](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triggered_\$book\$ \"Triggered (book)\")* in 2019 and *[Liberal Privilege](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberal_Privilege \"Liberal Privilege\")* in 2020.\n\nTrump was active in his [father's 2016 presidential campaign](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign \"Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign\"). He cooperated with Russia in their [interference in the 2016 United States elections](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections \"Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections\") and had [a meeting with a Russian lawyer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Tower_meeting \"Trump Tower meeting\") who promised damaging information about the [campaign](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign \"Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign\") of [Hillary Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton \"Hillary Clinton\") in the [2016 presidential election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_United_States_presidential_election \"2016 United States presidential election\").[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-3) Trump campaigned for several Republicans during the [2018 midterm elections](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_United_States_elections \"2018 United States elections\").[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-britannica-4)\n\nTrump was also active in his [father's 2020 presidential campaign](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign \"Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign\"), often on the campaign trail and featured in the news for making unfounded claims.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-britannica-4) During the [election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_United_States_presidential_election \"2020 United States presidential election\"), he called for \"[total war](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Total_war \"Total war\")\" as the results were counted and promoted the [stolen election conspiracy theory](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election#Stop_the_Steal \"Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election\"). Following his father's defeat, he engaged in [attempts to overturn the results](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election \"Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election\").[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-5)[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-DallasMorningNews-2020-11-05-6) He spoke at the [rally](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/January_6_Trump_rally \"January 6 Trump rally\") that led to the [storming of the Capitol](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol \"2021 storming of the United States Capitol\"), where he threatened Trump's opponents that \"we're coming for you.\"[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nytimes-2021-7) In January 2021, [Attorney General for the District of Columbia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attorney_General_for_the_District_of_Columbia \"Attorney General for the District of Columbia\") [Karl Racine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Racine \"Karl Racine\") said that he was looking at whether to charge Trump Jr. with [inciting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Incitement#United_States \"Incitement\") the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in the criminal investigation into the attack.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cnbc-2021-8) [CNN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN \"CNN\") reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to [White House Chief of Staff](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_Chief_of_Staff \"White House Chief of Staff\") [Mark Meadows](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Meadows \"Mark Meadows\") outlining paths to subvert the [Electoral College](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Electoral_College \"United States Electoral College\") process and ensure his father a second term.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-control-9)\n\nAt the [2024 Republican National Convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_Republican_National_Convention \"2024 Republican National Convention\"), he led the introductions of [JD Vance](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JD_Vance \"JD Vance\"), who had been selected as Donald Trump's running mate.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-10)\n\nEarly life\n\nDonald John Trump Jr. was born on December 31, 1977, in [Manhattan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manhattan \"Manhattan\"), New York City, to [Ivana](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivana_Trump \"Ivana Trump\") and [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump\").[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11) He has two younger siblings, [Ivanka](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivanka_Trump \"Ivanka Trump\") and [Eric](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Trump \"Eric Trump\"). He also has two half siblings, [Tiffany](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiffany_Trump \"Tiffany Trump\"), from his father's marriage to [Marla Maples](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marla_Maples \"Marla Maples\"), and [Barron](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barron_Trump \"Barron Trump\"), from his father's current marriage to [Melania Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melania_Trump \"Melania Trump\"). Through his father, Trump is a grandson of [Fred Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Trump \"Fred Trump\") and [Mary Anne MacLeod](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Anne_MacLeod_Trump \"Mary Anne MacLeod Trump\"), and a great-grandson of [Frederick Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_Trump \"Frederick Trump\") and [Elizabeth Christ Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_Christ_Trump \"Elizabeth Christ Trump\"), the latter of whom founded what became the Trump Organization. As a boy, Trump found a role model in his maternal grandfather, Miloš Zelníček, who had a home near [Prague](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague \"Prague\"), where he spent summers camping, fishing, hunting and learning the [Czech language](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Czech_language \"Czech language\").[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-12)\n\nHis parents divorced when he was 12 years old due to his father having an [extramarital affair](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extramarital_affair \"Extramarital affair\").[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-13) Trump Jr. was estranged from his father for one year after the divorce, furious at his actions which broke up the family.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-14)\n\nTrump was educated at [Buckley School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buckley_School_\$New_York_City\$ \"Buckley School (New York City)\")[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-15) and [The Hill School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hill_School \"The Hill School\"), a college preparatory boarding school in [Pottstown](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pottstown,_Pennsylvania \"Pottstown, Pennsylvania\"), Pennsylvania, followed by the [University of Pennsylvania](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Pennsylvania \"University of Pennsylvania\")'s (Penn) [Wharton School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wharton_School \"Wharton School\"), where he graduated in 2000 with a [B.S.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bachelor_of_Science \"Bachelor of Science\") in [Economics](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economics \"Economics\").[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-16)\n\nCareer\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/e8\/Don_Jr._headshot.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Don_Jr._headshot.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. in 2009\n\nAfter graduating from [Penn](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Pennsylvania \"University of Pennsylvania\") in 2000, Trump moved to [Aspen, Colorado](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aspen,_Colorado \"Aspen, Colorado\"), where he hunted, fished, skied, lived in a truck, and worked as a bartender for a year, before returning to join the [Trump Organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Organization \"Trump Organization\") in New York. Trump has supervised building projects, which included [40 Wall Street](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/40_Wall_Street \"40 Wall Street\"), [Trump International Hotel and Tower](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_International_Hotel_and_Tower_\$Chicago\$ \"Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)\"), and [Trump Park Avenue](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Park_Avenue \"Trump Park Avenue\"),[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cohan201702-17) In 2006 he helped launch [Trump Mortgage](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Mortgage \"Trump Mortgage\"), which collapsed less than a year later.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11) In 2010, he became a spokesperson and \"executive director of global branding\" for [Cambridge Who's Who](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cambridge_Who%27s_Who \"Cambridge Who's Who\"), a [vanity publisher](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanity_press \"Vanity press\") against whom hundreds of complaints had already been filed with the [Better Business Bureau](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Better_Business_Bureau \"Better Business Bureau\").[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11)[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-18) He appeared as a guest adviser and judge on many episodes of his father's reality television show *[The Apprentice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Apprentice_\$American_TV_series\$ \"The Apprentice (American TV series)\")*, from [season 5](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Apprentice_\$American_TV_series\$_season_5 \"The Apprentice (American TV series) season 5\") in 2006 to [his father's last season](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Apprentice_\$American_TV_series\$_season_14 \"The Apprentice (American TV series) season 14\") in 2015.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-19)\n\nTrump Organization\n\nOn January 11, 2017, Trump's father announced that he and his brother Eric would oversee a trust that included the Trump Organization's assets while his father was president, to avert a [conflict of interest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conflict_of_interest \"Conflict of interest\").[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-20)\n\nAmid the [Trump–Ukraine scandal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal \"Trump–Ukraine scandal\") – where Trump asked the Ukrainian president to investigate [Joe Biden](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden \"Joe Biden\") and his son [Hunter Biden](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hunter_Biden \"Hunter Biden\") – Trump Jr. strongly criticized Hunter Biden, accusing him of nepotism and leveraging his father as a means to get financial benefits. Trump Jr. said, \"When you're the father and your son's entire career is dependent on that, they own you.\" Trump Jr. was widely ridiculed for these remarks by [Trevor Noah](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trevor_Noah \"Trevor Noah\") and others. Trump Jr. is a high-level executive in his father's business and continued to operate and promote the family's businesses across the world during Trump's presidency.[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-21)[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-22)[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-23)[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-24) The [Associated Press](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Associated_Press \"Associated Press\") wrote of Trump Jr.'s, remarks that he was \"showing no self-awareness that he, too, has at least in part been successful because of a famous father\".[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-25) According to *[The Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post \"The Washington Post\")* fact-checker, Trump Jr.'s assertion that he and his family members had gotten out of foreign business deals after Trump became president is false.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-deals-2) *The Washington Post* reported that after Trump became president, \"Trump's sons have been busy selling assets to foreign individuals, expanding or adding onto their existing deals and investments in foreign countries, and collecting payments in U.S. properties from foreign governments.\"[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-deals-2)\n\nIn February 2018, advertisements in Indian newspapers promoted a deal whereby anyone who purchased [Trump Organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Organization \"Trump Organization\") apartments in [Gurgaon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gurgaon \"Gurgaon\") before February 20 would be invited to have a \"conversation and dinner\" with Trump Jr. The ads were criticized by corruption watchdogs as unethical.[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-26)[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-27)\n\nA ruling which was handed down on February 16, 2024 barred Trump from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York, including the Trump Organization, for two years.[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-28)\n\nIn November 2024, Trump announced that he would be joining [1789 Capital](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1789_Capital \"1789 Capital\") as a partner.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-29)[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-30) In 2025, he announced that the firm would invest in the [Enhanced Games](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enhanced_Games \"Enhanced Games\"), a proposed sports event that will allow [performance enhancing drugs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Performance_enhancing_drugs \"Performance enhancing drugs\").[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Financial_Times_2025-02-13-31) He joined the advisory board of drone company Unusual Machines in November 2024.[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-32)\n\nIn December 2024, it was announced that Trump was joining the board of directors of [PublicSquare](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_Square_\$company\$ \"Public Square (company)\").[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-33)\n\nPodcast\n\nIn 2023, Trump launched a podcast, *Triggered with Don Jr*, on the platform [Rumble](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rumble_\$website\$ \"Rumble (website)\").[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-34)[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-35)\n\nExecutive Branch private membership club\n\nIn April 2025, the *Executive Branch*, a Washington, D.C., private membership club opened with a party that was reported to have included members of the [Trump administration](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"Second presidency of Donald Trump\"), \"wealthy CEOs, tech founders, and policy experts\".[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-36) The club was co-founded by Trump, [David O. Sacks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_O._Sacks \"David O. Sacks\"), [Cameron Winklevoss](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cameron_Winklevoss \"Cameron Winklevoss\"), and [Tyler Winklevoss](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tyler_Winklevoss \"Tyler Winklevoss\"), and is owned by Trump, [Omeed Malik](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omeed_Malik \"Omeed Malik\"), [Chris Buskirk](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Buskirk \"Chris Buskirk\") of [Rockbridge Network](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rockbridge_Network \"Rockbridge Network\") and [1789 Capital](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1789_Capital \"1789 Capital\"), and Alex and Steve Witkoff, sons of [Steve Witkoff](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Witkoff \"Steve Witkoff\").[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-37)[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-38)\n\nInvolvement in politics\n\n2016 presidential campaign\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/da\/Donald_Trump_Jr_at_rally_in_Iowa.jpg\/250px-Donald_Trump_Jr_at_rally_in_Iowa.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Donald_Trump_Jr_at_rally_in_Iowa.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. campaigning for his father in Iowa, November 2016\n\nAhead of the [2016 presidential election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_United_States_presidential_election \"2016 United States presidential election\"), Trump Jr. was a central member of his father's campaign,[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-39) characterized by *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")* as a \"close political adviser\".[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) He spoke at the [Republican National Convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Republican_National_Convention \"2016 Republican National Convention\"), along with his siblings Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany.[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40)\n\nTrump Jr. influenced his father's choice of [Secretary of the Interior](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior \"United States Secretary of the Interior\") [Ryan Zinke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ryan_Zinke \"Ryan Zinke\") during the presidential transition.[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-41)[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-42) Since his father's victory in the 2016 election, Trump Jr. has developed what *The Washington Post* calls a \"public persona as a right-wing provocateur and ardent defender of [Trumpism](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trumpism \"Trumpism\")\".[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-43) *The Atlantic* reported in 2019 that Trump had described Trump Jr. in 2017 as \"not the sharpest knife in the drawer\".[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Successor-44) Trump Jr. earned the nickname \"Fredo\" among some Trump campaign staffers, a reference to [a character](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fredo_Corleone \"Fredo Corleone\") in *[The Godfather](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Godfather \"The Godfather\")*.[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-45)[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-46)\n\nTrump Tower meeting\n\nOn June 9, 2016, Trump Jr. attended a meeting arranged by publicist [Rob Goldstone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rob_Goldstone \"Rob Goldstone\") on behalf of Azerbaijani-Russian businessman [Emin Agalarov](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emin_Agalarov \"Emin Agalarov\").[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-npr071117-47) The meeting was held in [Trump Tower](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Tower \"Trump Tower\") in [Manhattan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manhattan \"Manhattan\"), among three members of the presidential campaign: Trump Jr., [Jared Kushner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jared_Kushner \"Jared Kushner\"), and [Paul Manafort](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Manafort \"Paul Manafort\") – and Russian lawyer [Natalia Veselnitskaya](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Natalia_Veselnitskaya \"Natalia Veselnitskaya\"), her translator Anatoli Samochornov, Russian-American lobbyist [Rinat Akhmetshin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rinat_Akhmetshin \"Rinat Akhmetshin\"), and [Ike Kaveladze](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ike_Kaveladze \"Ike Kaveladze\"), a [Georgian-American](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgian-American \"Georgian-American\"), U.S.-based senior vice president at Crocus Group, the real estate development company run by [Aras Agalarov](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aras_Agalarov \"Aras Agalarov\").[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-npr071117-47)\n\nApproximately a year later, Trump Jr. initially told the media that [adoption of Russian children](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dima_Yakovlev_Law \"Dima Yakovlev Law\") was the main subject of the meeting.[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-48) On July 8, 2017, Trump Jr. tweeted his email exchange with [Goldstone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rob_Goldstone \"Rob Goldstone\").[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-49) It revealed that Trump Jr. had agreed to attend the meeting with the understanding he would receive information damaging to [Hillary Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton \"Hillary Clinton\").[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-read-the-emails-50) Goldstone also wrote in one of Trump Jr.'s publicly disclosed emails that the Russian government was involved.[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-read-the-emails-50) [Robert Mueller](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Mueller \"Robert Mueller\"), the [special counsel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_counsel \"Special counsel\") of the [Department of Justice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Department_of_Justice \"U.S. Department of Justice\") in charge of Russia-related investigations, investigated the emails and the meeting.[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Prokupecz-51) Although the White House lauded Trump Jr. for his transparency, he released the e-mails only after *The New York Times* had informed him that they had them and were going to publish a story about them.[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-52)\n\nIn June 2019, Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee made a criminal referral of Trump Jr. to federal prosecutors on suspicions that he misled the committee with his testimony.[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-53)\n\nMeeting with Gulf states emissary\n\nTrump Jr. had a meeting in August 2016 with an emissary for the [United Arab Emirates](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Arab_Emirates \"United Arab Emirates\") and [Saudi Arabia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Arabia \"Saudi Arabia\") who offered help to the Trump presidential campaign.[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nytimes-54) The meeting included [Joel Zamel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikistrat \"Wikistrat\"), an Israeli specialist in [social media manipulation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_media_manipulation \"Social media manipulation\"); [George Nader](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Nader_\$businessman\$ \"George Nader (businessman)\"), an envoy representing the crown princes of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia; and American businessman [Erik Prince](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erik_Prince \"Erik Prince\").[\\[55\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-55)[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nytimes-54)\n\nCorrespondence with WikiLeaks\n\nIn November 2017, news broke that [Julian Assange](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julian_Assange \"Julian Assange\") had used the [WikiLeaks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WikiLeaks \"WikiLeaks\") Twitter account to correspond with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 presidential election. Trump Jr. had already provided this correspondence to congressional investigators who were looking into [Russian interference in the 2016 election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections \"Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections\").[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-secret-56)[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-wikileaks-57)[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-58)\n\nThe correspondence showed that WikiLeaks actively solicited the cooperation of Trump Jr., who was a campaign surrogate and advisor in the campaign of his father.[\\[59\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-59)[\\[60\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-60) WikiLeaks urged the Trump campaign to reject the results of the 2016 presidential election at a time when it appeared the Trump campaign would lose. WikiLeaks asked Trump Jr. to share a made-up[\\[61\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-61) claim by [True Pundit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/True_Pundit \"True Pundit\") that Hillary Clinton had wanted to attack Assange with drones. WikiLeaks also shared a link to a website that would help people search through the [hacked e-mails](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Podesta_emails \"Podesta emails\") of Clinton campaign manager [John Podesta](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Podesta \"John Podesta\"), which WikiLeaks had recently made public. Trump Jr. shared both.[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-secret-56)[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-wikileaks-57)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/89\/Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%2848513758216%29_%28cropped%29.jpg\/250px-Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%2848513758216%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Donald_Trump,_Jr._\$48513758216\$_\$cropped\$.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. speaks at the 2019 Teen Student Action Summit hosted by [Turning Point USA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turning_Point_USA \"Turning Point USA\"), 2019.\n\n2018 midterm election campaigns\n\nDuring the [2018 midterms election cycle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_United_States_elections \"2018 United States elections\"), Trump actively campaigned on behalf of Republican candidates, including for [Matt Rosendale](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Rosendale \"Matt Rosendale\"), [Patrick Morrisey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patrick_Morrisey \"Patrick Morrisey\"), [Mike Braun](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Braun \"Mike Braun\"), [Ron DeSantis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_DeSantis \"Ron DeSantis\"), [Lee Zeldin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lee_Zeldin \"Lee Zeldin\") and [Matt Gaetz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Gaetz \"Matt Gaetz\").[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-62) He raised millions of dollars for Republican candidates, was second only to his father in his ability to draw crowds to campaign events, and is credited with helping Republican candidates win.[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Successor-44)\n\nOther political activities\n\nIn 2007, Trump Jr. gave \\$4,000 to then-Senator [Hillary Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton \"Hillary Clinton\")'s campaign to be the [Democratic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_\$United_States\$ \"Democratic Party (United States)\") presidential nominee.[\\[63\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-63)\n\nIn 2011, Trump Jr. responded to criticism of the [Tea Party movement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tea_Party_movement \"Tea Party movement\") by Florida representative [Frederica Wilson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederica_Wilson \"Frederica Wilson\") by confusing Wilson with California representative [Maxine Waters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxine_Waters \"Maxine Waters\") and saying her colorful hats made her look like a [stripper](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stripper \"Stripper\").[\\[64\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-64)\n\nIn April 2017, he campaigned for Montana congressional candidate [Greg Gianforte](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Gianforte \"Greg Gianforte\"),[\\[65\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-65) and in May met with [Republican National Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_National_Committee \"Republican National Committee\") officials to discuss the party's strategy and resources.[\\[66\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-66)\n\nIn September 2017, Trump Jr. asked to have his [Secret Service](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secret_Service \"United States Secret Service\") detail removed, telling friends he wanted more privacy, the second presidential child to do so.[\\[a\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-67) The request was criticized by former Secret Service agents.[\\[67\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-68) Trump Jr.'s protection was restored later that month.[\\[68\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-69)\n\nIn October 2020, it was reported that Pennsylvania Republicans were suggesting Trump Jr. run for the vacant Senate seat in Pennsylvania in [2022](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania \"2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania\") after two-term incumbent [Pat Toomey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pat_Toomey \"Pat Toomey\") announced he would not be seeking re-election.[\\[69\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-70) In the same month, Trump Jr. held a crowded indoor rally where attendees did not wear masks, contradicting public health guidelines.[\\[70\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-71)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/aa\/Kevin_McCarthy_joins_Donald_Trump_Jr.%27s_video_podcast_in_2023.jpg\/250px-Kevin_McCarthy_joins_Donald_Trump_Jr.%27s_video_podcast_in_2023.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kevin_McCarthy_joins_Donald_Trump_Jr.%27s_video_podcast_in_2023.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. with Speaker of the House [Kevin McCarthy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_McCarthy \"Kevin McCarthy\") in 2023\n\nIn an October 29 interview with [Fox News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fox_News \"Fox News\")'s [Laura Ingraham](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laura_Ingraham \"Laura Ingraham\"), Trump Jr. asserted that the coronavirus death rate has dropped to \"almost nothing\", adding \"(b)ecause we've gotten control of this thing. We understand how it works – they have the therapeutics to be able to deal with this. If you look at that, look at my Instagram, it's gone down to almost nothing.\"[\\[71\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-72) On that day, the number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. was 1,063.[\\[72\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-73)\n\nBefore his father's loss in the 2020 election, Trump was the subject of speculation for a [2024](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_United_States_presidential_election \"2024 United States presidential election\") run for president.[\\[73\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-74)[\\[74\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-75) In October 2020, he posted a photo to his Instagram account of a \"Don Jr. 2024\" flag.[\\[75\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-76)[\\[76\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-77)\n\nMichael Cohen reimbursement payments\n\nOn May 28, 2024, an email was shown during defense closing arguments in Trump Sr.'s [New York criminal trial](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York \"Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York\") which revealed that longtime Trump Organization comptroller Jeffrey McConnery, who was previously acknowledged to have organized Trump Sr.'s reimbursement payments to [Michael Cohen](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Cohen_\$lawyer\$ \"Michael Cohen (lawyer)\") following the hush money payments Cohen made to [Stormy Daniels](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stormy_Daniels \"Stormy Daniels\"), sought approval from both Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.[\\[77\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-closingargumentsdefense-78) Trump Jr. signed some of the reimbursement checks to Cohen as well.[\\[77\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-closingargumentsdefense-78)[\\[78\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-79)\n\nViews\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b1\/Donald_Trump_Jr._crop.jpg\/250px-Donald_Trump_Jr._crop.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Donald_Trump_Jr._crop.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. speaking in 2020\n\nRace and immigration\n\nDuring his father's presidential campaign, Trump Jr. caused controversy in 2016 when he posted an image that compared Syrian refugees to [Skittles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skittles_\$confectionery\$ \"Skittles (confectionery)\"), saying \"If I had a bowl of Skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful? That's our Syrian refugee problem.\"[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40)[\\[79\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-80)[\\[80\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-taste-81) The makers of Skittles condemned the tweet, saying \"Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy.\"[\\[80\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-taste-81)[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) The [Cato Institute](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cato_Institute \"Cato Institute\") stated that year that the chances \"an American would be killed in a terrorist attack committed by a refugee was one in 3.64 billion\" per year.[\\[81\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-82)[\\[82\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-83)\n\nOn March 1, 2016, an interview with [white supremacist](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_supremacy \"White supremacy\") [James Edwards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Political_Cesspool#James_Edwards \"The Political Cesspool\") and Trump Jr. was aired. The campaign initially denied the interview had taken place; later Trump Jr. claimed it was unintentional.[\\[83\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-84) As a consequence of the interview, mainstream media outlets have accused Trump Jr. of being either a believer in the [white genocide conspiracy theory](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_genocide_conspiracy_theory \"White genocide conspiracy theory\"),[\\[84\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-85) or pretending to be an advocate for political gain.[\\[85\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-86)\n\nIn September 2016, Trump Jr. cited [Holocaust](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Holocaust \"The Holocaust\") imagery to criticize what he perceived as the mainstream media's uncritical coverage of Hillary Clinton during her campaign, by \"letting her slide on every discrepancy\", while also accusing Democrats involved in the 2016 campaign of lying. Trump Jr. said if the Republicans were committing the same offences mainstream outlets would be \"warming up the gas chamber right now\".[\\[86\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-rapp-87)[\\[87\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nguyen-88) Also that month, Trump Jr. shared an image on [Instagram](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Instagram \"Instagram\") depicting a cross between his father and [Pepe the Frog](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pepe_the_Frog \"Pepe the Frog\"). When asked on *[Good Morning America](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Good_Morning_America \"Good Morning America\")* about Pepe the Frog and its associations with [white supremacy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_supremacy \"White supremacy\"), Trump Jr. said he had never heard of Pepe the Frog and thought it was just a \"frog with a wig\".[\\[88\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-89)[\\[89\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-90)\n\nIn April 2017, Trump Jr. lauded conspiracy theorist [Mike Cernovich](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Cernovich \"Mike Cernovich\"), who has promoted the debunked [white genocide](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_genocide_conspiracy_theory \"White genocide conspiracy theory\") and [Pizzagate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory \"Pizzagate conspiracy theory\") conspiracy theories,[\\[90\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-91) saying, \"In a long gone time of unbiased journalism he'd win the [Pulitzer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize \"Pulitzer Prize\")\".[\\[91\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-92)[\\[92\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-93)\n\nIn August 2020, the [Southern Poverty Law Center](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center \"Southern Poverty Law Center\") reported that Trump Jr. appeared at a far-right \"We Build the Wall\" event with [Jack Posobiec](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_Posobiec \"Jack Posobiec\") in July 2019.[\\[93\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-:0-94)\n\nPromotion of conspiracy theories\n\nTrump Jr. [retweeted](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Retweet \"Retweet\") conspiratorial remarks by white supremacist [Kevin B. MacDonald](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_MacDonald_\$evolutionary_psychologist\$ \"Kevin MacDonald (evolutionary psychologist)\") about alleged [favors exchanged by Hillary Clinton and Switzerland's largest bank](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clinton_Foundation%E2%80%93State_Department_controversy#Switzerland.27s_largest_bank \"Clinton Foundation–State Department controversy\").[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) On the campaign trail, Trump Jr. promoted [Alex Jones](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alex_Jones \"Alex Jones\")' conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton wore an earpiece to a presidential forum[\\[94\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-95)[\\[95\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-96)[\\[96\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-97) and that official unemployment rates were manipulated for political purposes.[\\[97\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-98)\n\nIn May 2017, Trump Jr. promoted what [CNN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN \"CNN\") called the \"long-debunked, far-right conspiracy theory\" that [Bill Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton \"Bill Clinton\") was linked to [Vince Foster's death](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suicide_of_Vince_Foster \"Suicide of Vince Foster\").[\\[98\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-99) In November, Trump Jr. again promoted the conspiracy theory that [the Clintons had murdered people](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clinton_body_count_conspiracy_theory \"Clinton body count conspiracy theory\").[\\[99\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-100)\n\nIn February 2018, Trump Jr. liked two [tweets](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter \"Twitter\") promoting a [conspiracy theory](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conspiracy_theory \"Conspiracy theory\") that survivors of the [Stoneman Douglas High School shooting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stoneman_Douglas_High_School_shooting \"Stoneman Douglas High School shooting\") were coached into propagating anti-Trump rhetoric.[\\[100\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-101)[\\[101\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-102)\n\nIn May 2018, Trump Jr. retweeted a false and [antisemitic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antisemitism \"Antisemitism\") conspiracy theory that [George Soros](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Soros \"George Soros\"), the Jewish Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist, was a \"nazi *\\[sic\\]* who turned in his fellow Jews to be murdered in German concentration camps & stole their wealth\".[\\[102\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-barr-103)[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11)[\\[103\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-roseanne-104) The tweets originated from [Roseanne Barr](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roseanne_Barr \"Roseanne Barr\"), whose TV show *[Roseanne](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roseanne_\$TV_series\$ \"Roseanne (TV series)\")* was canceled the same day after she had posted a series of racist and antisemitic tweets.[\\[102\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-barr-103) A spokesperson for Soros responded to the tweets, \"George Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary as a 13-year-old child by going into hiding and assuming a false identity with the help of his father, who managed to save his own family and help many other Jews survive the Holocaust\".[\\[103\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-roseanne-104)\n\nIn June 2018, Trump Jr. liked a tweet suggesting that the migrant children separated from their parents due to the [Trump administration family separation policy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_administration_family_separation_policy \"Trump administration family separation policy\") were actually actors.[\\[104\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-105)\n\nIn September 2018, when [Hurricane Florence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Florence \"Hurricane Florence\") was affecting the United States, Trump Jr. tweeted a picture of CNN journalist [Anderson Cooper](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anderson_Cooper \"Anderson Cooper\") waist-deep in floodwaters when another man in the same picture was standing knee-deep a distance away. In the same tweet, Trump Jr. included a link to a *[Breitbart News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breitbart_News \"Breitbart News\")* article claiming that CNN's ratings had dropped by 41%, and proposed a conspiracy theory that CNN was \"lying to try to make \\[his father, President Trump\\] look bad\". In actuality, the picture of Cooper was about 10 years old, taken during 2008's [Hurricane Ike](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Ike \"Hurricane Ike\") before Trump became president, and Cooper was videoed talking about how the floodwaters were receding.[\\[105\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-106)[\\[106\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-107)\n\nIn May 2020, Trump Jr. falsely accused [Joe Biden](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden \"Joe Biden\") of being a [pedophile](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pedophilia \"Pedophilia\").[\\[107\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-108)[\\[108\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-109) After Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2025, Trump Jr. launched a conspiracy theory questioning how [Jill Biden](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jill_Biden \"Jill Biden\"), who received a doctoral degree, missed the signs and whether it was [covered up](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cover-up \"Cover-up\"). Trump Jr.'s response was seen as an outlier compared to other politicians including his father's, and was a subject of criticism. However, he had also [liked](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Like_button \"Like button\") a post wishing Biden a speedy recovery, \"politics aside.\"[\\[109\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-110)[\\[110\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-111)\n\nIn August 2020, Trump Jr. shared a *Breitbart News* article about more than 800 dead people voting in Michigan which was framed to suggest that the ballots were not legitimately cast and thus showed evidence of extensive voter fraud; however, the voters in question died after submitting the ballots, and the ballots were rejected by Michigan authorities who knew the voters had died before the election date.[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-112) In September 2020, he again pushed false claims about voter fraud by asserting, \"The radical left are laying the groundwork to steal this election from my father\". He added: \"Their plan is to add millions of fraudulent ballots that can cancel your vote and overturn the election\" and asked \"able-bodied\" people to join an election security \"army\" for his father. Facebook and Twitter affixed labels to the video which pointed to accurate information about voting.[\\[112\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-113)\n\nIn November 2020, after [Pfizer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pfizer \"Pfizer\") announced that it had developed a [COVID-19 vaccine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pfizer%E2%80%93BioNTech_COVID-19_vaccine \"Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine\") with 90% effectiveness, Trump Jr. suggested that the vaccine had been held back in order to hurt his father's chances of winning the election.[\\[113\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-114)[\\[114\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-115) Pfizer CEO [Albert Bourla](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Bourla \"Albert Bourla\") dismissed the suggestion, saying that the company had always planned to rely on the \"speed of science\".[\\[115\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-116)\n\nAfter [Russia invaded Ukraine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine \"2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine\") in February 2022, Trump Jr. amplified baseless Russian state propaganda which claimed that [the US and Ukraine were developing biological weapons](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine_bioweapons_conspiracy_theory \"Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory\").[\\[116\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-117)[\\[117\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-118)\n\nCOVID-19 misinformation\n\nTrump Jr. was given a 12-hour restriction by Twitter in July 2020 after he promoted misinformation about [COVID-19](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coronavirus_disease_2019 \"Coronavirus disease 2019\") by retweeting a video showing [Houston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston \"Houston\") doctor [Stella Immanuel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stella_Immanuel \"Stella Immanuel\") promoting [hydroxychloroquine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hydroxychloroquine \"Hydroxychloroquine\") as a cure, despite conflicting studies, and by claiming that masks were unnecessary. Twitter later said that it restricted his ability to tweet or retweet for 12 hours for violating its [COVID-19 misinformation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_misinformation \"COVID-19 misinformation\") policy.[\\[118\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-119)[\\[119\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-120)[\\[120\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-121)[\\[121\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-122)\n\nOn October 29, 2020, Trump Jr. criticized the media's focus on new infections rather than on deaths, saying on Fox News, \"why aren't they talking about deaths? Oh, oh, because the number is almost nothing. Because we've gotten control of this, and we understand how it works.\" On the day Trump Jr. made that comment, [the United States registered roughly 1,000 COVID-19 deaths](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States \"COVID-19 pandemic in the United States\").[\\[122\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Politico_20201030-123)[\\[123\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-124)\n\nOther\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c6\/AmericaFest_2025_-_Donald_Trump_Jr_08_%28cropped%29.jpg\/250px-AmericaFest_2025_-_Donald_Trump_Jr_08_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:AmericaFest_2025_-_Donald_Trump_Jr_08_\$cropped\$.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. at [AmericaFest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turning_Point_USA \"Turning Point USA\") 2025\n\nIn November 2019, Trump Jr. tweeted the name of the alleged whistleblower who brought to light the [Trump-Ukraine scandal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal \"Trump–Ukraine scandal\").[\\[124\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-125)[\\[125\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-126) Whistleblower conventions are intended to protect the identity of individuals who expose wrongdoing in government. [Agence France-Presse](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agence_France-Presse \"Agence France-Presse\") attempted to independently verify the identity that Trump Jr. tweeted but was unable to do so.[\\[126\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-127)\n\nIn June 2020, during the [COVID-19 pandemic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic \"COVID-19 pandemic\"), Trump Jr. accused liberals of hypocrisy, for imposing restrictive measures and social distancing guidelines on businesses while holding the \"Action for Black Trans Lives\" protest for the rights of African American [transgender](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transgender \"Transgender\") people.[\\[127\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-128)\n\nTrump Jr. has accused [big tech](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Tech \"Big Tech\") companies of being biased against conservatives and has claimed that a [deep state](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deep_state_in_the_United_States \"Deep state in the United States\") sought to undermine Trump during his presidency.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-britannica-4)\n\nAttempts to overturn the 2020 election\n\nTrump had a prominent role in his father's [attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election \"Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election\"), threatening Republican lawmakers who did not take part in it.[\\[128\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-129) In November 2020, he advocated \"[total war](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Total_war \"Total war\")\" instead of completion of vote counting in the [2020 United States elections](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_United_States_elections \"2020 United States elections\").[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-DallasMorningNews-2020-11-05-6)\n\nCNN reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to [White House Chief of Staff](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_Chief_of_Staff \"White House Chief of Staff\") [Mark Meadows](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Meadows \"Mark Meadows\") outlining paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term.[\\[129\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-130) He wrote, \"It's very simple. We have multiple paths. We control them all. We have operational control. Total leverage. Moral high ground. POTUS must start second term now.\" He continued, \"Republicans control 28 states Democrats 22 states. Once again Trump wins,\" adding, \"We either have a vote WE control and WE win OR it gets kicked to Congress 6 January 2021.\" Biden had not yet been declared the winner at the time of the text.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-control-9)[\\[130\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-131)\n\nRelation to the January 6 Capitol attack\n\nTogether with his father and other speakers, on January 6, 2021, Trump Jr. spoke to an audience and, speaking about reluctant GOP lawmakers saying, \"If you're gonna be the zero and not the hero, we're coming for you\".[\\[131\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-132) President Trump further [incited](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Incitement_to_terrorism \"Incitement to terrorism\") the crowd which then marched to the [US Capitol building](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/US_Capitol_building \"US Capitol building\"), where they [forced entry](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Forced_entry \"Forced entry\"), broke windows and [vandalized](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vandalize \"Vandalize\") the building. One woman was killed, and a police officer and three other people died during or shortly after the incursion.[\\[132\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-133)\n\n[Television host](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Television_host \"Television host\") and former congressman [Joe Scarborough](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Scarborough \"Joe Scarborough\") called for the arrest of Trump Jr., along with his father and Rudolph Giuliani, for [insurrection](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Insurrection \"Insurrection\") against the United States.[\\[133\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-thehill-2021-134) Following his father's permanent ban from [Twitter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter \"Twitter\") on January 8, 2021, Donald Trump Jr. claimed that [free speech](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_speech \"Free speech\") \"no longer exists in America\".[\\[134\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-135)\n\nOn March 5, 2021, Representative [Eric Swalwell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Swalwell \"Eric Swalwell\") filed a civil lawsuit against Trump Jr. and three others (his father, Representative [Mo Brooks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mo_Brooks \"Mo Brooks\"), and [Rudy Giuliani](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rudy_Giuliani \"Rudy Giuliani\")), seeking damages for their alleged role in inciting the riot.[\\[135\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-136)\n\nIn December 2021, text messages released by Meadows revealed that Trump Jr. begged Meadows to persuade his father to stop the attack.[\\[136\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-137)[\\[137\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-138)\n\nCriminal investigation\n\nOn January 11, 2021, [D.C. attorney general](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attorney_General_for_the_District_of_Columbia \"Attorney General for the District of Columbia\") [Karl Racine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Racine \"Karl Racine\") said that Donald Trump Jr. is a [person of interest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Person_of_interest \"Person of interest\") in the criminal investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol and that he is looking at whether to charge him, along with [Rudy Giuliani](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rudy_Giuliani \"Rudy Giuliani\") and [Mo Brooks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mo_Brooks \"Mo Brooks\"), with inciting the violent attack.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cnbc-2021-8)[\\[138\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-139)\n\nFraud investigation\n\nOn January 14, 2021, it became known that Trump Jr. is a person of interest in the [criminal investigation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Criminal_investigation \"Criminal investigation\") into [misuse](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Misuse \"Misuse\") of his father's inaugural funds in Washington D.C., and that [prosecutors](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prosecutor \"Prosecutor\") intend to interview him over his role in \"grossly overpaying\" for use of event space at the [Trump Hotel in Washington](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Hotel_DC \"Trump Hotel DC\") for the 2017 inauguration.[\\[139\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cnn-fraud-investigation-140) In May 2022, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine reached a \\$750,000 settlement with the inaugural committee without requiring an admission of wrongdoing.[\\[140\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Klasfeld2022-141)\n\nBooks\n\n*Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us*\n\nIn 2019, Trump Jr. released the book, *[Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triggered_\$book\$ \"Triggered (book)\")*. The book is critical of [political correctness](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_correctness \"Political correctness\"), and argues that the American left has a [victimhood](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victim_mentality \"Victim mentality\") complex.[\\[141\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142) *The Washington Post* commented: \"yet, in his telling, the real victim is often him, his father or another Trump family member\".[\\[141\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142) In the book, Trump Jr. pushes conspiracy theories about how the [intelligence community](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Intelligence_Community \"United States Intelligence Community\") has attempted to harm President Trump, comparing President Trump's experiences with the [FBI](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation \"Federal Bureau of Investigation\") harassment campaign against civil rights leader [Martin Luther King Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther_King_Jr. \"Martin Luther King Jr.\")[\\[142\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-book-143) Trump Jr. wrote of a visit to [Arlington National Cemetery](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arlington_National_Cemetery \"Arlington National Cemetery\") (a military cemetery), commenting that he got emotional looking at the graves and that it reminded him of \"all the sacrifices\" the Trump family had made, including \"voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were 'profiting off of the office'.\"[\\[141\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142)[\\[142\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-book-143) Fact-checkers have reported that Trump still owns the family business, and that the Trump family have continued to engage in international business deals since Trump became president.[\\[141\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142) In a review for *The Washington Post*, [Carlos Lozada](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlos_Lozada_\$journalist\$ \"Carlos Lozada (journalist)\") said that it \"fails as memoir and as polemic: its analysis is facile, its hypocrisy relentless, its self-awareness marginal (the writing is wretched, even by the standards of political vanity projects)\".[\\[143\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-144)\n\nThe book was a [*New York Times* best-seller](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list \"The New York Times Best Seller list\"). The book was purchased in bulk by at least nine Republican organizations, candidates or advocacy groups, including N.R.C.C. and the [RNC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_National_Committee \"Republican National Committee\") which bought \\$75,000 and \\$100,000 worth of the books, respectively. [Turning Point USA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turning_Point_USA \"Turning Point USA\") and the National Republican Senatorial Committee purchased approximately 2,000 and 2,500 books, respectively.[\\[144\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-145)\n\n*Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible*\n\nIn 2020, Trump Jr. self-published the book *Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible*. Trump Jr. reportedly hired three researchers to collect information about [Joe Biden](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden \"Joe Biden\") and spent three months writing the book.[\\[145\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-NYT-Karni-146) Trump Jr. explained to *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")* his reasons: \"While I had no plans for a book this year, I was stuck indoors like the rest of the nation during the pandemic\", he said, adding that he \"decided to highlight Biden's half century of being a swamp monster, since the media wouldn't do it\". The same article stated that he decided to self-publish because he could count on the publicity of \"his own platform – and the promise of bulk purchases from the RNC\".[\\[145\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-NYT-Karni-146)\n\nThe book was indeed bought in bulk by the RNC.[\\[146\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-147) On October 28, 2020, the RNC paid over \\$300,000 of donor money to Pursuit Venture LLC, a company owned by Trump Jr., for \"donor mementos\". It was the most money the RNC had ever paid for this purpose.[\\[147\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-148) The hardcover retails for \\$29.99, which suggests roughly how many copies might have been purchased, and the RNC's intent was to give a copy to people who donated \\$50–\\$100.[\\[148\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-149)\n\nPersonal life\n\nFamily\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/19\/Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%26_Kimberly_Guilfoyle_%2848513772081%29.jpg\/250px-Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%26_Kimberly_Guilfoyle_%2848513772081%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Donald_Trump,_Jr._%26_Kimberly_Guilfoyle_\$48513772081\$.jpg)\n\nTrump Jr. with [Kimberly Guilfoyle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kimberly_Guilfoyle \"Kimberly Guilfoyle\") in July 2019\n\nIn 2003, Trump Jr. began dating model [Vanessa Kay Haydon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanessa_Trump \"Vanessa Trump\") at his father's suggestion.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11) The couple married on November 12, 2005, at his father's [Mar-a-Lago](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mar-a-Lago \"Mar-a-Lago\") estate in [Palm Beach, Florida](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palm_Beach,_Florida \"Palm Beach, Florida\"); the service was officiated by Trump Jr.'s aunt, Judge [Maryanne Trump Barry](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maryanne_Trump_Barry \"Maryanne Trump Barry\").[\\[149\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-150) Haydon's grandfather was Danish jazz musician [Kai Ewans](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kai_Ewans \"Kai Ewans\").[\\[150\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-connection-151)[\\[151\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-152)[\\[152\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-153)[\\[153\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-154) They have five children: daughter [Kai Madison](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kai_Trump \"Kai Trump\") (b. May 2007), son Donald John III (b. February 2009), son Tristan Milos (b. October 2011), son Spencer Frederick (b. October 2012), and daughter Chloe Sophia (b. June 2014).[\\[154\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-155)[\\[155\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-156)[\\[156\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-157) The oldest daughter, Kai, is named after her maternal great-grandfather, Kai Ewans.[\\[157\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-158)[\\[150\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-connection-151) Kai Trump was introduced by her father and spoke at the [2024 Republican National Convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_Republican_National_Convention \"2024 Republican National Convention\") on July 17.[\\[158\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-159)\n\nOn March 15, 2018, it was announced that the couple had separated and Haydon had filed for [uncontested divorce](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uncontested_divorce \"Uncontested divorce\") in [Manhattan Supreme Court](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manhattan_Supreme_Court \"Manhattan Supreme Court\").[\\[159\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nyt150318-160)[\\[160\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-usatoday-divorcing-161)[\\[161\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-162) However, later it was revealed that the divorce was contested.[\\[162\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-163) The complaint was secret except for the title of the case.[\\[163\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-164) On February 22, 2019, they announced that they settled their divorce at the end of 2018.[\\[164\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-165)\n\nIn 2018, Trump Jr. started dating [Kimberly Guilfoyle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kimberly_Guilfoyle \"Kimberly Guilfoyle\").[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Successor-44)[\\[165\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-166) Guilfoyle had been friends with the Trump family for years.[\\[166\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-167) The two reportedly became engaged on December 31, 2020, Trump Jr.'s 43rd birthday. However, news of the engagement was not made public until January 2022.[\\[167\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-168) Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle mutually ended their engagement sometime in 2024.[\\[168\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-169)\n\nIn December 2021, Trump Jr. switched his official residency from New York to Florida, 2 years after Donald Trump had done so.[\\[169\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-170)[\\[170\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-171)\n\nIn December 2025, it was announced that he had become engaged to socialite [Bettina Anderson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bettina_Anderson \"Bettina Anderson\").[\\[171\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-172)\n\nHunting\n\nTrump Jr. is an enthusiastic [hunter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Game_hunting \"Game hunting\"). Controversy erupted in 2012 when the pictures he had taken of his hunting trophies in 2010 were published, including by [Mia Farrow](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mia_Farrow \"Mia Farrow\"), who reposted them in 2015 and 2019. Trump Jr. responded by saying \"I'm not going to run and hide because the [peta](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People_for_the_Ethical_Treatment_of_Animals \"People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals\") *\\[sic\\]* crazies don't like me\". In one photo, Trump Jr. has his arms around a dead leopard; in another, he is holding a knife in one hand and a bloody elephant tail in the other.[\\[172\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-leopard-173) Although the hunt was legal, anti-hunting activists criticized him. At least one sponsor dropped his father's television show *[The Celebrity Apprentice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Celebrity_Apprentice \"The Celebrity Apprentice\")*.[\\[173\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-174) On [Earth Day](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earth_Day \"Earth Day\") in 2017, Trump Jr. legally hunted [prairie dogs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prairie_dog \"Prairie dog\") in Montana with GOP Congressional candidate [Greg Gianforte](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Gianforte \"Greg Gianforte\").[\\[174\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-175)\n\n[ProPublica](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ProPublica \"ProPublica\") revealed on December 11, 2019, that the government of [Mongolia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mongolia \"Mongolia\") retroactively granted Trump Jr. a hunting permit for the endangered [Argali mountain sheep](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argali \"Argali\").[\\[175\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-176) The sheep hunt and travel to [Ulaanbaatar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulaanbaatar \"Ulaanbaatar\") for a private meeting with Mongolian president [Khaltmaagiin Battulga](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khaltmaagiin_Battulga \"Khaltmaagiin Battulga\") cost U.S. taxpayers \\$76,859.36 for [United States Secret Service](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secret_Service \"United States Secret Service\") protection,[\\[176\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-BBC-Sheep-hunt-177) according to two [Freedom of Information Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freedom_of_Information_Act_\$United_States\$ \"Freedom of Information Act (United States)\") requests by the [Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Citizens_for_Responsibility_and_Ethics_in_Washington \"Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington\") (CREW).[\\[177\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-CREW-FOIA-178)[\\[178\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-FOIA-2-Mongolia-179) [Humane Society International](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humane_Society_International \"Humane Society International\") wildlife vice president Teresa Telecky said, \"For [trophy hunters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trophy_hunter \"Trophy hunter\") to travel to Mongolia to kill a beautiful and endangered ram is an absolute outrage\".[\\[179\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-180)\n\nIn February 2020, Trump Jr. agreed to go on a hunting trip in [Alaska](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alaska \"Alaska\") with the winner of a fundraising auction for [Safari Club International](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Safari_Club_International \"Safari Club International\").[\\[180\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-181) He also regularly visits [Yukon Territory](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yukon_Territory \"Yukon Territory\"), Canada, for hunting.[\\[181\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-182)\n\nIn February, 2025, Trump Jr. was accused of killing a protected duck while hunting in the [Venice lagoon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venetian_Lagoon \"Venetian Lagoon\"). A video of a hunting trip in northern Italy that was published by the Italian newspaper *Corriere del Veneto*[\\[182\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-183) showed Trump Jr with the body of a rare [ruddy shelduck](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruddy_shelduck \"Ruddy shelduck\") (*Tadorna ferruginea*), a species protected throughout Europe by the [EU birds directive](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birds_Directive \"Birds Directive\") and by Italian law.[\\[183\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-184)\n\nSee also\n\n- [Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia \"Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia\")\n- [Mueller report](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mueller_report \"Mueller report\")\n- [Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections \"Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections\")\n  - [Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections_\$July_2016_%E2%80%93_election_day\$ \"Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)\")\n- [Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_investigations_into_Donald_Trump_and_Russia \"Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia\")\n\nNotes\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-67)** [Ron Reagan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Reagan \"Ron Reagan\") and his wife, Doria Palmieri, dropped their service in 1982, citing similar privacy reasons.\n\nReferences\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-1)**\n   [\"Donald Trump profile\"](https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/donald-trump\/). *[Forbes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Forbes \"Forbes\")*. 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Boilerpipe Text	Donald Trump Jr. Trump in 2025 Born December 31, 1977 (age 48) New York City, U.S. Other names Don Jr. Education University of Pennsylvania ( BS ) Occupations Businessman activist television presenter author Known for Executive in the Trump Organization Former boardroom judge on The Apprentice Political party Republican Spouse Vanessa Haydon ( m. 2005; div. 2018) Partners Kimberly Guilfoyle (2018–2024) Bettina Anderson (2025–present) Children 5, including Kai Parents Donald Trump Ivana Zelníčková Family Trump family Website donjr .com Signature Donald John Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977), often nicknamed Don Jr. , is an American businessman and activist. He is the eldest child of Donald Trump , the 45th and 47th president of the United States , and his first wife, Ivana Trump . Trump serves as a trustee and executive vice president of the Trump Organization , running the company alongside his younger brother Eric . [ 1 ] During their father's first presidency , the brothers continued to engage in deals and investments in foreign countries and collect payments at their U.S. properties from foreign governments, despite pledging not to do so. [ 2 ] He also served as a boardroom judge on the reality TV show featuring his father, The Apprentice . In addition, he authored Triggered in 2019 and Liberal Privilege in 2020. Trump was active in his father's 2016 presidential campaign . He cooperated with Russia in their interference in the 2016 United States elections and had a meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information about the campaign of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election . [ 3 ] Trump campaigned for several Republicans during the 2018 midterm elections . [ 4 ] Trump was also active in his father's 2020 presidential campaign , often on the campaign trail and featured in the news for making unfounded claims. [ 4 ] During the election , he called for " total war " as the results were counted and promoted the stolen election conspiracy theory . Following his father's defeat, he engaged in attempts to overturn the results . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] He spoke at the rally that led to the storming of the Capitol , where he threatened Trump's opponents that "we're coming for you." [ 7 ] In January 2021, Attorney General for the District of Columbia Karl Racine said that he was looking at whether to charge Trump Jr. with inciting the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in the criminal investigation into the attack. [ 8 ] CNN reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows outlining paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term. [ 9 ] At the 2024 Republican National Convention , he led the introductions of JD Vance , who had been selected as Donald Trump's running mate. [ 10 ] Early life Donald John Trump Jr. was born on December 31, 1977, in Manhattan , New York City, to Ivana and Donald Trump . [ 11 ] He has two younger siblings, Ivanka and Eric . He also has two half siblings, Tiffany , from his father's marriage to Marla Maples , and Barron , from his father's current marriage to Melania Trump . Through his father, Trump is a grandson of Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod , and a great-grandson of Frederick Trump and Elizabeth Christ Trump , the latter of whom founded what became the Trump Organization. As a boy, Trump found a role model in his maternal grandfather, Miloš Zelníček, who had a home near Prague , where he spent summers camping, fishing, hunting and learning the Czech language . [ 12 ] His parents divorced when he was 12 years old due to his father having an extramarital affair . [ 13 ] Trump Jr. was estranged from his father for one year after the divorce, furious at his actions which broke up the family. [ 14 ] Trump was educated at Buckley School [ 15 ] and The Hill School , a college preparatory boarding school in Pottstown , Pennsylvania, followed by the University of Pennsylvania 's (Penn) Wharton School , where he graduated in 2000 with a B.S. in Economics . [ 16 ] Career Trump Jr. in 2009 After graduating from Penn in 2000, Trump moved to Aspen, Colorado , where he hunted, fished, skied, lived in a truck, and worked as a bartender for a year, before returning to join the Trump Organization in New York. Trump has supervised building projects, which included 40 Wall Street , Trump International Hotel and Tower , and Trump Park Avenue , [ 17 ] In 2006 he helped launch Trump Mortgage , which collapsed less than a year later. [ 11 ] In 2010, he became a spokesperson and "executive director of global branding" for Cambridge Who's Who , a vanity publisher against whom hundreds of complaints had already been filed with the Better Business Bureau . [ 11 ] [ 18 ] He appeared as a guest adviser and judge on many episodes of his father's reality television show The Apprentice , from season 5 in 2006 to his father's last season in 2015. [ 19 ] Trump Organization On January 11, 2017, Trump's father announced that he and his brother Eric would oversee a trust that included the Trump Organization's assets while his father was president, to avert a conflict of interest . [ 20 ] Amid the Trump–Ukraine scandal – where Trump asked the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden – Trump Jr. strongly criticized Hunter Biden, accusing him of nepotism and leveraging his father as a means to get financial benefits. Trump Jr. said, "When you're the father and your son's entire career is dependent on that, they own you." Trump Jr. was widely ridiculed for these remarks by Trevor Noah and others. Trump Jr. is a high-level executive in his father's business and continued to operate and promote the family's businesses across the world during Trump's presidency. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The Associated Press wrote of Trump Jr.'s, remarks that he was "showing no self-awareness that he, too, has at least in part been successful because of a famous father". [ 25 ] According to The Washington Post fact-checker, Trump Jr.'s assertion that he and his family members had gotten out of foreign business deals after Trump became president is false. [ 2 ] The Washington Post reported that after Trump became president, "Trump's sons have been busy selling assets to foreign individuals, expanding or adding onto their existing deals and investments in foreign countries, and collecting payments in U.S. properties from foreign governments." [ 2 ] In February 2018, advertisements in Indian newspapers promoted a deal whereby anyone who purchased Trump Organization apartments in Gurgaon before February 20 would be invited to have a "conversation and dinner" with Trump Jr. The ads were criticized by corruption watchdogs as unethical. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] A ruling which was handed down on February 16, 2024 barred Trump from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York, including the Trump Organization, for two years. [ 28 ] In November 2024, Trump announced that he would be joining 1789 Capital as a partner. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] In 2025, he announced that the firm would invest in the Enhanced Games , a proposed sports event that will allow performance enhancing drugs . [ 31 ] He joined the advisory board of drone company Unusual Machines in November 2024. [ 32 ] In December 2024, it was announced that Trump was joining the board of directors of PublicSquare . [ 33 ] Podcast In 2023, Trump launched a podcast, Triggered with Don Jr , on the platform Rumble . [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Executive Branch private membership club In April 2025, the Executive Branch , a Washington, D.C., private membership club opened with a party that was reported to have included members of the Trump administration , "wealthy CEOs, tech founders, and policy experts". [ 36 ] The club was co-founded by Trump, David O. Sacks , Cameron Winklevoss , and Tyler Winklevoss , and is owned by Trump, Omeed Malik , Chris Buskirk of Rockbridge Network and 1789 Capital , and Alex and Steve Witkoff, sons of Steve Witkoff . [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Involvement in politics 2016 presidential campaign Trump Jr. campaigning for his father in Iowa, November 2016 Ahead of the 2016 presidential election , Trump Jr. was a central member of his father's campaign, [ 39 ] characterized by The New York Times as a "close political adviser". [ 40 ] He spoke at the Republican National Convention , along with his siblings Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany. [ 40 ] Trump Jr. influenced his father's choice of Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke during the presidential transition. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Since his father's victory in the 2016 election, Trump Jr. has developed what The Washington Post calls a "public persona as a right-wing provocateur and ardent defender of Trumpism ". [ 43 ] The Atlantic reported in 2019 that Trump had described Trump Jr. in 2017 as "not the sharpest knife in the drawer". [ 44 ] Trump Jr. earned the nickname "Fredo" among some Trump campaign staffers, a reference to a character in The Godfather . [ 45 ] [ 46 ] Trump Tower meeting On June 9, 2016, Trump Jr. attended a meeting arranged by publicist Rob Goldstone on behalf of Azerbaijani-Russian businessman Emin Agalarov . [ 47 ] The meeting was held in Trump Tower in Manhattan , among three members of the presidential campaign: Trump Jr., Jared Kushner , and Paul Manafort – and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya , her translator Anatoli Samochornov, Russian-American lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin , and Ike Kaveladze , a Georgian-American , U.S.-based senior vice president at Crocus Group, the real estate development company run by Aras Agalarov . [ 47 ] Approximately a year later, Trump Jr. initially told the media that adoption of Russian children was the main subject of the meeting. [ 48 ] On July 8, 2017, Trump Jr. tweeted his email exchange with Goldstone . [ 49 ] It revealed that Trump Jr. had agreed to attend the meeting with the understanding he would receive information damaging to Hillary Clinton . [ 50 ] Goldstone also wrote in one of Trump Jr.'s publicly disclosed emails that the Russian government was involved. [ 50 ] Robert Mueller , the special counsel of the Department of Justice in charge of Russia-related investigations, investigated the emails and the meeting. [ 51 ] Although the White House lauded Trump Jr. for his transparency, he released the e-mails only after The New York Times had informed him that they had them and were going to publish a story about them. [ 52 ] In June 2019, Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee made a criminal referral of Trump Jr. to federal prosecutors on suspicions that he misled the committee with his testimony. [ 53 ] Meeting with Gulf states emissary Trump Jr. had a meeting in August 2016 with an emissary for the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia who offered help to the Trump presidential campaign. [ 54 ] The meeting included Joel Zamel , an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation ; George Nader , an envoy representing the crown princes of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia; and American businessman Erik Prince . [ 55 ] [ 54 ] Correspondence with WikiLeaks In November 2017, news broke that Julian Assange had used the WikiLeaks Twitter account to correspond with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 presidential election. Trump Jr. had already provided this correspondence to congressional investigators who were looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election . [ 56 ] [ 57 ] [ 58 ] The correspondence showed that WikiLeaks actively solicited the cooperation of Trump Jr., who was a campaign surrogate and advisor in the campaign of his father. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] WikiLeaks urged the Trump campaign to reject the results of the 2016 presidential election at a time when it appeared the Trump campaign would lose. WikiLeaks asked Trump Jr. to share a made-up [ 61 ] claim by True Pundit that Hillary Clinton had wanted to attack Assange with drones. WikiLeaks also shared a link to a website that would help people search through the hacked e-mails of Clinton campaign manager John Podesta , which WikiLeaks had recently made public. Trump Jr. shared both. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Trump Jr. speaks at the 2019 Teen Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA , 2019. 2018 midterm election campaigns During the 2018 midterms election cycle , Trump actively campaigned on behalf of Republican candidates, including for Matt Rosendale , Patrick Morrisey , Mike Braun , Ron DeSantis , Lee Zeldin and Matt Gaetz . [ 62 ] He raised millions of dollars for Republican candidates, was second only to his father in his ability to draw crowds to campaign events, and is credited with helping Republican candidates win. [ 44 ] Other political activities In 2007, Trump Jr. gave $4,000 to then-Senator Hillary Clinton 's campaign to be the Democratic presidential nominee. [ 63 ] In 2011, Trump Jr. responded to criticism of the Tea Party movement by Florida representative Frederica Wilson by confusing Wilson with California representative Maxine Waters and saying her colorful hats made her look like a stripper . [ 64 ] In April 2017, he campaigned for Montana congressional candidate Greg Gianforte , [ 65 ] and in May met with Republican National Committee officials to discuss the party's strategy and resources. [ 66 ] In September 2017, Trump Jr. asked to have his Secret Service detail removed, telling friends he wanted more privacy, the second presidential child to do so. [ a ] The request was criticized by former Secret Service agents. [ 67 ] Trump Jr.'s protection was restored later that month. [ 68 ] In October 2020, it was reported that Pennsylvania Republicans were suggesting Trump Jr. run for the vacant Senate seat in Pennsylvania in 2022 after two-term incumbent Pat Toomey announced he would not be seeking re-election. [ 69 ] In the same month, Trump Jr. held a crowded indoor rally where attendees did not wear masks, contradicting public health guidelines. [ 70 ] Trump Jr. with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in 2023 In an October 29 interview with Fox News 's Laura Ingraham , Trump Jr. asserted that the coronavirus death rate has dropped to "almost nothing", adding "(b)ecause we've gotten control of this thing. We understand how it works – they have the therapeutics to be able to deal with this. If you look at that, look at my Instagram, it's gone down to almost nothing." [ 71 ] On that day, the number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. was 1,063. [ 72 ] Before his father's loss in the 2020 election, Trump was the subject of speculation for a 2024 run for president. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] In October 2020, he posted a photo to his Instagram account of a "Don Jr. 2024" flag. [ 75 ] [ 76 ] Michael Cohen reimbursement payments On May 28, 2024, an email was shown during defense closing arguments in Trump Sr.'s New York criminal trial which revealed that longtime Trump Organization comptroller Jeffrey McConnery, who was previously acknowledged to have organized Trump Sr.'s reimbursement payments to Michael Cohen following the hush money payments Cohen made to Stormy Daniels , sought approval from both Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. [ 77 ] Trump Jr. signed some of the reimbursement checks to Cohen as well. [ 77 ] [ 78 ] Views Trump Jr. speaking in 2020 Race and immigration During his father's presidential campaign, Trump Jr. caused controversy in 2016 when he posted an image that compared Syrian refugees to Skittles , saying "If I had a bowl of Skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful? That's our Syrian refugee problem." [ 40 ] [ 79 ] [ 80 ] The makers of Skittles condemned the tweet, saying "Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy." [ 80 ] [ 40 ] The Cato Institute stated that year that the chances "an American would be killed in a terrorist attack committed by a refugee was one in 3.64 billion" per year. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] On March 1, 2016, an interview with white supremacist James Edwards and Trump Jr. was aired. The campaign initially denied the interview had taken place; later Trump Jr. claimed it was unintentional. [ 83 ] As a consequence of the interview, mainstream media outlets have accused Trump Jr. of being either a believer in the white genocide conspiracy theory , [ 84 ] or pretending to be an advocate for political gain. [ 85 ] In September 2016, Trump Jr. cited Holocaust imagery to criticize what he perceived as the mainstream media's uncritical coverage of Hillary Clinton during her campaign, by "letting her slide on every discrepancy", while also accusing Democrats involved in the 2016 campaign of lying. Trump Jr. said if the Republicans were committing the same offences mainstream outlets would be "warming up the gas chamber right now". [ 86 ] [ 87 ] Also that month, Trump Jr. shared an image on Instagram depicting a cross between his father and Pepe the Frog . When asked on Good Morning America about Pepe the Frog and its associations with white supremacy , Trump Jr. said he had never heard of Pepe the Frog and thought it was just a "frog with a wig". [ 88 ] [ 89 ] In April 2017, Trump Jr. lauded conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich , who has promoted the debunked white genocide and Pizzagate conspiracy theories, [ 90 ] saying, "In a long gone time of unbiased journalism he'd win the Pulitzer ". [ 91 ] [ 92 ] In August 2020, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported that Trump Jr. appeared at a far-right "We Build the Wall" event with Jack Posobiec in July 2019. [ 93 ] Promotion of conspiracy theories Trump Jr. retweeted conspiratorial remarks by white supremacist Kevin B. MacDonald about alleged favors exchanged by Hillary Clinton and Switzerland's largest bank . [ 40 ] On the campaign trail, Trump Jr. promoted Alex Jones ' conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton wore an earpiece to a presidential forum [ 94 ] [ 95 ] [ 96 ] and that official unemployment rates were manipulated for political purposes. [ 97 ] In May 2017, Trump Jr. promoted what CNN called the "long-debunked, far-right conspiracy theory" that Bill Clinton was linked to Vince Foster's death . [ 98 ] In November, Trump Jr. again promoted the conspiracy theory that the Clintons had murdered people . [ 99 ] In February 2018, Trump Jr. liked two tweets promoting a conspiracy theory that survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting were coached into propagating anti-Trump rhetoric. [ 100 ] [ 101 ] In May 2018, Trump Jr. retweeted a false and antisemitic conspiracy theory that George Soros , the Jewish Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist, was a "nazi [sic] who turned in his fellow Jews to be murdered in German concentration camps & stole their wealth". [ 102 ] [ 11 ] [ 103 ] The tweets originated from Roseanne Barr , whose TV show Roseanne was canceled the same day after she had posted a series of racist and antisemitic tweets. [ 102 ] A spokesperson for Soros responded to the tweets, "George Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary as a 13-year-old child by going into hiding and assuming a false identity with the help of his father, who managed to save his own family and help many other Jews survive the Holocaust". [ 103 ] In June 2018, Trump Jr. liked a tweet suggesting that the migrant children separated from their parents due to the Trump administration family separation policy were actually actors. [ 104 ] In September 2018, when Hurricane Florence was affecting the United States, Trump Jr. tweeted a picture of CNN journalist Anderson Cooper waist-deep in floodwaters when another man in the same picture was standing knee-deep a distance away. In the same tweet, Trump Jr. included a link to a Breitbart News article claiming that CNN's ratings had dropped by 41%, and proposed a conspiracy theory that CNN was "lying to try to make [his father, President Trump] look bad". In actuality, the picture of Cooper was about 10 years old, taken during 2008's Hurricane Ike before Trump became president, and Cooper was videoed talking about how the floodwaters were receding. [ 105 ] [ 106 ] In May 2020, Trump Jr. falsely accused Joe Biden of being a pedophile . [ 107 ] [ 108 ] After Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2025, Trump Jr. launched a conspiracy theory questioning how Jill Biden , who received a doctoral degree, missed the signs and whether it was covered up . Trump Jr.'s response was seen as an outlier compared to other politicians including his father's, and was a subject of criticism. However, he had also liked a post wishing Biden a speedy recovery, "politics aside." [ 109 ] [ 110 ] In August 2020, Trump Jr. shared a Breitbart News article about more than 800 dead people voting in Michigan which was framed to suggest that the ballots were not legitimately cast and thus showed evidence of extensive voter fraud; however, the voters in question died after submitting the ballots, and the ballots were rejected by Michigan authorities who knew the voters had died before the election date. [ 111 ] In September 2020, he again pushed false claims about voter fraud by asserting, "The radical left are laying the groundwork to steal this election from my father". He added: "Their plan is to add millions of fraudulent ballots that can cancel your vote and overturn the election" and asked "able-bodied" people to join an election security "army" for his father. Facebook and Twitter affixed labels to the video which pointed to accurate information about voting. [ 112 ] In November 2020, after Pfizer announced that it had developed a COVID-19 vaccine with 90% effectiveness, Trump Jr. suggested that the vaccine had been held back in order to hurt his father's chances of winning the election. [ 113 ] [ 114 ] Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla dismissed the suggestion, saying that the company had always planned to rely on the "speed of science". [ 115 ] After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Trump Jr. amplified baseless Russian state propaganda which claimed that the US and Ukraine were developing biological weapons . [ 116 ] [ 117 ] COVID-19 misinformation Trump Jr. was given a 12-hour restriction by Twitter in July 2020 after he promoted misinformation about COVID-19 by retweeting a video showing Houston doctor Stella Immanuel promoting hydroxychloroquine as a cure, despite conflicting studies, and by claiming that masks were unnecessary. Twitter later said that it restricted his ability to tweet or retweet for 12 hours for violating its COVID-19 misinformation policy. [ 118 ] [ 119 ] [ 120 ] [ 121 ] On October 29, 2020, Trump Jr. criticized the media's focus on new infections rather than on deaths, saying on Fox News, "why aren't they talking about deaths? Oh, oh, because the number is almost nothing. Because we've gotten control of this, and we understand how it works." On the day Trump Jr. made that comment, the United States registered roughly 1,000 COVID-19 deaths . [ 122 ] [ 123 ] Other Trump Jr. at AmericaFest 2025 In November 2019, Trump Jr. tweeted the name of the alleged whistleblower who brought to light the Trump-Ukraine scandal . [ 124 ] [ 125 ] Whistleblower conventions are intended to protect the identity of individuals who expose wrongdoing in government. Agence France-Presse attempted to independently verify the identity that Trump Jr. tweeted but was unable to do so. [ 126 ] In June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic , Trump Jr. accused liberals of hypocrisy, for imposing restrictive measures and social distancing guidelines on businesses while holding the "Action for Black Trans Lives" protest for the rights of African American transgender people. [ 127 ] Trump Jr. has accused big tech companies of being biased against conservatives and has claimed that a deep state sought to undermine Trump during his presidency. [ 4 ] Attempts to overturn the 2020 election Trump had a prominent role in his father's attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election , threatening Republican lawmakers who did not take part in it. [ 128 ] In November 2020, he advocated " total war " instead of completion of vote counting in the 2020 United States elections . [ 6 ] CNN reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows outlining paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term. [ 129 ] He wrote, "It's very simple. We have multiple paths. We control them all. We have operational control. Total leverage. Moral high ground. POTUS must start second term now." He continued, "Republicans control 28 states Democrats 22 states. Once again Trump wins," adding, "We either have a vote WE control and WE win OR it gets kicked to Congress 6 January 2021." Biden had not yet been declared the winner at the time of the text. [ 9 ] [ 130 ] Relation to the January 6 Capitol attack Together with his father and other speakers, on January 6, 2021, Trump Jr. spoke to an audience and, speaking about reluctant GOP lawmakers saying, "If you're gonna be the zero and not the hero, we're coming for you". [ 131 ] President Trump further incited the crowd which then marched to the US Capitol building , where they forced entry , broke windows and vandalized the building. One woman was killed, and a police officer and three other people died during or shortly after the incursion. [ 132 ] Television host and former congressman Joe Scarborough called for the arrest of Trump Jr., along with his father and Rudolph Giuliani, for insurrection against the United States. [ 133 ] Following his father's permanent ban from Twitter on January 8, 2021, Donald Trump Jr. claimed that free speech "no longer exists in America". [ 134 ] On March 5, 2021, Representative Eric Swalwell filed a civil lawsuit against Trump Jr. and three others (his father, Representative Mo Brooks , and Rudy Giuliani ), seeking damages for their alleged role in inciting the riot. [ 135 ] In December 2021, text messages released by Meadows revealed that Trump Jr. begged Meadows to persuade his father to stop the attack. [ 136 ] [ 137 ] Criminal investigation On January 11, 2021, D.C. attorney general Karl Racine said that Donald Trump Jr. is a person of interest in the criminal investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol and that he is looking at whether to charge him, along with Rudy Giuliani and Mo Brooks , with inciting the violent attack. [ 8 ] [ 138 ] Fraud investigation On January 14, 2021, it became known that Trump Jr. is a person of interest in the criminal investigation into misuse of his father's inaugural funds in Washington D.C., and that prosecutors intend to interview him over his role in "grossly overpaying" for use of event space at the Trump Hotel in Washington for the 2017 inauguration. [ 139 ] In May 2022, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine reached a $750,000 settlement with the inaugural committee without requiring an admission of wrongdoing. [ 140 ] Books Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us In 2019, Trump Jr. released the book, Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us . The book is critical of political correctness , and argues that the American left has a victimhood complex. [ 141 ] The Washington Post commented: "yet, in his telling, the real victim is often him, his father or another Trump family member". [ 141 ] In the book, Trump Jr. pushes conspiracy theories about how the intelligence community has attempted to harm President Trump, comparing President Trump's experiences with the FBI harassment campaign against civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. [ 142 ] Trump Jr. wrote of a visit to Arlington National Cemetery (a military cemetery), commenting that he got emotional looking at the graves and that it reminded him of "all the sacrifices" the Trump family had made, including "voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were 'profiting off of the office'." [ 141 ] [ 142 ] Fact-checkers have reported that Trump still owns the family business, and that the Trump family have continued to engage in international business deals since Trump became president. [ 141 ] In a review for The Washington Post , Carlos Lozada said that it "fails as memoir and as polemic: its analysis is facile, its hypocrisy relentless, its self-awareness marginal (the writing is wretched, even by the standards of political vanity projects)". [ 143 ] The book was a New York Times best-seller . The book was purchased in bulk by at least nine Republican organizations, candidates or advocacy groups, including N.R.C.C. and the RNC which bought $75,000 and $100,000 worth of the books, respectively. Turning Point USA and the National Republican Senatorial Committee purchased approximately 2,000 and 2,500 books, respectively. [ 144 ] Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible In 2020, Trump Jr. self-published the book Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible . Trump Jr. reportedly hired three researchers to collect information about Joe Biden and spent three months writing the book. [ 145 ] Trump Jr. explained to The New York Times his reasons: "While I had no plans for a book this year, I was stuck indoors like the rest of the nation during the pandemic", he said, adding that he "decided to highlight Biden's half century of being a swamp monster, since the media wouldn't do it". The same article stated that he decided to self-publish because he could count on the publicity of "his own platform – and the promise of bulk purchases from the RNC". [ 145 ] The book was indeed bought in bulk by the RNC. [ 146 ] On October 28, 2020, the RNC paid over $300,000 of donor money to Pursuit Venture LLC, a company owned by Trump Jr., for "donor mementos". It was the most money the RNC had ever paid for this purpose. [ 147 ] The hardcover retails for $29.99, which suggests roughly how many copies might have been purchased, and the RNC's intent was to give a copy to people who donated $50–$100. [ 148 ] Personal life Family Trump Jr. with Kimberly Guilfoyle in July 2019 In 2003, Trump Jr. began dating model Vanessa Kay Haydon at his father's suggestion. [ 11 ] The couple married on November 12, 2005, at his father's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida ; the service was officiated by Trump Jr.'s aunt, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry . [ 149 ] Haydon's grandfather was Danish jazz musician Kai Ewans . [ 150 ] [ 151 ] [ 152 ] [ 153 ] They have five children: daughter Kai Madison (b. May 2007), son Donald John III (b. February 2009), son Tristan Milos (b. October 2011), son Spencer Frederick (b. October 2012), and daughter Chloe Sophia (b. June 2014). [ 154 ] [ 155 ] [ 156 ] The oldest daughter, Kai, is named after her maternal great-grandfather, Kai Ewans. [ 157 ] [ 150 ] Kai Trump was introduced by her father and spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 17. [ 158 ] On March 15, 2018, it was announced that the couple had separated and Haydon had filed for uncontested divorce in Manhattan Supreme Court . [ 159 ] [ 160 ] [ 161 ] However, later it was revealed that the divorce was contested. [ 162 ] The complaint was secret except for the title of the case. [ 163 ] On February 22, 2019, they announced that they settled their divorce at the end of 2018. [ 164 ] In 2018, Trump Jr. started dating Kimberly Guilfoyle . [ 44 ] [ 165 ] Guilfoyle had been friends with the Trump family for years. [ 166 ] The two reportedly became engaged on December 31, 2020, Trump Jr.'s 43rd birthday. However, news of the engagement was not made public until January 2022. [ 167 ] Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle mutually ended their engagement sometime in 2024. [ 168 ] In December 2021, Trump Jr. switched his official residency from New York to Florida, 2 years after Donald Trump had done so. [ 169 ] [ 170 ] In December 2025, it was announced that he had become engaged to socialite Bettina Anderson . [ 171 ] Hunting Trump Jr. is an enthusiastic hunter . Controversy erupted in 2012 when the pictures he had taken of his hunting trophies in 2010 were published, including by Mia Farrow , who reposted them in 2015 and 2019. Trump Jr. responded by saying "I'm not going to run and hide because the peta [sic] crazies don't like me". In one photo, Trump Jr. has his arms around a dead leopard; in another, he is holding a knife in one hand and a bloody elephant tail in the other. [ 172 ] Although the hunt was legal, anti-hunting activists criticized him. At least one sponsor dropped his father's television show The Celebrity Apprentice . [ 173 ] On Earth Day in 2017, Trump Jr. legally hunted prairie dogs in Montana with GOP Congressional candidate Greg Gianforte . [ 174 ] ProPublica revealed on December 11, 2019, that the government of Mongolia retroactively granted Trump Jr. a hunting permit for the endangered Argali mountain sheep . [ 175 ] The sheep hunt and travel to Ulaanbaatar for a private meeting with Mongolian president Khaltmaagiin Battulga cost U.S. taxpayers $76,859.36 for United States Secret Service protection, [ 176 ] according to two Freedom of Information Act requests by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). [ 177 ] [ 178 ] Humane Society International wildlife vice president Teresa Telecky said, "For trophy hunters to travel to Mongolia to kill a beautiful and endangered ram is an absolute outrage". [ 179 ] In February 2020, Trump Jr. agreed to go on a hunting trip in Alaska with the winner of a fundraising auction for Safari Club International . [ 180 ] He also regularly visits Yukon Territory , Canada, for hunting. [ 181 ] In February, 2025, Trump Jr. was accused of killing a protected duck while hunting in the Venice lagoon . A video of a hunting trip in northern Italy that was published by the Italian newspaper Corriere del Veneto [ 182 ] showed Trump Jr with the body of a rare ruddy shelduck ( Tadorna ferruginea ), a species protected throughout Europe by the EU birds directive and by Italian law. [ 183 ] See also Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia Mueller report Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day) Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia Notes ^ Ron Reagan and his wife, Doria Palmieri, dropped their service in 1982, citing similar privacy reasons. References ^ "Donald Trump profile" . Forbes . Archived from the original on December 6, 2017 . Retrieved October 7, 2019 . ^ a b c Rizzo, Salvador (November 1, 2019). 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[o]") ## Contents move to sidebar hide - [(Top)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.) - [1 Early life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Early_life) - [2 Career](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Career) Toggle Career subsection - [2\.1 Trump Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Trump_Organization) - [2\.2 Podcast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Podcast) - [2\.3 Executive Branch private membership club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Executive_Branch_private_membership_club) - [3 Involvement in politics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Involvement_in_politics) Toggle Involvement in politics subsection - [3\.1 2016 presidential campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#2016_presidential_campaign) - [3\.1.1 Trump Tower meeting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Trump_Tower_meeting) - [3\.1.2 Meeting with Gulf states emissary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Meeting_with_Gulf_states_emissary) - [3\.1.3 Correspondence with WikiLeaks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Correspondence_with_WikiLeaks) - [3\.2 2018 midterm election campaigns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#2018_midterm_election_campaigns) - [3\.3 Other political activities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Other_political_activities) - [3\.4 Michael Cohen reimbursement payments](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Michael_Cohen_reimbursement_payments) - [4 Views](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Views) Toggle Views subsection - [4\.1 Race and immigration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Race_and_immigration) - [4\.2 Promotion of conspiracy theories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Promotion_of_conspiracy_theories) - [4\.3 COVID-19 misinformation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#COVID-19_misinformation) - [4\.4 Other](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Other) - [5 Attempts to overturn the 2020 election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_election) Toggle Attempts to overturn the 2020 election subsection - [5\.1 Relation to the January 6 Capitol attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Relation_to_the_January_6_Capitol_attack) - [5\.2 Criminal investigation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Criminal_investigation) - [6 Fraud investigation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Fraud_investigation) - [7 Books](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Books) Toggle Books subsection - [7\.1 Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Triggered:_How_the_Left_Thrives_on_Hate_and_Wants_to_Silence_Us) - [7\.2 Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Liberal_Privilege:_Joe_Biden_and_the_Democrats'_Defense_of_the_Indefensible) - [8 Personal life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Personal_life) Toggle Personal life subsection - [8\.1 Family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Family) - [8\.2 Hunting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Hunting) - [9 See also](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#See_also) - [10 Notes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#Notes) - [11 References](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#References) - [12 External links](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#External_links) Toggle the table of contents # Donald Trump Jr. 51 languages - [العربية](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86 "دونالد ترمب الابن – Arabic") - [مصرى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86 "دونالد ترامب الابن – Egyptian Arabic") - [Azərbaycanca](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Con_Tramp "Donald Con Tramp – Azerbaijani") - [Bikol Central](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr. "Donald Trump Jr. – Central Bikol") - [Betawi](https://bew.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr. "Donald Trump Jr. – Betawi") - 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He is the eldest child of [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump"), the 45th and 47th [president of the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States "President of the United States"), and his first wife, [Ivana Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivana_Trump "Ivana Trump"). Trump serves as a [trustee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustee "Trustee") and executive vice president of [the Trump Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trump_Organization "The Trump Organization"), running the company alongside his younger brother [Eric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Trump "Eric Trump").[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-1) During their [father's first presidency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "First presidency of Donald Trump"), the brothers continued to engage in deals and investments in foreign countries and collect payments at their U.S. properties from foreign governments, despite pledging not to do so.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-deals-2) He also served as a boardroom judge on the [reality TV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_TV "Reality TV") show featuring his father, [The Apprentice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_$American_TV_series$ "The Apprentice (American TV series)"). In addition, he authored [Triggered](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triggered_$book$ "Triggered (book)") in 2019 and [Liberal Privilege](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Privilege "Liberal Privilege") in 2020. Trump was active in his [father's 2016 presidential campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign "Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign"). He cooperated with Russia in their [interference in the 2016 United States elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections "Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections") and had [a meeting with a Russian lawyer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_meeting "Trump Tower meeting") who promised damaging information about the [campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign "Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign") of [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton "Hillary Clinton") in the [2016 presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election "2016 United States presidential election").[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-3) Trump campaigned for several Republicans during the [2018 midterm elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_elections "2018 United States elections").[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-britannica-4) Trump was also active in his [father's 2020 presidential campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign "Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign"), often on the campaign trail and featured in the news for making unfounded claims.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-britannica-4) During the [election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election "2020 United States presidential election"), he called for "[total war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war "Total war")" as the results were counted and promoted the [stolen election conspiracy theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election#Stop_the_Steal "Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election"). Following his father's defeat, he engaged in [attempts to overturn the results](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election "Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-5)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-DallasMorningNews-2020-11-05-6) He spoke at the [rally](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_Trump_rally "January 6 Trump rally") that led to the [storming of the Capitol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol "2021 storming of the United States Capitol"), where he threatened Trump's opponents that "we're coming for you."[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nytimes-2021-7) In January 2021, [Attorney General for the District of Columbia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_for_the_District_of_Columbia "Attorney General for the District of Columbia") [Karl Racine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Racine "Karl Racine") said that he was looking at whether to charge Trump Jr. with [inciting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incitement#United_States "Incitement") the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in the criminal investigation into the attack.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cnbc-2021-8) [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN") reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to [White House Chief of Staff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff "White House Chief of Staff") [Mark Meadows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Meadows "Mark Meadows") outlining paths to subvert the [Electoral College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College "United States Electoral College") process and ensure his father a second term.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-control-9) At the [2024 Republican National Convention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Republican_National_Convention "2024 Republican National Convention"), he led the introductions of [JD Vance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance "JD Vance"), who had been selected as Donald Trump's running mate.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-10) ## Early life Donald John Trump Jr. was born on December 31, 1977, in [Manhattan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan "Manhattan"), New York City, to [Ivana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivana_Trump "Ivana Trump") and [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump").[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11) He has two younger siblings, [Ivanka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanka_Trump "Ivanka Trump") and [Eric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Trump "Eric Trump"). He also has two half siblings, [Tiffany](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_Trump "Tiffany Trump"), from his father's marriage to [Marla Maples](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Maples "Marla Maples"), and [Barron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barron_Trump "Barron Trump"), from his father's current marriage to [Melania Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump "Melania Trump"). Through his father, Trump is a grandson of [Fred Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Trump "Fred Trump") and [Mary Anne MacLeod](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anne_MacLeod_Trump "Mary Anne MacLeod Trump"), and a great-grandson of [Frederick Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Trump "Frederick Trump") and [Elizabeth Christ Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Christ_Trump "Elizabeth Christ Trump"), the latter of whom founded what became the Trump Organization. As a boy, Trump found a role model in his maternal grandfather, Miloš Zelníček, who had a home near [Prague](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague "Prague"), where he spent summers camping, fishing, hunting and learning the [Czech language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_language "Czech language").[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-12) His parents divorced when he was 12 years old due to his father having an [extramarital affair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extramarital_affair "Extramarital affair").[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-13) Trump Jr. was estranged from his father for one year after the divorce, furious at his actions which broke up the family.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-14) Trump was educated at [Buckley School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckley_School_$New_York_City$ "Buckley School (New York City)")[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-15) and [The Hill School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hill_School "The Hill School"), a college preparatory boarding school in [Pottstown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottstown,_Pennsylvania "Pottstown, Pennsylvania"), Pennsylvania, followed by the [University of Pennsylvania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania "University of Pennsylvania")'s (Penn) [Wharton School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wharton_School "Wharton School"), where he graduated in 2000 with a [B.S.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science "Bachelor of Science") in [Economics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics "Economics").[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-16) ## Career [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Don_Jr._headshot.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Don_Jr._headshot.jpg) Trump Jr. in 2009 After graduating from [Penn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania "University of Pennsylvania") in 2000, Trump moved to [Aspen, Colorado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen,_Colorado "Aspen, Colorado"), where he hunted, fished, skied, lived in a truck, and worked as a bartender for a year, before returning to join the [Trump Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Organization "Trump Organization") in New York. Trump has supervised building projects, which included [40 Wall Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_Wall_Street "40 Wall Street"), [Trump International Hotel and Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_International_Hotel_and_Tower_$Chicago$ "Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)"), and [Trump Park Avenue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Park_Avenue "Trump Park Avenue"),[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cohan201702-17) In 2006 he helped launch [Trump Mortgage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Mortgage "Trump Mortgage"), which collapsed less than a year later.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11) In 2010, he became a spokesperson and "executive director of global branding" for [Cambridge Who's Who](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Who%27s_Who "Cambridge Who's Who"), a [vanity publisher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_press "Vanity press") against whom hundreds of complaints had already been filed with the [Better Business Bureau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Business_Bureau "Better Business Bureau").[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-18) He appeared as a guest adviser and judge on many episodes of his father's reality television show [The Apprentice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_$American_TV_series$ "The Apprentice (American TV series)"), from [season 5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_$American_TV_series$_season_5 "The Apprentice (American TV series) season 5") in 2006 to [his father's last season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_$American_TV_series$_season_14 "The Apprentice (American TV series) season 14") in 2015.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-19) ### Trump Organization On January 11, 2017, Trump's father announced that he and his brother Eric would oversee a trust that included the Trump Organization's assets while his father was president, to avert a [conflict of interest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest "Conflict of interest").[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-20) Amid the [Trump–Ukraine scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal "Trump–Ukraine scandal") – where Trump asked the Ukrainian president to investigate [Joe Biden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden "Joe Biden") and his son [Hunter Biden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden "Hunter Biden") – Trump Jr. strongly criticized Hunter Biden, accusing him of nepotism and leveraging his father as a means to get financial benefits. Trump Jr. said, "When you're the father and your son's entire career is dependent on that, they own you." Trump Jr. was widely ridiculed for these remarks by [Trevor Noah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Noah "Trevor Noah") and others. Trump Jr. is a high-level executive in his father's business and continued to operate and promote the family's businesses across the world during Trump's presidency.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-21)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-22)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-23)[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-24) The [Associated Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press "Associated Press") wrote of Trump Jr.'s, remarks that he was "showing no self-awareness that he, too, has at least in part been successful because of a famous father".[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-25) According to [The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post") fact-checker, Trump Jr.'s assertion that he and his family members had gotten out of foreign business deals after Trump became president is false.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-deals-2) The Washington Post reported that after Trump became president, "Trump's sons have been busy selling assets to foreign individuals, expanding or adding onto their existing deals and investments in foreign countries, and collecting payments in U.S. properties from foreign governments."[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-deals-2) In February 2018, advertisements in Indian newspapers promoted a deal whereby anyone who purchased [Trump Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Organization "Trump Organization") apartments in [Gurgaon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurgaon "Gurgaon") before February 20 would be invited to have a "conversation and dinner" with Trump Jr. The ads were criticized by corruption watchdogs as unethical.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-26)[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-27) A ruling which was handed down on February 16, 2024 barred Trump from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York, including the Trump Organization, for two years.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-28) In November 2024, Trump announced that he would be joining [1789 Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789_Capital "1789 Capital") as a partner.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-29)[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-30) In 2025, he announced that the firm would invest in the [Enhanced Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Games "Enhanced Games"), a proposed sports event that will allow [performance enhancing drugs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_enhancing_drugs "Performance enhancing drugs").[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Financial_Times_2025-02-13-31) He joined the advisory board of drone company Unusual Machines in November 2024.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-32) In December 2024, it was announced that Trump was joining the board of directors of [PublicSquare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Square_$company$ "Public Square (company)").[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-33) ### Podcast In 2023, Trump launched a podcast, Triggered with Don Jr, on the platform [Rumble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_$website$ "Rumble (website)").[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-34)[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-35) ### Executive Branch private membership club In April 2025, the Executive Branch, a Washington, D.C., private membership club opened with a party that was reported to have included members of the [Trump administration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "Second presidency of Donald Trump"), "wealthy CEOs, tech founders, and policy experts".[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-36) The club was co-founded by Trump, [David O. Sacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Sacks "David O. Sacks"), [Cameron Winklevoss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Winklevoss "Cameron Winklevoss"), and [Tyler Winklevoss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Winklevoss "Tyler Winklevoss"), and is owned by Trump, [Omeed Malik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omeed_Malik "Omeed Malik"), [Chris Buskirk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Buskirk "Chris Buskirk") of [Rockbridge Network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbridge_Network "Rockbridge Network") and [1789 Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789_Capital "1789 Capital"), and Alex and Steve Witkoff, sons of [Steve Witkoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff "Steve Witkoff").[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-37)[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-38) ## Involvement in politics ### 2016 presidential campaign [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Donald_Trump_Jr_at_rally_in_Iowa.jpg/250px-Donald_Trump_Jr_at_rally_in_Iowa.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_Jr_at_rally_in_Iowa.jpg) Trump Jr. campaigning for his father in Iowa, November 2016 Ahead of the [2016 presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election "2016 United States presidential election"), Trump Jr. was a central member of his father's campaign,[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-39) characterized by [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times") as a "close political adviser".[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) He spoke at the [Republican National Convention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Republican_National_Convention "2016 Republican National Convention"), along with his siblings Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) Trump Jr. influenced his father's choice of [Secretary of the Interior](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior "United States Secretary of the Interior") [Ryan Zinke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Zinke "Ryan Zinke") during the presidential transition.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-41)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-42) Since his father's victory in the 2016 election, Trump Jr. has developed what The Washington Post calls a "public persona as a right-wing provocateur and ardent defender of [Trumpism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpism "Trumpism")".[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-43) The Atlantic reported in 2019 that Trump had described Trump Jr. in 2017 as "not the sharpest knife in the drawer".[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Successor-44) Trump Jr. earned the nickname "Fredo" among some Trump campaign staffers, a reference to [a character](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredo_Corleone "Fredo Corleone") in [The Godfather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather "The Godfather").[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-45)[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-46) #### Trump Tower meeting Main articles: [Trump Tower meeting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_meeting "Trump Tower meeting") and [Links between Trump associates and Russian officials](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials "Links between Trump associates and Russian officials") On June 9, 2016, Trump Jr. attended a meeting arranged by publicist [Rob Goldstone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Goldstone "Rob Goldstone") on behalf of Azerbaijani-Russian businessman [Emin Agalarov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emin_Agalarov "Emin Agalarov").[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-npr071117-47) The meeting was held in [Trump Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower "Trump Tower") in [Manhattan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan "Manhattan"), among three members of the presidential campaign: Trump Jr., [Jared Kushner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner "Jared Kushner"), and [Paul Manafort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Manafort "Paul Manafort") – and Russian lawyer [Natalia Veselnitskaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Veselnitskaya "Natalia Veselnitskaya"), her translator Anatoli Samochornov, Russian-American lobbyist [Rinat Akhmetshin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinat_Akhmetshin "Rinat Akhmetshin"), and [Ike Kaveladze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Kaveladze "Ike Kaveladze"), a [Georgian-American](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian-American "Georgian-American"), U.S.-based senior vice president at Crocus Group, the real estate development company run by [Aras Agalarov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aras_Agalarov "Aras Agalarov").[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-npr071117-47) Approximately a year later, Trump Jr. initially told the media that [adoption of Russian children](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dima_Yakovlev_Law "Dima Yakovlev Law") was the main subject of the meeting.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-48) On July 8, 2017, Trump Jr. tweeted his email exchange with [Goldstone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Goldstone "Rob Goldstone").[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-49) It revealed that Trump Jr. had agreed to attend the meeting with the understanding he would receive information damaging to [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton "Hillary Clinton").[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-read-the-emails-50) Goldstone also wrote in one of Trump Jr.'s publicly disclosed emails that the Russian government was involved.[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-read-the-emails-50) [Robert Mueller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mueller "Robert Mueller"), the [special counsel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_counsel "Special counsel") of the [Department of Justice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Justice "U.S. Department of Justice") in charge of Russia-related investigations, investigated the emails and the meeting.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Prokupecz-51) Although the White House lauded Trump Jr. for his transparency, he released the e-mails only after The New York Times had informed him that they had them and were going to publish a story about them.[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-52) In June 2019, Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee made a criminal referral of Trump Jr. to federal prosecutors on suspicions that he misled the committee with his testimony.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-53) #### Meeting with Gulf states emissary Trump Jr. had a meeting in August 2016 with an emissary for the [United Arab Emirates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates "United Arab Emirates") and [Saudi Arabia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia "Saudi Arabia") who offered help to the Trump presidential campaign.[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nytimes-54) The meeting included [Joel Zamel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikistrat "Wikistrat"), an Israeli specialist in [social media manipulation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_manipulation "Social media manipulation"); [George Nader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nader_$businessman$ "George Nader (businessman)"), an envoy representing the crown princes of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia; and American businessman [Erik Prince](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Prince "Erik Prince").[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-55)[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nytimes-54) #### Correspondence with WikiLeaks In November 2017, news broke that [Julian Assange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange "Julian Assange") had used the [WikiLeaks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks "WikiLeaks") Twitter account to correspond with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 presidential election. Trump Jr. had already provided this correspondence to congressional investigators who were looking into [Russian interference in the 2016 election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections "Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections").[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-secret-56)[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-wikileaks-57)[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-58) The correspondence showed that WikiLeaks actively solicited the cooperation of Trump Jr., who was a campaign surrogate and advisor in the campaign of his father.[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-59)[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-60) WikiLeaks urged the Trump campaign to reject the results of the 2016 presidential election at a time when it appeared the Trump campaign would lose. WikiLeaks asked Trump Jr. to share a made-up[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-61) claim by [True Pundit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Pundit "True Pundit") that Hillary Clinton had wanted to attack Assange with drones. WikiLeaks also shared a link to a website that would help people search through the [hacked e-mails](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podesta_emails "Podesta emails") of Clinton campaign manager [John Podesta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Podesta "John Podesta"), which WikiLeaks had recently made public. Trump Jr. shared both.[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-secret-56)[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-wikileaks-57) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%2848513758216%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%2848513758216%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump,_Jr._$48513758216$_$cropped$.jpg) Trump Jr. speaks at the 2019 Teen Student Action Summit hosted by [Turning Point USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Point_USA "Turning Point USA"), 2019. ### 2018 midterm election campaigns During the [2018 midterms election cycle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_elections "2018 United States elections"), Trump actively campaigned on behalf of Republican candidates, including for [Matt Rosendale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Rosendale "Matt Rosendale"), [Patrick Morrisey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Morrisey "Patrick Morrisey"), [Mike Braun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Braun "Mike Braun"), [Ron DeSantis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_DeSantis "Ron DeSantis"), [Lee Zeldin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Zeldin "Lee Zeldin") and [Matt Gaetz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Gaetz "Matt Gaetz").[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-62) He raised millions of dollars for Republican candidates, was second only to his father in his ability to draw crowds to campaign events, and is credited with helping Republican candidates win.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Successor-44) ### Other political activities In 2007, Trump Jr. gave \$4,000 to then-Senator [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton "Hillary Clinton")'s campaign to be the [Democratic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_$United_States$ "Democratic Party (United States)") presidential nominee.[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-63) In 2011, Trump Jr. responded to criticism of the [Tea Party movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement "Tea Party movement") by Florida representative [Frederica Wilson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederica_Wilson "Frederica Wilson") by confusing Wilson with California representative [Maxine Waters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine_Waters "Maxine Waters") and saying her colorful hats made her look like a [stripper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripper "Stripper").[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-64) In April 2017, he campaigned for Montana congressional candidate [Greg Gianforte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Gianforte "Greg Gianforte"),[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-65) and in May met with [Republican National Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Committee "Republican National Committee") officials to discuss the party's strategy and resources.[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-66) In September 2017, Trump Jr. asked to have his [Secret Service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service "United States Secret Service") detail removed, telling friends he wanted more privacy, the second presidential child to do so.[\[a\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-67) The request was criticized by former Secret Service agents.[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-68) Trump Jr.'s protection was restored later that month.[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-69) In October 2020, it was reported that Pennsylvania Republicans were suggesting Trump Jr. run for the vacant Senate seat in Pennsylvania in [2022](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania "2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania") after two-term incumbent [Pat Toomey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Toomey "Pat Toomey") announced he would not be seeking re-election.[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-70) In the same month, Trump Jr. held a crowded indoor rally where attendees did not wear masks, contradicting public health guidelines.[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-71) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Kevin_McCarthy_joins_Donald_Trump_Jr.%27s_video_podcast_in_2023.jpg/250px-Kevin_McCarthy_joins_Donald_Trump_Jr.%27s_video_podcast_in_2023.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kevin_McCarthy_joins_Donald_Trump_Jr.%27s_video_podcast_in_2023.jpg) Trump Jr. with Speaker of the House [Kevin McCarthy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy "Kevin McCarthy") in 2023 In an October 29 interview with [Fox News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News "Fox News")'s [Laura Ingraham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingraham "Laura Ingraham"), Trump Jr. asserted that the coronavirus death rate has dropped to "almost nothing", adding "(b)ecause we've gotten control of this thing. We understand how it works – they have the therapeutics to be able to deal with this. If you look at that, look at my Instagram, it's gone down to almost nothing."[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-72) On that day, the number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. was 1,063.[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-73) Before his father's loss in the 2020 election, Trump was the subject of speculation for a [2024](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election "2024 United States presidential election") run for president.[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-74)[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-75) In October 2020, he posted a photo to his Instagram account of a "Don Jr. 2024" flag.[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-76)[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-77) ### Michael Cohen reimbursement payments On May 28, 2024, an email was shown during defense closing arguments in Trump Sr.'s [New York criminal trial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York "Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York") which revealed that longtime Trump Organization comptroller Jeffrey McConnery, who was previously acknowledged to have organized Trump Sr.'s reimbursement payments to [Michael Cohen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cohen_$lawyer$ "Michael Cohen (lawyer)") following the hush money payments Cohen made to [Stormy Daniels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Daniels "Stormy Daniels"), sought approval from both Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-closingargumentsdefense-78) Trump Jr. signed some of the reimbursement checks to Cohen as well.[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-closingargumentsdefense-78)[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-79) ## Views \| \| \| \|---\|---\| \| ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png) \| This section may contain [excessive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists#List_size "Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists") or [irrelevant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Due_and_undue_weight "Wikipedia:Neutral point of view") examples. 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(August 2024) ([Learn how and when to remove this message](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal "Help:Maintenance template removal")) \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Donald_Trump_Jr._crop.jpg/250px-Donald_Trump_Jr._crop.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_Jr._crop.jpg) Trump Jr. speaking in 2020 ### Race and immigration During his father's presidential campaign, Trump Jr. caused controversy in 2016 when he posted an image that compared Syrian refugees to [Skittles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_$confectionery$ "Skittles (confectionery)"), saying "If I had a bowl of Skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful? That's our Syrian refugee problem."[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40)[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-80)[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-taste-81) The makers of Skittles condemned the tweet, saying "Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy."[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-taste-81)[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) The [Cato Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_Institute "Cato Institute") stated that year that the chances "an American would be killed in a terrorist attack committed by a refugee was one in 3.64 billion" per year.[\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-82)[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-83) On March 1, 2016, an interview with [white supremacist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy "White supremacy") [James Edwards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Political_Cesspool#James_Edwards "The Political Cesspool") and Trump Jr. was aired. The campaign initially denied the interview had taken place; later Trump Jr. claimed it was unintentional.[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-84) As a consequence of the interview, mainstream media outlets have accused Trump Jr. of being either a believer in the [white genocide conspiracy theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_genocide_conspiracy_theory "White genocide conspiracy theory"),[\[84\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-85) or pretending to be an advocate for political gain.[\[85\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-86) In September 2016, Trump Jr. cited [Holocaust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust "The Holocaust") imagery to criticize what he perceived as the mainstream media's uncritical coverage of Hillary Clinton during her campaign, by "letting her slide on every discrepancy", while also accusing Democrats involved in the 2016 campaign of lying. Trump Jr. said if the Republicans were committing the same offences mainstream outlets would be "warming up the gas chamber right now".[\[86\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-rapp-87)[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nguyen-88) Also that month, Trump Jr. shared an image on [Instagram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram "Instagram") depicting a cross between his father and [Pepe the Frog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog "Pepe the Frog"). When asked on [Good Morning America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Morning_America "Good Morning America") about Pepe the Frog and its associations with [white supremacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy "White supremacy"), Trump Jr. said he had never heard of Pepe the Frog and thought it was just a "frog with a wig".[\[88\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-89)[\[89\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-90) In April 2017, Trump Jr. lauded conspiracy theorist [Mike Cernovich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Cernovich "Mike Cernovich"), who has promoted the debunked [white genocide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_genocide_conspiracy_theory "White genocide conspiracy theory") and [Pizzagate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory "Pizzagate conspiracy theory") conspiracy theories,[\[90\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-91) saying, "In a long gone time of unbiased journalism he'd win the [Pulitzer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize "Pulitzer Prize")".[\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-92)[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-93) In August 2020, the [Southern Poverty Law Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center "Southern Poverty Law Center") reported that Trump Jr. appeared at a far-right "We Build the Wall" event with [Jack Posobiec](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Posobiec "Jack Posobiec") in July 2019.[\[93\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-:0-94) ### Promotion of conspiracy theories Trump Jr. [retweeted](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retweet "Retweet") conspiratorial remarks by white supremacist [Kevin B. MacDonald](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_MacDonald_$evolutionary_psychologist$ "Kevin MacDonald (evolutionary psychologist)") about alleged [favors exchanged by Hillary Clinton and Switzerland's largest bank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Foundation%E2%80%93State_Department_controversy#Switzerland.27s_largest_bank "Clinton Foundation–State Department controversy").[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) On the campaign trail, Trump Jr. promoted [Alex Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones "Alex Jones")' conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton wore an earpiece to a presidential forum[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-95)[\[95\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-96)[\[96\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-97) and that official unemployment rates were manipulated for political purposes.[\[97\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-98) In May 2017, Trump Jr. promoted what [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN") called the "long-debunked, far-right conspiracy theory" that [Bill Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton "Bill Clinton") was linked to [Vince Foster's death](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Vince_Foster "Suicide of Vince Foster").[\[98\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-99) In November, Trump Jr. again promoted the conspiracy theory that [the Clintons had murdered people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_body_count_conspiracy_theory "Clinton body count conspiracy theory").[\[99\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-100) In February 2018, Trump Jr. liked two [tweets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter") promoting a [conspiracy theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory "Conspiracy theory") that survivors of the [Stoneman Douglas High School shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoneman_Douglas_High_School_shooting "Stoneman Douglas High School shooting") were coached into propagating anti-Trump rhetoric.[\[100\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-101)[\[101\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-102) In May 2018, Trump Jr. retweeted a false and [antisemitic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism "Antisemitism") conspiracy theory that [George Soros](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros "George Soros"), the Jewish Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist, was a "nazi \[sic\] who turned in his fellow Jews to be murdered in German concentration camps & stole their wealth".[\[102\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-barr-103)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11)[\[103\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-roseanne-104) The tweets originated from [Roseanne Barr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseanne_Barr "Roseanne Barr"), whose TV show [Roseanne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseanne_$TV_series$ "Roseanne (TV series)") was canceled the same day after she had posted a series of racist and antisemitic tweets.[\[102\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-barr-103) A spokesperson for Soros responded to the tweets, "George Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary as a 13-year-old child by going into hiding and assuming a false identity with the help of his father, who managed to save his own family and help many other Jews survive the Holocaust".[\[103\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-roseanne-104) In June 2018, Trump Jr. liked a tweet suggesting that the migrant children separated from their parents due to the [Trump administration family separation policy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_administration_family_separation_policy "Trump administration family separation policy") were actually actors.[\[104\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-105) In September 2018, when [Hurricane Florence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Florence "Hurricane Florence") was affecting the United States, Trump Jr. tweeted a picture of CNN journalist [Anderson Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Cooper "Anderson Cooper") waist-deep in floodwaters when another man in the same picture was standing knee-deep a distance away. In the same tweet, Trump Jr. included a link to a [Breitbart News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breitbart_News "Breitbart News") article claiming that CNN's ratings had dropped by 41%, and proposed a conspiracy theory that CNN was "lying to try to make \[his father, President Trump\] look bad". In actuality, the picture of Cooper was about 10 years old, taken during 2008's [Hurricane Ike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ike "Hurricane Ike") before Trump became president, and Cooper was videoed talking about how the floodwaters were receding.[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-106)[\[106\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-107) In May 2020, Trump Jr. falsely accused [Joe Biden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden "Joe Biden") of being a [pedophile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia "Pedophilia").[\[107\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-108)[\[108\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-109) After Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2025, Trump Jr. launched a conspiracy theory questioning how [Jill Biden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Biden "Jill Biden"), who received a doctoral degree, missed the signs and whether it was [covered up](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover-up "Cover-up"). Trump Jr.'s response was seen as an outlier compared to other politicians including his father's, and was a subject of criticism. However, he had also [liked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_button "Like button") a post wishing Biden a speedy recovery, "politics aside."[\[109\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-110)[\[110\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-111) In August 2020, Trump Jr. shared a Breitbart News article about more than 800 dead people voting in Michigan which was framed to suggest that the ballots were not legitimately cast and thus showed evidence of extensive voter fraud; however, the voters in question died after submitting the ballots, and the ballots were rejected by Michigan authorities who knew the voters had died before the election date.[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-112) In September 2020, he again pushed false claims about voter fraud by asserting, "The radical left are laying the groundwork to steal this election from my father". He added: "Their plan is to add millions of fraudulent ballots that can cancel your vote and overturn the election" and asked "able-bodied" people to join an election security "army" for his father. Facebook and Twitter affixed labels to the video which pointed to accurate information about voting.[\[112\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-113) In November 2020, after [Pfizer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer "Pfizer") announced that it had developed a [COVID-19 vaccine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer%E2%80%93BioNTech_COVID-19_vaccine "Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine") with 90% effectiveness, Trump Jr. suggested that the vaccine had been held back in order to hurt his father's chances of winning the election.[\[113\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-114)[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-115) Pfizer CEO [Albert Bourla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bourla "Albert Bourla") dismissed the suggestion, saying that the company had always planned to rely on the "speed of science".[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-116) After [Russia invaded Ukraine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine "2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine") in February 2022, Trump Jr. amplified baseless Russian state propaganda which claimed that [the US and Ukraine were developing biological weapons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_bioweapons_conspiracy_theory "Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory").[\[116\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-117)[\[117\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-118) ### COVID-19 misinformation Trump Jr. was given a 12-hour restriction by Twitter in July 2020 after he promoted misinformation about [COVID-19](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019 "Coronavirus disease 2019") by retweeting a video showing [Houston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston "Houston") doctor [Stella Immanuel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Immanuel "Stella Immanuel") promoting [hydroxychloroquine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxychloroquine "Hydroxychloroquine") as a cure, despite conflicting studies, and by claiming that masks were unnecessary. Twitter later said that it restricted his ability to tweet or retweet for 12 hours for violating its [COVID-19 misinformation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation "COVID-19 misinformation") policy.[\[118\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-119)[\[119\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-120)[\[120\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-121)[\[121\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-122) On October 29, 2020, Trump Jr. criticized the media's focus on new infections rather than on deaths, saying on Fox News, "why aren't they talking about deaths? Oh, oh, because the number is almost nothing. Because we've gotten control of this, and we understand how it works." On the day Trump Jr. made that comment, [the United States registered roughly 1,000 COVID-19 deaths](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States "COVID-19 pandemic in the United States").[\[122\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Politico_20201030-123)[\[123\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-124) ### Other [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/AmericaFest_2025_-_Donald_Trump_Jr_08_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-AmericaFest_2025_-_Donald_Trump_Jr_08_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AmericaFest_2025_-_Donald_Trump_Jr_08_$cropped$.jpg) Trump Jr. at [AmericaFest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Point_USA "Turning Point USA") 2025 In November 2019, Trump Jr. tweeted the name of the alleged whistleblower who brought to light the [Trump-Ukraine scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal "Trump–Ukraine scandal").[\[124\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-125)[\[125\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-126) Whistleblower conventions are intended to protect the identity of individuals who expose wrongdoing in government. [Agence France-Presse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse "Agence France-Presse") attempted to independently verify the identity that Trump Jr. tweeted but was unable to do so.[\[126\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-127) In June 2020, during the [COVID-19 pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic "COVID-19 pandemic"), Trump Jr. accused liberals of hypocrisy, for imposing restrictive measures and social distancing guidelines on businesses while holding the "Action for Black Trans Lives" protest for the rights of African American [transgender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender "Transgender") people.[\[127\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-128) Trump Jr. has accused [big tech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech "Big Tech") companies of being biased against conservatives and has claimed that a [deep state](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state_in_the_United_States "Deep state in the United States") sought to undermine Trump during his presidency.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-britannica-4) ## Attempts to overturn the 2020 election Main article: [Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election "Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election") Trump had a prominent role in his father's [attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election "Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election"), threatening Republican lawmakers who did not take part in it.[\[128\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-129) In November 2020, he advocated "[total war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war "Total war")" instead of completion of vote counting in the [2020 United States elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_elections "2020 United States elections").[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-DallasMorningNews-2020-11-05-6) CNN reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to [White House Chief of Staff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff "White House Chief of Staff") [Mark Meadows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Meadows "Mark Meadows") outlining paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term.[\[129\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-130) He wrote, "It's very simple. We have multiple paths. We control them all. We have operational control. Total leverage. Moral high ground. POTUS must start second term now." He continued, "Republicans control 28 states Democrats 22 states. Once again Trump wins," adding, "We either have a vote WE control and WE win OR it gets kicked to Congress 6 January 2021." Biden had not yet been declared the winner at the time of the text.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-control-9)[\[130\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-131) ### Relation to the January 6 Capitol attack For broader coverage of this topic, see [January 6 United States Capitol attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack "January 6 United States Capitol attack"). Together with his father and other speakers, on January 6, 2021, Trump Jr. spoke to an audience and, speaking about reluctant GOP lawmakers saying, "If you're gonna be the zero and not the hero, we're coming for you".[\[131\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-132) President Trump further [incited](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incitement_to_terrorism "Incitement to terrorism") the crowd which then marched to the [US Capitol building](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Capitol_building "US Capitol building"), where they [forced entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_entry "Forced entry"), broke windows and [vandalized](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalize "Vandalize") the building. One woman was killed, and a police officer and three other people died during or shortly after the incursion.[\[132\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-133) [Television host](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_host "Television host") and former congressman [Joe Scarborough](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Scarborough "Joe Scarborough") called for the arrest of Trump Jr., along with his father and Rudolph Giuliani, for [insurrection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection "Insurrection") against the United States.[\[133\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-thehill-2021-134) Following his father's permanent ban from [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter") on January 8, 2021, Donald Trump Jr. claimed that [free speech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_speech "Free speech") "no longer exists in America".[\[134\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-135) On March 5, 2021, Representative [Eric Swalwell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Swalwell "Eric Swalwell") filed a civil lawsuit against Trump Jr. and three others (his father, Representative [Mo Brooks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Brooks "Mo Brooks"), and [Rudy Giuliani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani "Rudy Giuliani")), seeking damages for their alleged role in inciting the riot.[\[135\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-136) In December 2021, text messages released by Meadows revealed that Trump Jr. begged Meadows to persuade his father to stop the attack.[\[136\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-137)[\[137\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-138) ### Criminal investigation On January 11, 2021, [D.C. attorney general](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_for_the_District_of_Columbia "Attorney General for the District of Columbia") [Karl Racine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Racine "Karl Racine") said that Donald Trump Jr. is a [person of interest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_interest "Person of interest") in the criminal investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol and that he is looking at whether to charge him, along with [Rudy Giuliani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani "Rudy Giuliani") and [Mo Brooks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Brooks "Mo Brooks"), with inciting the violent attack.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cnbc-2021-8)[\[138\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-139) ## Fraud investigation On January 14, 2021, it became known that Trump Jr. is a person of interest in the [criminal investigation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_investigation "Criminal investigation") into [misuse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misuse "Misuse") of his father's inaugural funds in Washington D.C., and that [prosecutors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor "Prosecutor") intend to interview him over his role in "grossly overpaying" for use of event space at the [Trump Hotel in Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Hotel_DC "Trump Hotel DC") for the 2017 inauguration.[\[139\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cnn-fraud-investigation-140) In May 2022, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine reached a \$750,000 settlement with the inaugural committee without requiring an admission of wrongdoing.[\[140\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Klasfeld2022-141) ## Books ### Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us Main article: [Triggered (book)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triggered_$book$ "Triggered (book)") In 2019, Trump Jr. released the book, [Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triggered_$book$ "Triggered (book)"). The book is critical of [political correctness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness "Political correctness"), and argues that the American left has a [victimhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_mentality "Victim mentality") complex.[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142) The Washington Post commented: "yet, in his telling, the real victim is often him, his father or another Trump family member".[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142) In the book, Trump Jr. pushes conspiracy theories about how the [intelligence community](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community "United States Intelligence Community") has attempted to harm President Trump, comparing President Trump's experiences with the [FBI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation "Federal Bureau of Investigation") harassment campaign against civil rights leader [Martin Luther King Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr. "Martin Luther King Jr.")[\[142\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-book-143) Trump Jr. wrote of a visit to [Arlington National Cemetery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery "Arlington National Cemetery") (a military cemetery), commenting that he got emotional looking at the graves and that it reminded him of "all the sacrifices" the Trump family had made, including "voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were 'profiting off of the office'."[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142)[\[142\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-book-143) Fact-checkers have reported that Trump still owns the family business, and that the Trump family have continued to engage in international business deals since Trump became president.[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142) In a review for The Washington Post, [Carlos Lozada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lozada_$journalist$ "Carlos Lozada (journalist)") said that it "fails as memoir and as polemic: its analysis is facile, its hypocrisy relentless, its self-awareness marginal (the writing is wretched, even by the standards of political vanity projects)".[\[143\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-144) The book was a [New York Times best-seller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list "The New York Times Best Seller list"). The book was purchased in bulk by at least nine Republican organizations, candidates or advocacy groups, including N.R.C.C. and the [RNC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Committee "Republican National Committee") which bought \$75,000 and \$100,000 worth of the books, respectively. [Turning Point USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Point_USA "Turning Point USA") and the National Republican Senatorial Committee purchased approximately 2,000 and 2,500 books, respectively.[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-145) ### Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible Main article: [Liberal Privilege](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Privilege "Liberal Privilege") In 2020, Trump Jr. self-published the book Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible. Trump Jr. reportedly hired three researchers to collect information about [Joe Biden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden "Joe Biden") and spent three months writing the book.[\[145\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-NYT-Karni-146) Trump Jr. explained to [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times") his reasons: "While I had no plans for a book this year, I was stuck indoors like the rest of the nation during the pandemic", he said, adding that he "decided to highlight Biden's half century of being a swamp monster, since the media wouldn't do it". The same article stated that he decided to self-publish because he could count on the publicity of "his own platform – and the promise of bulk purchases from the RNC".[\[145\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-NYT-Karni-146) The book was indeed bought in bulk by the RNC.[\[146\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-147) On October 28, 2020, the RNC paid over \$300,000 of donor money to Pursuit Venture LLC, a company owned by Trump Jr., for "donor mementos". It was the most money the RNC had ever paid for this purpose.[\[147\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-148) The hardcover retails for \$29.99, which suggests roughly how many copies might have been purchased, and the RNC's intent was to give a copy to people who donated \$50–\$100.[\[148\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-149) ## Personal life ### Family [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%26_Kimberly_Guilfoyle_%2848513772081%29.jpg/250px-Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%26_Kimberly_Guilfoyle_%2848513772081%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump,_Jr._%26_Kimberly_Guilfoyle_$48513772081$.jpg) Trump Jr. with [Kimberly Guilfoyle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Guilfoyle "Kimberly Guilfoyle") in July 2019 In 2003, Trump Jr. began dating model [Vanessa Kay Haydon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Trump "Vanessa Trump") at his father's suggestion.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11) The couple married on November 12, 2005, at his father's [Mar-a-Lago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago "Mar-a-Lago") estate in [Palm Beach, Florida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Beach,_Florida "Palm Beach, Florida"); the service was officiated by Trump Jr.'s aunt, Judge [Maryanne Trump Barry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryanne_Trump_Barry "Maryanne Trump Barry").[\[149\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-150) Haydon's grandfather was Danish jazz musician [Kai Ewans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Ewans "Kai Ewans").[\[150\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-connection-151)[\[151\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-152)[\[152\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-153)[\[153\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-154) They have five children: daughter [Kai Madison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Trump "Kai Trump") (b. May 2007), son Donald John III (b. February 2009), son Tristan Milos (b. October 2011), son Spencer Frederick (b. October 2012), and daughter Chloe Sophia (b. June 2014).[\[154\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-155)[\[155\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-156)[\[156\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-157) The oldest daughter, Kai, is named after her maternal great-grandfather, Kai Ewans.[\[157\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-158)[\[150\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-connection-151) Kai Trump was introduced by her father and spoke at the [2024 Republican National Convention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Republican_National_Convention "2024 Republican National Convention") on July 17.[\[158\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-159) On March 15, 2018, it was announced that the couple had separated and Haydon had filed for [uncontested divorce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontested_divorce "Uncontested divorce") in [Manhattan Supreme Court](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Supreme_Court "Manhattan Supreme Court").[\[159\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nyt150318-160)[\[160\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-usatoday-divorcing-161)[\[161\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-162) However, later it was revealed that the divorce was contested.[\[162\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-163) The complaint was secret except for the title of the case.[\[163\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-164) On February 22, 2019, they announced that they settled their divorce at the end of 2018.[\[164\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-165) In 2018, Trump Jr. started dating [Kimberly Guilfoyle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Guilfoyle "Kimberly Guilfoyle").[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Successor-44)[\[165\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-166) Guilfoyle had been friends with the Trump family for years.[\[166\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-167) The two reportedly became engaged on December 31, 2020, Trump Jr.'s 43rd birthday. However, news of the engagement was not made public until January 2022.[\[167\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-168) Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle mutually ended their engagement sometime in 2024.[\[168\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-169) In December 2021, Trump Jr. switched his official residency from New York to Florida, 2 years after Donald Trump had done so.[\[169\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-170)[\[170\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-171) In December 2025, it was announced that he had become engaged to socialite [Bettina Anderson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettina_Anderson "Bettina Anderson").[\[171\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-172) ### Hunting Trump Jr. is an enthusiastic [hunter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_hunting "Game hunting"). Controversy erupted in 2012 when the pictures he had taken of his hunting trophies in 2010 were published, including by [Mia Farrow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mia_Farrow "Mia Farrow"), who reposted them in 2015 and 2019. Trump Jr. responded by saying "I'm not going to run and hide because the [peta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_for_the_Ethical_Treatment_of_Animals "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals") \[sic\] crazies don't like me". In one photo, Trump Jr. has his arms around a dead leopard; in another, he is holding a knife in one hand and a bloody elephant tail in the other.[\[172\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-leopard-173) Although the hunt was legal, anti-hunting activists criticized him. At least one sponsor dropped his father's television show [The Celebrity Apprentice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celebrity_Apprentice "The Celebrity Apprentice").[\[173\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-174) On [Earth Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day "Earth Day") in 2017, Trump Jr. legally hunted [prairie dogs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_dog "Prairie dog") in Montana with GOP Congressional candidate [Greg Gianforte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Gianforte "Greg Gianforte").[\[174\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-175) [ProPublica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProPublica "ProPublica") revealed on December 11, 2019, that the government of [Mongolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolia "Mongolia") retroactively granted Trump Jr. a hunting permit for the endangered [Argali mountain sheep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argali "Argali").[\[175\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-176) The sheep hunt and travel to [Ulaanbaatar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulaanbaatar "Ulaanbaatar") for a private meeting with Mongolian president [Khaltmaagiin Battulga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaltmaagiin_Battulga "Khaltmaagiin Battulga") cost U.S. taxpayers \$76,859.36 for [United States Secret Service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service "United States Secret Service") protection,[\[176\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-BBC-Sheep-hunt-177) according to two [Freedom of Information Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_$United_States$ "Freedom of Information Act (United States)") requests by the [Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Responsibility_and_Ethics_in_Washington "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington") (CREW).[\[177\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-CREW-FOIA-178)[\[178\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-FOIA-2-Mongolia-179) [Humane Society International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humane_Society_International "Humane Society International") wildlife vice president Teresa Telecky said, "For [trophy hunters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_hunter "Trophy hunter") to travel to Mongolia to kill a beautiful and endangered ram is an absolute outrage".[\[179\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-180) In February 2020, Trump Jr. agreed to go on a hunting trip in [Alaska](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska "Alaska") with the winner of a fundraising auction for [Safari Club International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_Club_International "Safari Club International").[\[180\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-181) He also regularly visits [Yukon Territory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukon_Territory "Yukon Territory"), Canada, for hunting.[\[181\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-182) In February, 2025, Trump Jr. was accused of killing a protected duck while hunting in the [Venice lagoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_Lagoon "Venetian Lagoon"). A video of a hunting trip in northern Italy that was published by the Italian newspaper Corriere del Veneto[\[182\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-183) showed Trump Jr with the body of a rare [ruddy shelduck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy_shelduck "Ruddy shelduck") (Tadorna ferruginea), a species protected throughout Europe by the [EU birds directive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_Directive "Birds Directive") and by Italian law.[\[183\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-184) ## See also - [Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia "Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia") - [Mueller report](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mueller_report "Mueller report") - [Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections "Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections") - [Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections_$July_2016_%E2%80%93_election_day$ "Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)") - [Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_investigations_into_Donald_Trump_and_Russia "Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia") ## Notes 1. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-67) [Ron Reagan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Reagan "Ron Reagan") and his wife, Doria Palmieri, dropped their service in 1982, citing similar privacy reasons. ## References 1. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-1) ["Donald Trump profile"](https://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/). [Forbes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes "Forbes"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20171206115608/https://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/) from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2019. 2. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-deals_2-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-deals_2-1) [c](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-deals_2-2) Rizzo, Salvador (November 1, 2019). ["The Trump brothers' claims that they no longer profit from foreign deals"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/01/trump-brothers-claims-that-they-no-longer-profit-foreign-deals/). [The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193756/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/01/trump-brothers-claims-that-they-no-longer-profit-foreign-deals/) from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2019. 3. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-3)* - Stirewalt, Chris (July 11, 2017). ["Trump Jr. burns GOP defenders"](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-jr-burns-gop-defenders). [Fox News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News "Fox News"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170711215052/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/11/trump-jr-burns-gop-defenders.html) from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017. - Ayes, Sabra (July 11, 2017). ["The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. was unknown in the U.S. – until now"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170712002310/http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-russian-lawyer-an-unkown-in-u-s-and-1499780866-htmlstory.html). [Los Angeles Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times "Los Angeles Times"). Archived from [the original](https://latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-russian-lawyer-an-unkown-in-u-s-and-1499780866-htmlstory.html) on July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017. - Hayden, Michael Edison (July 11, 2017). ["Trump Jr. Russia e-mails spark fierce criticism, support"](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-jr-emails-blasted-critics-trump-administration/story?id=48568590). [ABC News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_News_$United_States$ "ABC News (United States)"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190929015819/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-jr-emails-blasted-critics-trump-administration/story?id=48568590) from the original on September 29, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019. 4. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-britannica_4-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-britannica_4-1) [c](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-britannica_4-2) ["Donald Trump, Jr"](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Donald-Trump-Jr). [Encyclopædia Britannica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica "Encyclopædia Britannica"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211129074021/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Donald-Trump-Jr) from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2022. 5. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-5)* da Silva, Chantal (November 6, 2020). ["'Reckless' and 'stupid': Trump Jr calls for 'total war' over election results"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-jr-election-results-war-b1634841.html). [The Independent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent "The Independent"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193722/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-jr-election-results-war-b1634841.html) from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021. 6. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-DallasMorningNews-2020-11-05_6-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-DallasMorningNews-2020-11-05_6-1) Gillman, Todd J. (November 5, 2020). ["Trump, on cusp of defeat to Biden, says 'they're trying to steal an election' after son calls for 'total war'"](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections/2020/11/05/with-biden-one-state-from-presidency-trump-demands-stop-the-count/). 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Readable Markdown	\| Donald Trump Jr. \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%2855021618832%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%2855021618832%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump,_Jr._$55021618832$_$cropped$.jpg)Trump in 2025 \| \| \| Born \| December 31, 1977 (age 48)New York City, U.S. \| \| Other names \| Don Jr. \| \| Education \| [University of Pennsylvania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania "University of Pennsylvania") ([BS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science "Bachelor of Science")) \| \| Occupations \| Businessman activist television presenter author \| \| Known for \| Executive in [the Trump Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trump_Organization "The Trump Organization") Former boardroom judge on [The Apprentice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_$American_TV_series$ "The Apprentice (American TV series)") \| \| Political party \| [Republican](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_$United_States$ "Republican Party (United States)") \| \| Spouse \| [Vanessa Haydon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Trump "Vanessa Trump") (m. 2005; div. 2018) \| \| Partners \| [Kimberly Guilfoyle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Guilfoyle "Kimberly Guilfoyle") (2018–2024) [Bettina Anderson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettina_Anderson "Bettina Anderson") (2025–present) \| \| Children \| 5, including [Kai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Trump "Kai Trump") \| \| Parents \| [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump") [Ivana Zelníčková](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivana_Trump "Ivana Trump") \| \| Family \| [Trump family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_family "Trump family") \| \| Website \| [donjr.com](https://donjr.com/) \| \| Signature \| \| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Donald_Trump_Jr.svg/250px-Donald_Trump_Jr.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_Jr.svg) \| \| Donald John Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977), often nicknamed Don Jr., is an American businessman and activist. He is the eldest child of [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump"), the 45th and 47th [president of the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States "President of the United States"), and his first wife, [Ivana Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivana_Trump "Ivana Trump"). Trump serves as a [trustee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustee "Trustee") and executive vice president of [the Trump Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trump_Organization "The Trump Organization"), running the company alongside his younger brother [Eric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Trump "Eric Trump").[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-1) During their [father's first presidency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "First presidency of Donald Trump"), the brothers continued to engage in deals and investments in foreign countries and collect payments at their U.S. properties from foreign governments, despite pledging not to do so.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-deals-2) He also served as a boardroom judge on the [reality TV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_TV "Reality TV") show featuring his father, [The Apprentice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_$American_TV_series$ "The Apprentice (American TV series)"). In addition, he authored [Triggered](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triggered_$book$ "Triggered (book)") in 2019 and [Liberal Privilege](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Privilege "Liberal Privilege") in 2020. Trump was active in his [father's 2016 presidential campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign "Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign"). He cooperated with Russia in their [interference in the 2016 United States elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections "Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections") and had [a meeting with a Russian lawyer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_meeting "Trump Tower meeting") who promised damaging information about the [campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign "Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign") of [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton "Hillary Clinton") in the [2016 presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election "2016 United States presidential election").[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-3) Trump campaigned for several Republicans during the [2018 midterm elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_elections "2018 United States elections").[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-britannica-4) Trump was also active in his [father's 2020 presidential campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign "Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign"), often on the campaign trail and featured in the news for making unfounded claims.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-britannica-4) During the [election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election "2020 United States presidential election"), he called for "[total war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war "Total war")" as the results were counted and promoted the [stolen election conspiracy theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election#Stop_the_Steal "Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election"). Following his father's defeat, he engaged in [attempts to overturn the results](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election "Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-5)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-DallasMorningNews-2020-11-05-6) He spoke at the [rally](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_Trump_rally "January 6 Trump rally") that led to the [storming of the Capitol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol "2021 storming of the United States Capitol"), where he threatened Trump's opponents that "we're coming for you."[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nytimes-2021-7) In January 2021, [Attorney General for the District of Columbia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_for_the_District_of_Columbia "Attorney General for the District of Columbia") [Karl Racine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Racine "Karl Racine") said that he was looking at whether to charge Trump Jr. with [inciting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incitement#United_States "Incitement") the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in the criminal investigation into the attack.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cnbc-2021-8) [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN") reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to [White House Chief of Staff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff "White House Chief of Staff") [Mark Meadows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Meadows "Mark Meadows") outlining paths to subvert the [Electoral College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College "United States Electoral College") process and ensure his father a second term.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-control-9) At the [2024 Republican National Convention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Republican_National_Convention "2024 Republican National Convention"), he led the introductions of [JD Vance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance "JD Vance"), who had been selected as Donald Trump's running mate.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-10) Early life Donald John Trump Jr. was born on December 31, 1977, in [Manhattan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan "Manhattan"), New York City, to [Ivana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivana_Trump "Ivana Trump") and [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump").[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11) He has two younger siblings, [Ivanka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanka_Trump "Ivanka Trump") and [Eric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Trump "Eric Trump"). He also has two half siblings, [Tiffany](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_Trump "Tiffany Trump"), from his father's marriage to [Marla Maples](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Maples "Marla Maples"), and [Barron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barron_Trump "Barron Trump"), from his father's current marriage to [Melania Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump "Melania Trump"). Through his father, Trump is a grandson of [Fred Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Trump "Fred Trump") and [Mary Anne MacLeod](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anne_MacLeod_Trump "Mary Anne MacLeod Trump"), and a great-grandson of [Frederick Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Trump "Frederick Trump") and [Elizabeth Christ Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Christ_Trump "Elizabeth Christ Trump"), the latter of whom founded what became the Trump Organization. As a boy, Trump found a role model in his maternal grandfather, Miloš Zelníček, who had a home near [Prague](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague "Prague"), where he spent summers camping, fishing, hunting and learning the [Czech language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_language "Czech language").[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-12) His parents divorced when he was 12 years old due to his father having an [extramarital affair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extramarital_affair "Extramarital affair").[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-13) Trump Jr. was estranged from his father for one year after the divorce, furious at his actions which broke up the family.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-14) Trump was educated at [Buckley School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckley_School_$New_York_City$ "Buckley School (New York City)")[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-15) and [The Hill School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hill_School "The Hill School"), a college preparatory boarding school in [Pottstown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottstown,_Pennsylvania "Pottstown, Pennsylvania"), Pennsylvania, followed by the [University of Pennsylvania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania "University of Pennsylvania")'s (Penn) [Wharton School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wharton_School "Wharton School"), where he graduated in 2000 with a [B.S.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science "Bachelor of Science") in [Economics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics "Economics").[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-16) Career [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Don_Jr._headshot.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Don_Jr._headshot.jpg) Trump Jr. in 2009 After graduating from [Penn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania "University of Pennsylvania") in 2000, Trump moved to [Aspen, Colorado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen,_Colorado "Aspen, Colorado"), where he hunted, fished, skied, lived in a truck, and worked as a bartender for a year, before returning to join the [Trump Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Organization "Trump Organization") in New York. Trump has supervised building projects, which included [40 Wall Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_Wall_Street "40 Wall Street"), [Trump International Hotel and Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_International_Hotel_and_Tower_$Chicago$ "Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)"), and [Trump Park Avenue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Park_Avenue "Trump Park Avenue"),[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cohan201702-17) In 2006 he helped launch [Trump Mortgage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Mortgage "Trump Mortgage"), which collapsed less than a year later.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11) In 2010, he became a spokesperson and "executive director of global branding" for [Cambridge Who's Who](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Who%27s_Who "Cambridge Who's Who"), a [vanity publisher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_press "Vanity press") against whom hundreds of complaints had already been filed with the [Better Business Bureau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Business_Bureau "Better Business Bureau").[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-18) He appeared as a guest adviser and judge on many episodes of his father's reality television show [The Apprentice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_$American_TV_series$ "The Apprentice (American TV series)"), from [season 5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_$American_TV_series$_season_5 "The Apprentice (American TV series) season 5") in 2006 to [his father's last season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_$American_TV_series$_season_14 "The Apprentice (American TV series) season 14") in 2015.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-19) Trump Organization On January 11, 2017, Trump's father announced that he and his brother Eric would oversee a trust that included the Trump Organization's assets while his father was president, to avert a [conflict of interest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest "Conflict of interest").[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-20) Amid the [Trump–Ukraine scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal "Trump–Ukraine scandal") – where Trump asked the Ukrainian president to investigate [Joe Biden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden "Joe Biden") and his son [Hunter Biden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden "Hunter Biden") – Trump Jr. strongly criticized Hunter Biden, accusing him of nepotism and leveraging his father as a means to get financial benefits. Trump Jr. said, "When you're the father and your son's entire career is dependent on that, they own you." Trump Jr. was widely ridiculed for these remarks by [Trevor Noah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Noah "Trevor Noah") and others. Trump Jr. is a high-level executive in his father's business and continued to operate and promote the family's businesses across the world during Trump's presidency.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-21)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-22)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-23)[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-24) The [Associated Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press "Associated Press") wrote of Trump Jr.'s, remarks that he was "showing no self-awareness that he, too, has at least in part been successful because of a famous father".[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-25) According to [The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post") fact-checker, Trump Jr.'s assertion that he and his family members had gotten out of foreign business deals after Trump became president is false.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-deals-2) The Washington Post reported that after Trump became president, "Trump's sons have been busy selling assets to foreign individuals, expanding or adding onto their existing deals and investments in foreign countries, and collecting payments in U.S. properties from foreign governments."[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-deals-2) In February 2018, advertisements in Indian newspapers promoted a deal whereby anyone who purchased [Trump Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Organization "Trump Organization") apartments in [Gurgaon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurgaon "Gurgaon") before February 20 would be invited to have a "conversation and dinner" with Trump Jr. The ads were criticized by corruption watchdogs as unethical.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-26)[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-27) A ruling which was handed down on February 16, 2024 barred Trump from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York, including the Trump Organization, for two years.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-28) In November 2024, Trump announced that he would be joining [1789 Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789_Capital "1789 Capital") as a partner.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-29)[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-30) In 2025, he announced that the firm would invest in the [Enhanced Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Games "Enhanced Games"), a proposed sports event that will allow [performance enhancing drugs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_enhancing_drugs "Performance enhancing drugs").[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Financial_Times_2025-02-13-31) He joined the advisory board of drone company Unusual Machines in November 2024.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-32) In December 2024, it was announced that Trump was joining the board of directors of [PublicSquare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Square_$company$ "Public Square (company)").[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-33) Podcast In 2023, Trump launched a podcast, Triggered with Don Jr, on the platform [Rumble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_$website$ "Rumble (website)").[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-34)[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-35) Executive Branch private membership club In April 2025, the Executive Branch, a Washington, D.C., private membership club opened with a party that was reported to have included members of the [Trump administration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "Second presidency of Donald Trump"), "wealthy CEOs, tech founders, and policy experts".[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-36) The club was co-founded by Trump, [David O. Sacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Sacks "David O. Sacks"), [Cameron Winklevoss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Winklevoss "Cameron Winklevoss"), and [Tyler Winklevoss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Winklevoss "Tyler Winklevoss"), and is owned by Trump, [Omeed Malik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omeed_Malik "Omeed Malik"), [Chris Buskirk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Buskirk "Chris Buskirk") of [Rockbridge Network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbridge_Network "Rockbridge Network") and [1789 Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789_Capital "1789 Capital"), and Alex and Steve Witkoff, sons of [Steve Witkoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff "Steve Witkoff").[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-37)[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-38) Involvement in politics 2016 presidential campaign [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Donald_Trump_Jr_at_rally_in_Iowa.jpg/250px-Donald_Trump_Jr_at_rally_in_Iowa.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_Jr_at_rally_in_Iowa.jpg) Trump Jr. campaigning for his father in Iowa, November 2016 Ahead of the [2016 presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election "2016 United States presidential election"), Trump Jr. was a central member of his father's campaign,[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-39) characterized by [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times") as a "close political adviser".[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) He spoke at the [Republican National Convention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Republican_National_Convention "2016 Republican National Convention"), along with his siblings Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) Trump Jr. influenced his father's choice of [Secretary of the Interior](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior "United States Secretary of the Interior") [Ryan Zinke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Zinke "Ryan Zinke") during the presidential transition.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-41)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-42) Since his father's victory in the 2016 election, Trump Jr. has developed what The Washington Post calls a "public persona as a right-wing provocateur and ardent defender of [Trumpism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpism "Trumpism")".[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-43) The Atlantic reported in 2019 that Trump had described Trump Jr. in 2017 as "not the sharpest knife in the drawer".[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Successor-44) Trump Jr. earned the nickname "Fredo" among some Trump campaign staffers, a reference to [a character](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredo_Corleone "Fredo Corleone") in [The Godfather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather "The Godfather").[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-45)[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-46) Trump Tower meeting On June 9, 2016, Trump Jr. attended a meeting arranged by publicist [Rob Goldstone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Goldstone "Rob Goldstone") on behalf of Azerbaijani-Russian businessman [Emin Agalarov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emin_Agalarov "Emin Agalarov").[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-npr071117-47) The meeting was held in [Trump Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower "Trump Tower") in [Manhattan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan "Manhattan"), among three members of the presidential campaign: Trump Jr., [Jared Kushner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner "Jared Kushner"), and [Paul Manafort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Manafort "Paul Manafort") – and Russian lawyer [Natalia Veselnitskaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Veselnitskaya "Natalia Veselnitskaya"), her translator Anatoli Samochornov, Russian-American lobbyist [Rinat Akhmetshin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinat_Akhmetshin "Rinat Akhmetshin"), and [Ike Kaveladze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Kaveladze "Ike Kaveladze"), a [Georgian-American](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian-American "Georgian-American"), U.S.-based senior vice president at Crocus Group, the real estate development company run by [Aras Agalarov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aras_Agalarov "Aras Agalarov").[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-npr071117-47) Approximately a year later, Trump Jr. initially told the media that [adoption of Russian children](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dima_Yakovlev_Law "Dima Yakovlev Law") was the main subject of the meeting.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-48) On July 8, 2017, Trump Jr. tweeted his email exchange with [Goldstone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Goldstone "Rob Goldstone").[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-49) It revealed that Trump Jr. had agreed to attend the meeting with the understanding he would receive information damaging to [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton "Hillary Clinton").[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-read-the-emails-50) Goldstone also wrote in one of Trump Jr.'s publicly disclosed emails that the Russian government was involved.[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-read-the-emails-50) [Robert Mueller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mueller "Robert Mueller"), the [special counsel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_counsel "Special counsel") of the [Department of Justice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Justice "U.S. Department of Justice") in charge of Russia-related investigations, investigated the emails and the meeting.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Prokupecz-51) Although the White House lauded Trump Jr. for his transparency, he released the e-mails only after The New York Times had informed him that they had them and were going to publish a story about them.[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-52) In June 2019, Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee made a criminal referral of Trump Jr. to federal prosecutors on suspicions that he misled the committee with his testimony.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-53) Meeting with Gulf states emissary Trump Jr. had a meeting in August 2016 with an emissary for the [United Arab Emirates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates "United Arab Emirates") and [Saudi Arabia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia "Saudi Arabia") who offered help to the Trump presidential campaign.[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nytimes-54) The meeting included [Joel Zamel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikistrat "Wikistrat"), an Israeli specialist in [social media manipulation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_manipulation "Social media manipulation"); [George Nader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nader_$businessman$ "George Nader (businessman)"), an envoy representing the crown princes of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia; and American businessman [Erik Prince](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Prince "Erik Prince").[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-55)[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nytimes-54) Correspondence with WikiLeaks In November 2017, news broke that [Julian Assange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange "Julian Assange") had used the [WikiLeaks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks "WikiLeaks") Twitter account to correspond with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 presidential election. Trump Jr. had already provided this correspondence to congressional investigators who were looking into [Russian interference in the 2016 election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections "Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections").[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-secret-56)[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-wikileaks-57)[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-58) The correspondence showed that WikiLeaks actively solicited the cooperation of Trump Jr., who was a campaign surrogate and advisor in the campaign of his father.[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-59)[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-60) WikiLeaks urged the Trump campaign to reject the results of the 2016 presidential election at a time when it appeared the Trump campaign would lose. WikiLeaks asked Trump Jr. to share a made-up[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-61) claim by [True Pundit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Pundit "True Pundit") that Hillary Clinton had wanted to attack Assange with drones. WikiLeaks also shared a link to a website that would help people search through the [hacked e-mails](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podesta_emails "Podesta emails") of Clinton campaign manager [John Podesta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Podesta "John Podesta"), which WikiLeaks had recently made public. Trump Jr. shared both.[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-secret-56)[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-wikileaks-57) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%2848513758216%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%2848513758216%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump,_Jr._$48513758216$_$cropped$.jpg) Trump Jr. speaks at the 2019 Teen Student Action Summit hosted by [Turning Point USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Point_USA "Turning Point USA"), 2019. 2018 midterm election campaigns During the [2018 midterms election cycle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_elections "2018 United States elections"), Trump actively campaigned on behalf of Republican candidates, including for [Matt Rosendale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Rosendale "Matt Rosendale"), [Patrick Morrisey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Morrisey "Patrick Morrisey"), [Mike Braun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Braun "Mike Braun"), [Ron DeSantis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_DeSantis "Ron DeSantis"), [Lee Zeldin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Zeldin "Lee Zeldin") and [Matt Gaetz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Gaetz "Matt Gaetz").[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-62) He raised millions of dollars for Republican candidates, was second only to his father in his ability to draw crowds to campaign events, and is credited with helping Republican candidates win.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Successor-44) Other political activities In 2007, Trump Jr. gave \$4,000 to then-Senator [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton "Hillary Clinton")'s campaign to be the [Democratic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_$United_States$ "Democratic Party (United States)") presidential nominee.[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-63) In 2011, Trump Jr. responded to criticism of the [Tea Party movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement "Tea Party movement") by Florida representative [Frederica Wilson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederica_Wilson "Frederica Wilson") by confusing Wilson with California representative [Maxine Waters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine_Waters "Maxine Waters") and saying her colorful hats made her look like a [stripper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripper "Stripper").[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-64) In April 2017, he campaigned for Montana congressional candidate [Greg Gianforte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Gianforte "Greg Gianforte"),[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-65) and in May met with [Republican National Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Committee "Republican National Committee") officials to discuss the party's strategy and resources.[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-66) In September 2017, Trump Jr. asked to have his [Secret Service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service "United States Secret Service") detail removed, telling friends he wanted more privacy, the second presidential child to do so.[\[a\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-67) The request was criticized by former Secret Service agents.[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-68) Trump Jr.'s protection was restored later that month.[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-69) In October 2020, it was reported that Pennsylvania Republicans were suggesting Trump Jr. run for the vacant Senate seat in Pennsylvania in [2022](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania "2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania") after two-term incumbent [Pat Toomey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Toomey "Pat Toomey") announced he would not be seeking re-election.[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-70) In the same month, Trump Jr. held a crowded indoor rally where attendees did not wear masks, contradicting public health guidelines.[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-71) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Kevin_McCarthy_joins_Donald_Trump_Jr.%27s_video_podcast_in_2023.jpg/250px-Kevin_McCarthy_joins_Donald_Trump_Jr.%27s_video_podcast_in_2023.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kevin_McCarthy_joins_Donald_Trump_Jr.%27s_video_podcast_in_2023.jpg) Trump Jr. with Speaker of the House [Kevin McCarthy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy "Kevin McCarthy") in 2023 In an October 29 interview with [Fox News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News "Fox News")'s [Laura Ingraham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingraham "Laura Ingraham"), Trump Jr. asserted that the coronavirus death rate has dropped to "almost nothing", adding "(b)ecause we've gotten control of this thing. We understand how it works – they have the therapeutics to be able to deal with this. If you look at that, look at my Instagram, it's gone down to almost nothing."[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-72) On that day, the number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. was 1,063.[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-73) Before his father's loss in the 2020 election, Trump was the subject of speculation for a [2024](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election "2024 United States presidential election") run for president.[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-74)[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-75) In October 2020, he posted a photo to his Instagram account of a "Don Jr. 2024" flag.[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-76)[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-77) Michael Cohen reimbursement payments On May 28, 2024, an email was shown during defense closing arguments in Trump Sr.'s [New York criminal trial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York "Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York") which revealed that longtime Trump Organization comptroller Jeffrey McConnery, who was previously acknowledged to have organized Trump Sr.'s reimbursement payments to [Michael Cohen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cohen_$lawyer$ "Michael Cohen (lawyer)") following the hush money payments Cohen made to [Stormy Daniels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Daniels "Stormy Daniels"), sought approval from both Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-closingargumentsdefense-78) Trump Jr. signed some of the reimbursement checks to Cohen as well.[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-closingargumentsdefense-78)[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-79) Views [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Donald_Trump_Jr._crop.jpg/250px-Donald_Trump_Jr._crop.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_Jr._crop.jpg) Trump Jr. speaking in 2020 Race and immigration During his father's presidential campaign, Trump Jr. caused controversy in 2016 when he posted an image that compared Syrian refugees to [Skittles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_$confectionery$ "Skittles (confectionery)"), saying "If I had a bowl of Skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful? That's our Syrian refugee problem."[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40)[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-80)[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-taste-81) The makers of Skittles condemned the tweet, saying "Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy."[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-taste-81)[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) The [Cato Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_Institute "Cato Institute") stated that year that the chances "an American would be killed in a terrorist attack committed by a refugee was one in 3.64 billion" per year.[\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-82)[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-83) On March 1, 2016, an interview with [white supremacist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy "White supremacy") [James Edwards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Political_Cesspool#James_Edwards "The Political Cesspool") and Trump Jr. was aired. The campaign initially denied the interview had taken place; later Trump Jr. claimed it was unintentional.[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-84) As a consequence of the interview, mainstream media outlets have accused Trump Jr. of being either a believer in the [white genocide conspiracy theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_genocide_conspiracy_theory "White genocide conspiracy theory"),[\[84\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-85) or pretending to be an advocate for political gain.[\[85\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-86) In September 2016, Trump Jr. cited [Holocaust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust "The Holocaust") imagery to criticize what he perceived as the mainstream media's uncritical coverage of Hillary Clinton during her campaign, by "letting her slide on every discrepancy", while also accusing Democrats involved in the 2016 campaign of lying. Trump Jr. said if the Republicans were committing the same offences mainstream outlets would be "warming up the gas chamber right now".[\[86\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-rapp-87)[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nguyen-88) Also that month, Trump Jr. shared an image on [Instagram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram "Instagram") depicting a cross between his father and [Pepe the Frog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog "Pepe the Frog"). When asked on [Good Morning America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Morning_America "Good Morning America") about Pepe the Frog and its associations with [white supremacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy "White supremacy"), Trump Jr. said he had never heard of Pepe the Frog and thought it was just a "frog with a wig".[\[88\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-89)[\[89\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-90) In April 2017, Trump Jr. lauded conspiracy theorist [Mike Cernovich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Cernovich "Mike Cernovich"), who has promoted the debunked [white genocide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_genocide_conspiracy_theory "White genocide conspiracy theory") and [Pizzagate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory "Pizzagate conspiracy theory") conspiracy theories,[\[90\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-91) saying, "In a long gone time of unbiased journalism he'd win the [Pulitzer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize "Pulitzer Prize")".[\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-92)[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-93) In August 2020, the [Southern Poverty Law Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center "Southern Poverty Law Center") reported that Trump Jr. appeared at a far-right "We Build the Wall" event with [Jack Posobiec](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Posobiec "Jack Posobiec") in July 2019.[\[93\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-:0-94) Promotion of conspiracy theories Trump Jr. [retweeted](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retweet "Retweet") conspiratorial remarks by white supremacist [Kevin B. MacDonald](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_MacDonald_$evolutionary_psychologist$ "Kevin MacDonald (evolutionary psychologist)") about alleged [favors exchanged by Hillary Clinton and Switzerland's largest bank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Foundation%E2%80%93State_Department_controversy#Switzerland.27s_largest_bank "Clinton Foundation–State Department controversy").[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-skittles-40) On the campaign trail, Trump Jr. promoted [Alex Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones "Alex Jones")' conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton wore an earpiece to a presidential forum[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-95)[\[95\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-96)[\[96\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-97) and that official unemployment rates were manipulated for political purposes.[\[97\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-98) In May 2017, Trump Jr. promoted what [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN") called the "long-debunked, far-right conspiracy theory" that [Bill Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton "Bill Clinton") was linked to [Vince Foster's death](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Vince_Foster "Suicide of Vince Foster").[\[98\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-99) In November, Trump Jr. again promoted the conspiracy theory that [the Clintons had murdered people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_body_count_conspiracy_theory "Clinton body count conspiracy theory").[\[99\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-100) In February 2018, Trump Jr. liked two [tweets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter") promoting a [conspiracy theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory "Conspiracy theory") that survivors of the [Stoneman Douglas High School shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoneman_Douglas_High_School_shooting "Stoneman Douglas High School shooting") were coached into propagating anti-Trump rhetoric.[\[100\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-101)[\[101\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-102) In May 2018, Trump Jr. retweeted a false and [antisemitic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism "Antisemitism") conspiracy theory that [George Soros](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros "George Soros"), the Jewish Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist, was a "nazi \[sic\] who turned in his fellow Jews to be murdered in German concentration camps & stole their wealth".[\[102\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-barr-103)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11)[\[103\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-roseanne-104) The tweets originated from [Roseanne Barr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseanne_Barr "Roseanne Barr"), whose TV show [Roseanne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseanne_$TV_series$ "Roseanne (TV series)") was canceled the same day after she had posted a series of racist and antisemitic tweets.[\[102\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-barr-103) A spokesperson for Soros responded to the tweets, "George Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary as a 13-year-old child by going into hiding and assuming a false identity with the help of his father, who managed to save his own family and help many other Jews survive the Holocaust".[\[103\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-roseanne-104) In June 2018, Trump Jr. liked a tweet suggesting that the migrant children separated from their parents due to the [Trump administration family separation policy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_administration_family_separation_policy "Trump administration family separation policy") were actually actors.[\[104\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-105) In September 2018, when [Hurricane Florence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Florence "Hurricane Florence") was affecting the United States, Trump Jr. tweeted a picture of CNN journalist [Anderson Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Cooper "Anderson Cooper") waist-deep in floodwaters when another man in the same picture was standing knee-deep a distance away. In the same tweet, Trump Jr. included a link to a [Breitbart News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breitbart_News "Breitbart News") article claiming that CNN's ratings had dropped by 41%, and proposed a conspiracy theory that CNN was "lying to try to make \[his father, President Trump\] look bad". In actuality, the picture of Cooper was about 10 years old, taken during 2008's [Hurricane Ike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ike "Hurricane Ike") before Trump became president, and Cooper was videoed talking about how the floodwaters were receding.[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-106)[\[106\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-107) In May 2020, Trump Jr. falsely accused [Joe Biden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden "Joe Biden") of being a [pedophile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia "Pedophilia").[\[107\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-108)[\[108\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-109) After Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2025, Trump Jr. launched a conspiracy theory questioning how [Jill Biden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Biden "Jill Biden"), who received a doctoral degree, missed the signs and whether it was [covered up](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover-up "Cover-up"). Trump Jr.'s response was seen as an outlier compared to other politicians including his father's, and was a subject of criticism. However, he had also [liked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_button "Like button") a post wishing Biden a speedy recovery, "politics aside."[\[109\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-110)[\[110\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-111) In August 2020, Trump Jr. shared a Breitbart News article about more than 800 dead people voting in Michigan which was framed to suggest that the ballots were not legitimately cast and thus showed evidence of extensive voter fraud; however, the voters in question died after submitting the ballots, and the ballots were rejected by Michigan authorities who knew the voters had died before the election date.[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-112) In September 2020, he again pushed false claims about voter fraud by asserting, "The radical left are laying the groundwork to steal this election from my father". He added: "Their plan is to add millions of fraudulent ballots that can cancel your vote and overturn the election" and asked "able-bodied" people to join an election security "army" for his father. Facebook and Twitter affixed labels to the video which pointed to accurate information about voting.[\[112\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-113) In November 2020, after [Pfizer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer "Pfizer") announced that it had developed a [COVID-19 vaccine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer%E2%80%93BioNTech_COVID-19_vaccine "Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine") with 90% effectiveness, Trump Jr. suggested that the vaccine had been held back in order to hurt his father's chances of winning the election.[\[113\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-114)[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-115) Pfizer CEO [Albert Bourla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bourla "Albert Bourla") dismissed the suggestion, saying that the company had always planned to rely on the "speed of science".[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-116) After [Russia invaded Ukraine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine "2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine") in February 2022, Trump Jr. amplified baseless Russian state propaganda which claimed that [the US and Ukraine were developing biological weapons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_bioweapons_conspiracy_theory "Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory").[\[116\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-117)[\[117\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-118) COVID-19 misinformation Trump Jr. was given a 12-hour restriction by Twitter in July 2020 after he promoted misinformation about [COVID-19](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019 "Coronavirus disease 2019") by retweeting a video showing [Houston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston "Houston") doctor [Stella Immanuel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Immanuel "Stella Immanuel") promoting [hydroxychloroquine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxychloroquine "Hydroxychloroquine") as a cure, despite conflicting studies, and by claiming that masks were unnecessary. Twitter later said that it restricted his ability to tweet or retweet for 12 hours for violating its [COVID-19 misinformation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation "COVID-19 misinformation") policy.[\[118\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-119)[\[119\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-120)[\[120\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-121)[\[121\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-122) On October 29, 2020, Trump Jr. criticized the media's focus on new infections rather than on deaths, saying on Fox News, "why aren't they talking about deaths? Oh, oh, because the number is almost nothing. Because we've gotten control of this, and we understand how it works." On the day Trump Jr. made that comment, [the United States registered roughly 1,000 COVID-19 deaths](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States "COVID-19 pandemic in the United States").[\[122\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Politico_20201030-123)[\[123\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-124) Other [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/AmericaFest_2025_-_Donald_Trump_Jr_08_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-AmericaFest_2025_-_Donald_Trump_Jr_08_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AmericaFest_2025_-_Donald_Trump_Jr_08_$cropped$.jpg) Trump Jr. at [AmericaFest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Point_USA "Turning Point USA") 2025 In November 2019, Trump Jr. tweeted the name of the alleged whistleblower who brought to light the [Trump-Ukraine scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal "Trump–Ukraine scandal").[\[124\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-125)[\[125\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-126) Whistleblower conventions are intended to protect the identity of individuals who expose wrongdoing in government. [Agence France-Presse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse "Agence France-Presse") attempted to independently verify the identity that Trump Jr. tweeted but was unable to do so.[\[126\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-127) In June 2020, during the [COVID-19 pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic "COVID-19 pandemic"), Trump Jr. accused liberals of hypocrisy, for imposing restrictive measures and social distancing guidelines on businesses while holding the "Action for Black Trans Lives" protest for the rights of African American [transgender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender "Transgender") people.[\[127\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-128) Trump Jr. has accused [big tech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech "Big Tech") companies of being biased against conservatives and has claimed that a [deep state](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state_in_the_United_States "Deep state in the United States") sought to undermine Trump during his presidency.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-britannica-4) Attempts to overturn the 2020 election Trump had a prominent role in his father's [attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election "Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election"), threatening Republican lawmakers who did not take part in it.[\[128\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-129) In November 2020, he advocated "[total war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war "Total war")" instead of completion of vote counting in the [2020 United States elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_elections "2020 United States elections").[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-DallasMorningNews-2020-11-05-6) CNN reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to [White House Chief of Staff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff "White House Chief of Staff") [Mark Meadows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Meadows "Mark Meadows") outlining paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term.[\[129\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-130) He wrote, "It's very simple. We have multiple paths. We control them all. We have operational control. Total leverage. Moral high ground. POTUS must start second term now." He continued, "Republicans control 28 states Democrats 22 states. Once again Trump wins," adding, "We either have a vote WE control and WE win OR it gets kicked to Congress 6 January 2021." Biden had not yet been declared the winner at the time of the text.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-control-9)[\[130\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-131) Relation to the January 6 Capitol attack Together with his father and other speakers, on January 6, 2021, Trump Jr. spoke to an audience and, speaking about reluctant GOP lawmakers saying, "If you're gonna be the zero and not the hero, we're coming for you".[\[131\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-132) President Trump further [incited](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incitement_to_terrorism "Incitement to terrorism") the crowd which then marched to the [US Capitol building](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Capitol_building "US Capitol building"), where they [forced entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_entry "Forced entry"), broke windows and [vandalized](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalize "Vandalize") the building. One woman was killed, and a police officer and three other people died during or shortly after the incursion.[\[132\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-133) [Television host](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_host "Television host") and former congressman [Joe Scarborough](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Scarborough "Joe Scarborough") called for the arrest of Trump Jr., along with his father and Rudolph Giuliani, for [insurrection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection "Insurrection") against the United States.[\[133\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-thehill-2021-134) Following his father's permanent ban from [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter") on January 8, 2021, Donald Trump Jr. claimed that [free speech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_speech "Free speech") "no longer exists in America".[\[134\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-135) On March 5, 2021, Representative [Eric Swalwell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Swalwell "Eric Swalwell") filed a civil lawsuit against Trump Jr. and three others (his father, Representative [Mo Brooks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Brooks "Mo Brooks"), and [Rudy Giuliani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani "Rudy Giuliani")), seeking damages for their alleged role in inciting the riot.[\[135\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-136) In December 2021, text messages released by Meadows revealed that Trump Jr. begged Meadows to persuade his father to stop the attack.[\[136\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-137)[\[137\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-138) Criminal investigation On January 11, 2021, [D.C. attorney general](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_for_the_District_of_Columbia "Attorney General for the District of Columbia") [Karl Racine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Racine "Karl Racine") said that Donald Trump Jr. is a [person of interest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_interest "Person of interest") in the criminal investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol and that he is looking at whether to charge him, along with [Rudy Giuliani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani "Rudy Giuliani") and [Mo Brooks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Brooks "Mo Brooks"), with inciting the violent attack.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cnbc-2021-8)[\[138\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-139) Fraud investigation On January 14, 2021, it became known that Trump Jr. is a person of interest in the [criminal investigation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_investigation "Criminal investigation") into [misuse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misuse "Misuse") of his father's inaugural funds in Washington D.C., and that [prosecutors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor "Prosecutor") intend to interview him over his role in "grossly overpaying" for use of event space at the [Trump Hotel in Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Hotel_DC "Trump Hotel DC") for the 2017 inauguration.[\[139\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-cnn-fraud-investigation-140) In May 2022, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine reached a \$750,000 settlement with the inaugural committee without requiring an admission of wrongdoing.[\[140\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Klasfeld2022-141) Books Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us In 2019, Trump Jr. released the book, [Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triggered_$book$ "Triggered (book)"). The book is critical of [political correctness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness "Political correctness"), and argues that the American left has a [victimhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_mentality "Victim mentality") complex.[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142) The Washington Post commented: "yet, in his telling, the real victim is often him, his father or another Trump family member".[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142) In the book, Trump Jr. pushes conspiracy theories about how the [intelligence community](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community "United States Intelligence Community") has attempted to harm President Trump, comparing President Trump's experiences with the [FBI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation "Federal Bureau of Investigation") harassment campaign against civil rights leader [Martin Luther King Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr. "Martin Luther King Jr.")[\[142\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-book-143) Trump Jr. wrote of a visit to [Arlington National Cemetery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery "Arlington National Cemetery") (a military cemetery), commenting that he got emotional looking at the graves and that it reminded him of "all the sacrifices" the Trump family had made, including "voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were 'profiting off of the office'."[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142)[\[142\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-book-143) Fact-checkers have reported that Trump still owns the family business, and that the Trump family have continued to engage in international business deals since Trump became president.[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-arlington-142) In a review for The Washington Post, [Carlos Lozada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lozada_$journalist$ "Carlos Lozada (journalist)") said that it "fails as memoir and as polemic: its analysis is facile, its hypocrisy relentless, its self-awareness marginal (the writing is wretched, even by the standards of political vanity projects)".[\[143\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-144) The book was a [New York Times best-seller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list "The New York Times Best Seller list"). The book was purchased in bulk by at least nine Republican organizations, candidates or advocacy groups, including N.R.C.C. and the [RNC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Committee "Republican National Committee") which bought \$75,000 and \$100,000 worth of the books, respectively. [Turning Point USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Point_USA "Turning Point USA") and the National Republican Senatorial Committee purchased approximately 2,000 and 2,500 books, respectively.[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-145) Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible In 2020, Trump Jr. self-published the book Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible. Trump Jr. reportedly hired three researchers to collect information about [Joe Biden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden "Joe Biden") and spent three months writing the book.[\[145\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-NYT-Karni-146) Trump Jr. explained to [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times") his reasons: "While I had no plans for a book this year, I was stuck indoors like the rest of the nation during the pandemic", he said, adding that he "decided to highlight Biden's half century of being a swamp monster, since the media wouldn't do it". The same article stated that he decided to self-publish because he could count on the publicity of "his own platform – and the promise of bulk purchases from the RNC".[\[145\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-NYT-Karni-146) The book was indeed bought in bulk by the RNC.[\[146\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-147) On October 28, 2020, the RNC paid over \$300,000 of donor money to Pursuit Venture LLC, a company owned by Trump Jr., for "donor mementos". It was the most money the RNC had ever paid for this purpose.[\[147\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-148) The hardcover retails for \$29.99, which suggests roughly how many copies might have been purchased, and the RNC's intent was to give a copy to people who donated \$50–\$100.[\[148\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-149) Personal life Family [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%26_Kimberly_Guilfoyle_%2848513772081%29.jpg/250px-Donald_Trump%2C_Jr._%26_Kimberly_Guilfoyle_%2848513772081%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump,_Jr._%26_Kimberly_Guilfoyle_$48513772081$.jpg) Trump Jr. with [Kimberly Guilfoyle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Guilfoyle "Kimberly Guilfoyle") in July 2019 In 2003, Trump Jr. began dating model [Vanessa Kay Haydon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Trump "Vanessa Trump") at his father's suggestion.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-gq-11) The couple married on November 12, 2005, at his father's [Mar-a-Lago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago "Mar-a-Lago") estate in [Palm Beach, Florida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Beach,_Florida "Palm Beach, Florida"); the service was officiated by Trump Jr.'s aunt, Judge [Maryanne Trump Barry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryanne_Trump_Barry "Maryanne Trump Barry").[\[149\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-150) Haydon's grandfather was Danish jazz musician [Kai Ewans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Ewans "Kai Ewans").[\[150\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-connection-151)[\[151\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-152)[\[152\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-153)[\[153\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-154) They have five children: daughter [Kai Madison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Trump "Kai Trump") (b. May 2007), son Donald John III (b. February 2009), son Tristan Milos (b. October 2011), son Spencer Frederick (b. October 2012), and daughter Chloe Sophia (b. June 2014).[\[154\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-155)[\[155\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-156)[\[156\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-157) The oldest daughter, Kai, is named after her maternal great-grandfather, Kai Ewans.[\[157\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-158)[\[150\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-connection-151) Kai Trump was introduced by her father and spoke at the [2024 Republican National Convention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Republican_National_Convention "2024 Republican National Convention") on July 17.[\[158\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-159) On March 15, 2018, it was announced that the couple had separated and Haydon had filed for [uncontested divorce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontested_divorce "Uncontested divorce") in [Manhattan Supreme Court](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Supreme_Court "Manhattan Supreme Court").[\[159\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-nyt150318-160)[\[160\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-usatoday-divorcing-161)[\[161\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-162) However, later it was revealed that the divorce was contested.[\[162\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-163) The complaint was secret except for the title of the case.[\[163\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-164) On February 22, 2019, they announced that they settled their divorce at the end of 2018.[\[164\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-165) In 2018, Trump Jr. started dating [Kimberly Guilfoyle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Guilfoyle "Kimberly Guilfoyle").[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-Successor-44)[\[165\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-166) Guilfoyle had been friends with the Trump family for years.[\[166\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-167) The two reportedly became engaged on December 31, 2020, Trump Jr.'s 43rd birthday. However, news of the engagement was not made public until January 2022.[\[167\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-168) Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle mutually ended their engagement sometime in 2024.[\[168\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-169) In December 2021, Trump Jr. switched his official residency from New York to Florida, 2 years after Donald Trump had done so.[\[169\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-170)[\[170\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-171) In December 2025, it was announced that he had become engaged to socialite [Bettina Anderson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettina_Anderson "Bettina Anderson").[\[171\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-172) Hunting Trump Jr. is an enthusiastic [hunter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_hunting "Game hunting"). Controversy erupted in 2012 when the pictures he had taken of his hunting trophies in 2010 were published, including by [Mia Farrow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mia_Farrow "Mia Farrow"), who reposted them in 2015 and 2019. Trump Jr. responded by saying "I'm not going to run and hide because the [peta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_for_the_Ethical_Treatment_of_Animals "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals") \[sic\] crazies don't like me". In one photo, Trump Jr. has his arms around a dead leopard; in another, he is holding a knife in one hand and a bloody elephant tail in the other.[\[172\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-leopard-173) Although the hunt was legal, anti-hunting activists criticized him. At least one sponsor dropped his father's television show [The Celebrity Apprentice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celebrity_Apprentice "The Celebrity Apprentice").[\[173\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-174) On [Earth Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day "Earth Day") in 2017, Trump Jr. legally hunted [prairie dogs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_dog "Prairie dog") in Montana with GOP Congressional candidate [Greg Gianforte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Gianforte "Greg Gianforte").[\[174\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-175) [ProPublica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProPublica "ProPublica") revealed on December 11, 2019, that the government of [Mongolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolia "Mongolia") retroactively granted Trump Jr. a hunting permit for the endangered [Argali mountain sheep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argali "Argali").[\[175\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-176) The sheep hunt and travel to [Ulaanbaatar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulaanbaatar "Ulaanbaatar") for a private meeting with Mongolian president [Khaltmaagiin Battulga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaltmaagiin_Battulga "Khaltmaagiin Battulga") cost U.S. taxpayers \$76,859.36 for [United States Secret Service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service "United States Secret Service") protection,[\[176\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-BBC-Sheep-hunt-177) according to two [Freedom of Information Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_$United_States$ "Freedom of Information Act (United States)") requests by the [Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Responsibility_and_Ethics_in_Washington "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington") (CREW).[\[177\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-CREW-FOIA-178)[\[178\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-FOIA-2-Mongolia-179) [Humane Society International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humane_Society_International "Humane Society International") wildlife vice president Teresa Telecky said, "For [trophy hunters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_hunter "Trophy hunter") to travel to Mongolia to kill a beautiful and endangered ram is an absolute outrage".[\[179\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-180) In February 2020, Trump Jr. agreed to go on a hunting trip in [Alaska](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska "Alaska") with the winner of a fundraising auction for [Safari Club International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_Club_International "Safari Club International").[\[180\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-181) He also regularly visits [Yukon Territory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukon_Territory "Yukon Territory"), Canada, for hunting.[\[181\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-182) In February, 2025, Trump Jr. was accused of killing a protected duck while hunting in the [Venice lagoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_Lagoon "Venetian Lagoon"). A video of a hunting trip in northern Italy that was published by the Italian newspaper Corriere del Veneto[\[182\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-183) showed Trump Jr with the body of a rare [ruddy shelduck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy_shelduck "Ruddy shelduck") (Tadorna ferruginea), a species protected throughout Europe by the [EU birds directive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_Directive "Birds Directive") and by Italian law.[\[183\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_note-184) See also - [Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia "Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia") - [Mueller report](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mueller_report "Mueller report") - [Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections "Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections") - [Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections_$July_2016_%E2%80%93_election_day$ "Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)") - [Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_investigations_into_Donald_Trump_and_Russia "Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia") Notes 1. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-67) [Ron Reagan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Reagan "Ron Reagan") and his wife, Doria Palmieri, dropped their service in 1982, citing similar privacy reasons. References 1. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-1) ["Donald Trump profile"](https://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/). [Forbes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes "Forbes"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20171206115608/https://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/) from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2019. 2. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-deals_2-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-deals_2-1) [c](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr.#cite_ref-deals_2-2) Rizzo, Salvador (November 1, 2019). 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