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Eric Trump announced on Friday that he intended to sue Jen Psaki and MS Now News over comments the former White House Press Secretary, now the host of “The Briefing with Jen Psaki,” made about his trip to Beijing, China.
Eric Trump, who also serves as the executive vice president of the Trump Organization, traveled with his father, President Donald Trump, to Beijing, China, this week in a personal capacity amid high-level talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Mr. Trump was also accompanied by his wife, Lara Trump.
Psaki strongly implied that Mr. Trump’s presence on the trip was a conflict of interest, alleging that he was a member of the board of ALT5 Sigma, a digital assets company. She also suggested that ALT5 has possibly been exploring Chinese investments. Psaki cited a report from the Financial Times in her segment for this information.
“It certainly seems like Eric might be getting a little more than just quality time with his dad out of this China trip, doesn’t it?” Psaki precariously alleged.
Mr. Trump strongly refuted such suggestions in a heated X post, stating that he had never been on the board of ALT5 and has had “zero involvement in any merger discussions involving any public entity I do not run or control.”
He also said he had “zero business interests in China. No properties, no investments, nothing!”
Mr. Trump explained that his presence during the U.S. trip to China with the president and the U.S delegation was purely personal.
“I joined this trip for one reason: as a loving son who adores my father and wouldn’t miss being by his side for this incredible moment,” he said. “During the bilateral talks, @LaraLeaTrump and I went to the Great Wall of China.”
In addition to Eric Trump’s response to Jen Psaki’s segment, he also hit back at far-left Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Friday, who suggested broadly that “Trump” bought $1 million worth of Nvidia stock in January, and then stood to gain from this purchase by bringing Nvidia’s CEO to China this week.
“All of our assets are invested in a blind trust by the largest financial institutions in broad market indexes,” Eric Trump responded on X.
He continued, “To suggest that individual stocks are being bought or sold, at the discretion of any member of the Trump family, would be a lie and blatantly false. Using a silly example, if you buy the ‘Schwab 1000,’ you will get some exposure to Nvidia – as well as a 1,000 other U.S. companies large- and mid-cap stocks. It’s completely disingenuous to represent anything to the contrary. Please be better than this…”
