Eric Trump: My father’s life became ‘exponentially worse’ when he ran for president
President Trump’s middle son, Eric Trump, says his father’s life became “exponentially worse” when he ran for president.
“My father’s life became exponentially worse the minute he decided to run for president,” Eric Trump told Westchester Magazine in an interview. “He didn’t need to do this, but he was immensely frustrated with where the country was going.”
Trump, who took over management responsibilities of the Trump Organization along with his brother, Donald Trump Jr., when their father became president said being “abused” by the media and mocked on Saturday Night Live “comes with the territory” in politics.
{mosads}“There would be far fewer headaches if it weren’t for politics,” he said.
In the interview, Trump, 34, opened up about his life in Westchester with his wife, Lara Trump, and their infant son, Luke, as well as how their private life has changed since his father took office.
Lara Trump said in the interview that her family members occasionally “pine for the old days.”
Eric Trump also suggested that he and his other adult siblings, Donald Jr. and Ivanka Trump, who is also a presidential adviser, are fair game for criticism.
“We are adults, we’ve developed a bit of an armor,” he said. “But Barron and Tiffany should be 100 percent off-limits,” referring to his 12-year-old and 24-year-old siblings, respectively.
Barron Trump is the president’s only child with first lady Melania Trump.
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