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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.

Key Information

Trump serves as a trustee and executive vice president of the Trump Organization, running the company alongside his younger brother Eric.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] Trump campaigned for several Republicans during the 2018 midterm elections.[5] He has promoted several[which?] conspiracy theories.[6][attribution needed]

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.[5] 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.[7][8] 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."[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]

At the 2024 Republican National Convention, he led the introductions of JD Vance, who had been selected as Donald Trump's running mate.[12]

Early life

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Donald John Trump Jr. was born on December 31, 1977, in Manhattan, New York City, to Ivana and Donald Trump.[13] 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.[14]

His parents divorced when he was 12 years old due to his father having an extramarital affair.[15] Trump Jr. was estranged from his father for one year after the divorce, furious at his actions which broke up the family.[16]

Trump was educated at Buckley School[17] 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.[18]

Career

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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,[19] In 2006 he helped launch Trump Mortgage, which collapsed less than a year later.[13] 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.[13][20] 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.[21]

Trump Organization

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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.[22]

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.[23][24][25][26] 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".[27] 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.[3] 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."[3]

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.[28][29]

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.[30]

In November 2024, Trump announced that he would be joining 1789 Capital as a partner.[31][32] In 2025, he announced that the firm would invest in the Enhanced Games, a proposed sports event that will allow performance enhancing drugs.[33] He joined the advisory board of drone company Unusual Machines in November 2024.[34]

In December 2024, it was announced that Trump was joining the board of directors of PublicSquare.[35]

Podcast

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In 2023, Trump launched a podcast, Triggered with Don Jr, on the platform Rumble.[36][37]

Executive Branch private membership club

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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".[38] 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.[39][40]

Involvement in politics

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2016 presidential campaign

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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,[41] characterized by The New York Times as a "close political adviser".[42] He spoke at the Republican National Convention, along with his siblings Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany.[42]

Trump Jr. influenced his father's choice of Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke during the presidential transition.[43][44] 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".[45] The Atlantic reported in 2019 that Trump had described Trump Jr. in 2017 as "not the sharpest knife in the drawer".[46] Trump Jr. earned the nickname "Fredo" among some Trump campaign staffers, a reference to a character in The Godfather.[47][48]

Trump Tower meeting

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Main articles: Trump Tower meeting and Links between Trump associates and Russian officials

On June 9, 2016, Trump Jr. attended a meeting arranged by publicist Rob Goldstone on behalf of Azerbaijani-Russian businessman Emin Agalarov.[49] 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.[49]

Approximately a year later, Trump Jr. initially told the media that adoption of Russian children was the main subject of the meeting.[50] On July 8, 2017, Trump Jr. tweeted his email exchange with Goldstone.[51] It revealed that Trump Jr. had agreed to attend the meeting with the understanding he would receive information damaging to Hillary Clinton.[52] Goldstone also wrote in one of Trump Jr.'s publicly disclosed emails that the Russian government was involved.[52] Robert Mueller, the special counsel of the Department of Justice in charge of Russia-related investigations, investigated the emails and the meeting.[53] 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.[54]

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.[55]

Meeting with Gulf states emissary

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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.[56] 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.[57][56]

Correspondence with WikiLeaks

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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.[58][59][60]

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.[61][62] 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[63] 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.[58][59]

Trump Jr. speaks at the 2019 Teen Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA, 2019.

2018 midterm election campaigns

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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.[64] 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.[46]

Other political activities

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In 2007, Trump Jr. gave $4,000 to then-Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign to be the Democratic presidential nominee.[65]

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.[66]

In April 2017, he campaigned for Montana congressional candidate Greg Gianforte,[67] and in May met with Republican National Committee officials to discuss the party's strategy and resources.[68]

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.[69] Trump Jr.'s protection was restored later that month.[70]

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.[71] In the same month, Trump Jr. held a crowded indoor rally where attendees did not wear masks, contradicting public health guidelines.[72]

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."[73] On that day, the number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. was 1,063.[74]

Before his father's loss in the 2020 election, Trump was the subject of speculation for a 2024 run for president.[75][76] In October 2020, he posted a photo to his Instagram account of a "Don Jr. 2024" flag.[77][78]

Michael Cohen reimbursement payments

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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.[79] Trump Jr. signed some of the reimbursement checks to Cohen as well.[79][80]

Views

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Trump Jr. speaking in 2020

Race and immigration

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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."[42][81][82] The makers of Skittles condemned the tweet, saying "Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy."[82][42] 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.[83][84]

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.[85] As a consequence of the interview, mainstream media outlets have accused Trump Jr. of being either a believer in the white genocide conspiracy theory,[86] or pretending to be an advocate for political gain.[87]

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".[88][89] 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".[90][91]

In April 2017, Trump Jr. lauded conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich, who has promoted the debunked white genocide and Pizzagate conspiracy theories,[92] saying, "In a long gone time of unbiased journalism he'd win the Pulitzer".[93][94]

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.[95]

Promotion of conspiracy theories

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Trump Jr. retweeted conspiratorial remarks by white supremacist Kevin B. MacDonald about alleged favors exchanged by Hillary Clinton and Switzerland's largest bank.[42] On the campaign trail, Trump Jr. promoted Alex Jones' conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton wore an earpiece to a presidential forum[96][97][98] and that official unemployment rates were manipulated for political purposes.[99]

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.[100] In November, Trump Jr. again promoted the conspiracy theory that the Clintons had murdered people.[101]

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.[102][103]

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".[104][13][105] 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.[104] 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".[105]

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.[106]

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.[107][108]

In May 2020, Trump Jr. falsely accused Joe Biden of being a pedophile.[109][110] 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."[111][112]

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.[113] 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.[114]

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.[115][116] Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla dismissed the suggestion, saying that the company had always planned to rely on the "speed of science".[117]

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.[118][119]

COVID-19 misinformation

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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.[120][121][122][123]

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.[124][125]

Other

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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.[126][127] 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.[128]

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.[129]

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.[5]

Attempts to overturn the 2020 election

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Main article: 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, threatening Republican lawmakers who did not take part in it.[130] In November 2020, he advocated "total war" instead of completion of vote counting in the 2020 United States elections.[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.[131] 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.[11][132]

Relation to the January 6 Capitol attack

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For broader coverage of this topic, see 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".[133] 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.[134]

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.[135] Following his father's permanent ban from Twitter on January 8, 2021, Donald Trump Jr. claimed that free speech "no longer exists in America".[136]

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.[137]

In December 2021, text messages released by Meadows revealed that Trump Jr. begged Meadows to persuade his father to stop the attack.[138][139]

Criminal investigation

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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.[10][140]

Fraud investigation

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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.[141] In May 2022, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine reached a $750,000 settlement with the inaugural committee without requiring an admission of wrongdoing.[142]

Books

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Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us

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Main article: Triggered (book)

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.[143] The Washington Post commented: "yet, in his telling, the real victim is often him, his father or another Trump family member".[143] 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.[144] 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'."[143][144] 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.[143] 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)".[145]

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.[146]

Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible

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Main article: 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 and spent three months writing the book.[147] 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".[147]

The book was indeed bought in bulk by the RNC.[148] 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.[149] 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.[150]

Personal life

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Family

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Trump Jr. with Kimberly Guilfoyle in July 2019

In 2003, Trump Jr. began dating model Vanessa Kay Haydon at his father's suggestion.[13] 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.[151] Haydon's grandfather was Danish jazz musician Kai Ewans.[152][153][154][155] 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).[156][157][158] The oldest daughter, Kai, is named after her maternal great-grandfather, Kai Ewans.[159][152] Kai Trump was introduced by her father and spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 17.[160]

On March 15, 2018, it was announced that the couple had separated and Haydon had filed for uncontested divorce in Manhattan Supreme Court.[161][162][163] However, later it was revealed that the divorce was contested.[164] The complaint was secret except for the title of the case.[165] On February 22, 2019, they announced that they settled their divorce at the end of 2018.[166]

In 2018, Trump Jr. started dating Kimberly Guilfoyle.[46][167] Guilfoyle had been friends with the Trump family for years.[168] 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.[169] Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle mutually ended their engagement sometime in 2024.[170]

In December 2021, Trump Jr. switched his official residency from New York to Florida.[171]

In December 2025, it was announced that he had become engaged to socialite Bettina Anderson.[172]

Hunting

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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.[173] Although the hunt was legal, anti-hunting activists criticized him. At least one sponsor dropped his father's television show The Celebrity Apprentice.[174] On Earth Day in 2017, Trump Jr. legally hunted prairie dogs in Montana with GOP Congressional candidate Greg Gianforte.[175]

ProPublica revealed on December 11, 2019, that the government of Mongolia retroactively granted Trump Jr. a hunting permit for the endangered Argali mountain sheep.[176] 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,[177] according to two Freedom of Information Act requests by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).[178][179] 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".[180]

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.[181] He also regularly visits Yukon Territory, Canada, for hunting.[182]

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[183] 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.[184]

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Donald John Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977) is an American businessman, author, and conservative political activist. As the eldest son of former U.S. President and , he graduated from the at the with a in finance and . He joined shortly after college, rising to executive vice president where he focused on international development, acquisitions, golf courses, and hotel projects. Trump Jr. has been a vocal supporter of his father's political campaigns, serving as a senior advisor during the 2016 presidential run and delivering speeches at Republican National Conventions. He authored the best-selling books Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us (2019) and Liberal Privilege: and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible (2020), which critique leftist ideologies and from a conservative perspective. In recent years, he has expanded into media through podcasts and advisory roles on corporate boards, leveraging his family name and political influence. Despite facing scrutiny over a 2016 campaign meeting with a Russian lawyer offering dirt on —which led to congressional investigations but no criminal charges—Trump Jr. has maintained his focus on promoting and challenging establishment narratives. His public persona emphasizes outdoor pursuits, family, and unapologetic , positioning him as a key figure in the MAGA movement.

Early Life and Education

Childhood and Family Influence

Donald John Trump Jr. was born on December 31, 1977, in , , as the eldest child of real estate developer and model and businesswoman . The family resided in affluent settings, including properties tied to , exposing young Trump Jr. to an environment of wealth accumulation and discussions from an early age. Trump Jr.'s formative years involved observing his father's operations, with family time often centered on deal-making and property ventures, as he later described spending significant periods in business-oriented settings with . This immersion in a high-stakes, entrepreneurial household—marked by the Trump family's emphasis on and —contributed to an upbringing that prioritized practical lessons in over traditional play, fostering early familiarity with risk and opportunity in . The 1992 divorce of his parents, preceded by a 1989 separation and Donald Trump's affair with , disrupted family dynamics when Trump Jr. was 12, leading to a period where he did not speak to his father for nearly a year. gained primary custody of the three children—Donald Jr., Ivanka, and —and took responsibility for their day-to-day upbringing, emphasizing resilience amid public scrutiny and personal upheaval. This experience, coupled with the family's post-divorce maintenance of business continuity, reinforced values of personal accountability and adaptability in Trump Jr.'s worldview.

Academic Background and Early Interests

Donald Trump Jr. attended , a private college preparatory boarding school in , graduating in May 1996. He subsequently enrolled at the of the , where he pursued studies in and , earning a degree in in 2000. During his time at the , Trump Jr. participated in extracurricular activities, including membership in the fraternity (commonly known as Fiji), which provided social and networking opportunities typical of the institution's student life. His coursework at Wharton exposed him to foundational principles of , markets, and operations, emphasizing analytical approaches to enterprise and . Trump Jr. developed an early interest in hunting and outdoor pursuits, which he has described as originating in his youth through extended stays with his grandfather in the , fostering a preference for self-reliant activities amid his family's urban environment. These interests, including and , served as personal outlets for exploration and skill-building in natural settings, distinct from his formal academic training.

Business Career

Roles in the Trump Organization

Donald Trump Jr. joined the Trump Organization in 2001 after graduating from the of the with a B.S. in . Initially handling various operational roles, he advanced to executive vice president, focusing on , acquisitions, and portfolio management alongside his brother . In this position, based primarily in New York and later , he contributed to the oversight of the company's domestic and international holdings, emphasizing expansion into high-end sectors amid the post-2000 market recovery. Under his involvement, the Trump Organization diversified significantly into golf courses and hospitality, acquiring properties that grew the golf portfolio from fewer than a dozen in the early 2000s to 17 worldwide by 2016. Key developments included the 2006 purchase and renovation of the Turnberry resort in Scotland, rebranded as Trump Turnberry, which featured an Ailsa course hosting events like The Open Championship; and the Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland, opened in 2012 after navigating local zoning and environmental permitting challenges that delayed construction but enabled a luxury 18-hole links course on a former oilfield site. Licensing agreements for the Trump brand also proliferated pre-2016, applied to residential towers and hotels in locations such as Toronto and Panama, generating low-risk revenue streams estimated in the tens of millions annually from branding fees without direct capital outlay. These efforts coincided with organizational revenue expansion during the 2000s and early 2010s, reaching approximately $9.5 billion by 2015, driven by appreciation and draws from renovated assets like the Doral resort in , repurchased in and upgraded into a premier and conference venue. Despite regulatory obstacles—such as protracted approvals for coastal developments in , where opposition from environmental groups and local councils cited dune risks—the projects demonstrated resilience through legal compliance and engineering adaptations, yielding operational successes including increased occupancy and event hosting. Mainstream portrayals often highlighted disputes over these hurdles, but empirical outcomes, including sustained property values and guest revenues, underscored effective management amid a private company's limited disclosure requirements.

Media Ventures and Publications

![Kevin McCarthy joins Donald Trump Jr.'s video podcast in 2023.jpg][float-right] Donald Trump Jr. entered media authorship with Triggered, published on October 1, 2019, by Center Street, a Hachette Book Group imprint, which critiques left-wing political strategies, media distortions, and cultural influences on American conservatism. The book achieved commercial viability, selling 70,730 hardcover copies in its debut week according to NPD BookScan data and exceeding 115,000 units by November 16, 2019, while topping the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list despite reports of bulk purchases by the Republican National Committee totaling nearly $100,000. In 2020, Trump Jr. self-published Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible on September 1, examining perceived inconsistencies in Democratic policies and leadership defenses through personal anecdotes and policy critiques. The release followed an independent distribution model without traditional publisher backing, with the promoting it to donors contributing $75 or more, reflecting a strategy to leverage direct supporter engagement for dissemination. Trump Jr. expanded into audio media with the launch of the Triggered with Don Jr. podcast in 2023, hosted primarily on Rumble to host video episodes featuring interviews that extend his commentary on current events and networking opportunities. By late 2025, the had produced over 250 episodes, cultivating a dedicated through alternative platforms amid prior social media restrictions, including a 12-hour suspension on July 28, 2020, for sharing a video deemed to contain . His activity, sustained on platforms like and reinstated X accounts, has amplified these ventures by fostering direct connections with business and ideological networks, demonstrating resilience against episodic efforts.

Recent Business Advisory Roles and Investments

In September 2022, Donald Trump Jr. became a partner at 1789 Capital, a firm founded by Omeed Malik and Christopher Buskirk, where he focuses on origination, capital raising, and strategic guidance for deals targeting sectors aligned with domestic and innovation. By September 2025, the firm had amassed over $1 billion in , fueled by post-election inflows and high-profile investments. Trump Jr. joined the board of GrabAGun Digital Holdings, an online firearms retailer, as a director, , and advisor in 2025; the company completed a merger with special purpose acquisition company Colombier Acquisition Corp. II on July 16, 2025, listing on the under the ticker PEW and opening at over 100% above the SPAC's $10 per share reference price. He has described the venture as positioning GrabAGun as the "Amazon of guns" through expanded and . In November 2024, Trump Jr. was appointed strategic advisor to Unusual Machines, a Florida-based drone components manufacturer, in which he holds a $4 million equity stake; the firm secured its largest contract on October 24, 2025, to produce 3,500 electric motors for U.S. drones, valued in the multimillion-dollar range and supporting domestic goals under promoting American drone production. Trump Jr. assumed an advisory role at Polymarket, a cryptocurrency-based platform, on August 26, 2025, coinciding with a tens-of-millions-dollar from Capital that valued the company above $1 billion and facilitated its planned U.S. market re-entry. Via Capital, Trump Jr. co-led a multi-million-dollar Series B funding round for the on February 13, 2025, an Olympic-style competition explicitly permitting performance-enhancing substances to prioritize athlete performance and scientific advancement over traditional anti-doping rules. Trump Jr. serves as an advisor to World Liberty Financial, a blockchain-based financial platform launched in 2024 with Trump family backing, where a related entity retains majority ownership and revenue shares from token sales; he has rejected assertions of inherent conflicts, citing independent management and market-driven operations as evidence of ethical separation from governmental roles.

Political Engagement

2016 Presidential Campaign Involvement

Donald Trump Jr. played a prominent role as a senior advisor and surrogate in his father's presidential campaign, emphasizing mobilization, conservative media outreach, and direct voter engagement through speeches and events. He helped shape messaging on , , and opposition to establishment politics, often appearing alongside his father at rallies to energize supporters in battleground states. His involvement extended to operational aspects, including vetting potential information sources amid competitive efforts common to high-stakes elections. On June 9, 2016, Trump Jr. attended a with Russian attorney , publicist Rob Goldstone, and others, including campaign chairman and advisor ; the session was pitched as offering damaging details on from Russian government sources, per emails Trump Jr. later released showing his reply of "I love it" to the prospect. No substantive opposition material emerged from the 20-minute discussion, which focused instead on Russian adoptions and the , and federal probes including Robert Mueller's investigation uncovered no evidence of prosecutable or campaign coordination with Russian interference. Trump Jr. proactively disclosed the emails in July 2017 upon media inquiries, framing the encounter as routine lacking value or illegality, despite subsequent mainstream coverage amplifying unproven conspiracy narratives. In August 2016, Trump Jr. met at with , an emissary for the crown princes of the and , alongside figures like ; Nader proposed Gulf states' assistance to the campaign, including social media manipulation strategies, as part of broader foreign overtures during the election cycle. Like the Veselnitskaya session, this yielded no tangible aid or violations of laws, aligning with standard practices for soliciting leads on adversaries without empirical proof of impropriety. Separately, starting September 18, 2016, Trump Jr. exchanged direct messages with ' account, requesting advance access to hacked Democratic materials and promoting their releases post-publication, interactions he described as passive engagement with already-leaked public data rather than active conspiracy. These episodes drew scrutiny under the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation, launched July 31, 2016, which Trump Jr. publicly contested as overreach lacking foundational evidence; he maintained the campaign's actions were transparent and legal, with no foreign-sourced dirt altering outcomes. The 2023 substantiated critiques of the probe's origins, finding the FBI pursued it on insufficient predication from uncorroborated tips, ignored exculpatory indicators of non-coordination, and exhibited influenced by partisan assumptions rather than rigorous analysis. Trump Jr.'s surrogate work bolstered the campaign's victory, as his father's 107 rallies—many featuring family members—correlated with localized turnout gains; econometric studies indicate such events lifted Republican vote shares by approximately 1-3% in host counties, aiding narrow wins in states like , , and by mobilizing low-propensity voters.

Support for Subsequent Republican Campaigns

Donald Trump Jr. conducted over 60 campaign events for Republican candidates and committees starting in May 2018, targeting battleground areas to enhance and enthusiasm ahead of the midterm elections. These appearances, often alongside fiancée , functioned as both fundraising operations and mobilization drives, with stops in states like to bolster vulnerable incumbents such as Rep. in the 32nd district. Despite Democratic gains in the , the events helped sustain Republican Senate control and mitigated losses in rural and working-class districts through direct appeals on economic and immigration issues. In handling 2018 reimbursements to Michael Cohen for prior advances, Trump Jr. signed several checks totaling portions of $420,000 processed via as monthly legal retainers, a method Cohen later described in congressional testimony but which resulted in no criminal charges against Trump Jr. personally, as the transactions were corporate in nature. Trump Jr. extended similar stumping efforts into the 2022 midterms, aligning with father-endorsed candidates whose general election success included Senate victories in , , and a narrow Wisconsin hold, contributing to GOP recapture amid predictions of larger Democratic gains. His rallies emphasized policy contrasts on and border security, fostering resilience in Trump-aligned primaries where endorsees won over 90% of contested races nationwide. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump Jr. headlined multiple fundraising events, including a March dinner in Washington, D.C., with senior GOP lawmakers like House Speaker Mike Johnson, aimed at channeling small-dollar and high-dollar donations to counter operational challenges. These activities supported base mobilization in swing states, where Republican voter turnout exceeded 2020 levels in areas like Pennsylvania and Georgia, rebutting suppression claims with registration and early voting data showing expanded access and participation among core demographics.

Advisory Influence on Trump Administrations

Donald Trump Jr. exerted informal influence during the 2024–2025 presidential transition, advocating for cabinet and senior appointees who prioritized loyalty to President Trump's "America First" agenda over establishment credentials. He championed selections such as Senator J.D. Vance for , Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services, and for , arguing that such figures demonstrated effectiveness through alignment with voter mandates rather than insider approval. This approach contrasted with the first term's personnel challenges, where Trump Jr. later criticized internal resistance from appointees who "thought they knew better." His input emphasized metrics of past performance and ideological consistency, such as support for and skepticism of bureaucratic overreach, to ensure appointees advanced executive priorities without dilution. Trump Jr. defended controversial nominations against media and establishment critiques, asserting that external pushback validated their potential to deliver results unhindered by conventional Washington norms. This outsider-oriented vetting process, informed by lessons from the 2017–2021 administration's high turnover rates exceeding 90% in top roles, aimed to prioritize operational for execution. In April 2025, Trump Jr. co-founded the Executive Branch, an exclusive private club in , with initiation fees reaching $500,000, designed as a venue for networking among administration officials, business executives, and policy influencers. The club facilitated informal discussions on second-term objectives, including initiatives, by connecting pro-business allies with cabinet members and tech leaders to align private-sector insights with federal priorities. Events at the venue, attended by figures like cabinet secretaries, underscored its role in building coalitions for efficient governance, countering perceptions of elite insulation by emphasizing practical outcomes over procedural conformity.

Public Positions

Immigration and Border Security

Donald Trump Jr. has advocated for robust border enforcement, including physical barriers and merit-based immigration reforms prioritizing economic productivity over familial connections. In January 2019, he publicly endorsed border wall construction by comparing it to zoo enclosures that reliably contain threats while permitting regulated entry, emphasizing of walls' effectiveness in reducing unauthorized crossings. During a July 2019 visit to a privately built wall segment near , he highlighted its role in deterring illegal entries amid a surge in migrant apprehensions, crediting such measures with restoring order to overwhelmed border facilities. Policies implemented during the Trump administration, which he supported, correlated with significant declines in illegal border encounters; for instance, the "" approach to prosecuting adult illegal entrants led to a 64% reduction in family unit apprehensions between May and June 2018 alone, as deterrence effects took hold. Overall, southwest border apprehensions fell from 303,916 in FY 2017 to 256,085 in FY 2020, reflecting the causal impact of expanded wall segments—over 450 miles constructed or reinforced—and agreements like , which curbed asylum abuse by requiring claims to be filed abroad. These outcomes demonstrate that targeted enforcement, rather than catch-and-release, directly lowers crossing volumes by altering incentives for migrants and smugglers. He has critiqued post-2020 policy reversals as fostering anarchy, pointing to over 10 million encounters since 2021 as evidence of incentivized straining resources and security. U.S. Customs and Protection reports underscore risks, with agents arresting more than 15,000 criminal noncitizens in FY 2017, including those with convictions for , , and trafficking—figures that rose under laxer enforcement, linking porous borders to elevated threats from repeat offenders evading . While some academic studies, often from institutions with progressive leanings, assert lower overall rates among immigrants, federal data on convicted criminal aliens reveal disproportionate involvement in serious offenses, with over 170,000 such arrests from FY 2017 to FY 2020, contradicting narratives minimizing enforcement's protective role. Open-border approaches exacerbate fiscal burdens, with estimates indicating illegal immigrant-headed households access welfare programs at rates creating a $42 billion annual net cost to taxpayers, as 59% utilize benefits like and food assistance—far exceeding contributions via taxes, given limited eligibility and enforcement gaps. Donald Trump Jr. has framed such strains as deliberate incentives for unsustainable inflows, arguing they undermine American workers and public services without yielding proportional economic gains. Critics of family separations under zero-tolerance prosecution often overlook legal precedents requiring adult offenders to be detained separately from minors, a practice predating 2018 but amplified to disrupt child-smuggling cartels that exploit minors as entry facilitators. Donald Trump Jr. has rejected media amplifications of these separations as humanitarian crises, endorsing views that some separated children were not biologically related to accompanying adults—per DNA verifications in over 10% of cases—and that portrayals ignored smuggling dynamics where minors are tools for evasion. He dismissed questioning on the policy during the 2024 Republican National Convention as clownish sensationalism, maintaining that prosecuting illegal entry upholds rule of law without targeting innocents, as alternatives like releasing families intact historically spiked recidivism and further crossings.

Election Integrity and Institutional Trust

Donald Trump Jr. has repeatedly argued that the unprecedented expansion of mail-in voting during the 2020 election, prompted by COVID-19 policies in states like Pennsylvania and Michigan, introduced vulnerabilities such as inadequate signature verification and chain-of-custody issues for ballots, potentially enabling irregularities. He cited whistleblower accounts from election workers in Georgia and Pennsylvania alleging mishandled ballots and duplicated votes, as well as state-level hand recounts in Georgia that, while confirming Joe Biden's margin, revealed discrepancies in ballot processing that he contended warranted deeper scrutiny. These concerns, he maintained, stemmed from deviations from pre-2020 norms where mail-in voting was limited to specific categories like absentees with excuses, contrasting with universal unsolicited ballots mailed to voters without robust fraud safeguards. In response to perceived flaws, Trump Jr. advocated for forensic audits of voting machines and to verify results empirically, praising initiatives like the Senate's Maricopa County review as essential for transparency despite its ultimate affirmation of Biden's win by a widened margin. He highlighted how such audits, even if not overturning outcomes, exposed procedural lapses like unrecorded ballot transport, echoing findings from limited recounts and court-ordered inspections in other states. While over 60 lawsuits challenging the were dismissed, primarily on procedural grounds like standing or laches rather than merits in many cases, Trump Jr. pointed to partial judicial victories—such as rulings invalidating certain undated mail-in ballots and enhancing observer access—as validating demands for stricter protocols to rebuild public confidence. Trump Jr. has promoted voter identification requirements as a fundamental, first-principles measure to prevent impersonation, noting that such laws existed in over 30 states prior to and align with verification standards applied in everyday transactions like banking. He contrasted this with opposition to ID mandates, arguing they erode institutional trust by prioritizing access over empirical security, especially amid expanded no-excuse absentee voting. Regarding institutional trust, Trump Jr. accused platforms of censoring dissenting election-related content, exemplified by Twitter's suppression of the New York Post's October 2020 Hunter Biden laptop story, which he claimed influenced voter perceptions until later corroborated by federal investigations and media outlets confirming the device's authenticity and contents. This interference, he asserted, exemplified broader efforts to delegitimize fraud inquiries, fostering toward media and tech gatekeepers that he linked to declining faith in electoral processes.

Skepticism of Public Health Mandates

Donald Trump Jr. voiced strong opposition to , arguing they represented government overreach that stifled freedoms and economic activity without proportional benefits. In April 2020, he condemned social media platforms like for restricting posts promoting anti-lockdown protests, describing the actions as "chilling & disturbing" collusion with state governments to suppress dissent. By November 2021, amid European demonstrations against renewed restrictions, he lambasted Americans on for failing to protest similarly, stating they had acted "like sheep" in accepting mandates that he viewed as ineffective and psychologically damaging. He supported cross-border efforts like the 2022 Canadian trucker convoy opposing vaccine mandates, framing it as a stand against authoritarian measures. Trump Jr. similarly rejected vaccine mandates and passports as infringements on personal liberty, calling for Republicans in office to vocally oppose them or step aside. In April 2021, he labeled passports the "greatest affront" to American freedoms on , urging party unity against implementation. He argued mandates ignored natural immunity from prior infections, aligning with critiques that boosters provided marginal additional protection for recovered individuals, as evidenced by studies showing hybrid or post-infection immunity often outperforming vaccination alone in preventing severe outcomes. Early in the pandemic, Trump Jr. promoted alternative treatments like , sharing a July 2020 video on featuring physicians claiming it as an effective therapy alongside and , based on initial observational data from regions with high usage. This post, which also questioned efficacy, violated platform policies on , resulting in a 12-hour suspension of his account and limited functionality. Though subsequent large-scale trials like RECOVERY found no mortality benefit for hospitalized patients, Trump Jr.'s advocacy highlighted early debates over repurposed drugs and suppression of dissenting clinical viewpoints. He endorsed the lab-leak hypothesis for COVID-19's origins, countering initial media and expert dismissals by citing evidence of biosafety lapses at the . This stance aligned with 2023 assessments by the FBI and Department of Energy, which concluded with moderate to low confidence that a lab incident was the most likely source, based on genetic analysis and patterns. Trump Jr. integrated these arguments into broader critiques of authorities like , whom he called "incompetent" and not a true for downplaying lab risks amid funding ties to research. Trump Jr. emphasized the causal economic devastation from prolonged restrictions, noting U.S. GDP contracted 3.4% in amid shutdowns but rebounded 5.9% in 2021 following reopenings, underscoring faster recovery in states with lighter mandates. He contended policies inflicted collateral harms, including declines and delayed care, outweighing containment gains, as excess non-COVID mortality rose in locked-down areas due to untreated conditions.

Critiques of Media and Cultural Narratives

Donald Trump Jr. has characterized the allegations of Russian collusion during the presidential campaign, often termed "Russiagate," as a fabricated hoax perpetuated by media and political opponents. He has pointed to the Mueller report's explicit conclusion that it "did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities," underscoring the absence of sufficient evidence for . This assessment aligns with the subsequent Durham special counsel report, which criticized the FBI for , failure to rigorously scrutinize exculpatory information, and overreliance on unverified tips from political adversaries in initiating and sustaining the probe. Trump Jr. has argued that such institutional lapses, amplified by coverage, eroded public trust in federal investigations and exemplified biased narratives prioritizing partisan outcomes over empirical verification. Trump Jr. has voiced opposition to cultural shifts associated with "" ideologies, contending they undermine by prioritizing identity-based criteria over competence in institutions like and . In May 2025, he publicly denounced the selection of as president, labeling him a " psycho" and asserting that decisions influenced by (DEI) frameworks compromise institutional excellence by sidelining qualifications. He has extended this critique to corporate environments, warning that DEI mandates erode performance standards, as evidenced by his commentary on how such policies foster environments where ideological conformity supplants skill-based advancement, potentially leading to operational inefficiencies. These positions frame "" cultural dominance as a causal driver of declining standards, contrasting with empirical defenses of merit-driven systems that reward verifiable ability irrespective of demographic factors. A notable instance of Trump Jr.'s challenge to media framing occurred with his September 2016 tweet likening unvetted Syrian intake to selecting from a bowl of Skittles where one is poisonous, intended as an for probabilistic risks amid documented vetting shortcomings. He defended the statement by clarifying it highlighted the low but real of admitting threats—estimating a 1-in-100 chance in the —stemming from systemic failures in background checks, rather than dehumanizing individuals. This drew widespread condemnation from outlets portraying it as xenophobic, yet Trump Jr. maintained it reflected pragmatic grounded in prior terrorist incidents involving migrants from high-risk regions, urging scrutiny of processes over emotional appeals. Trump Jr. has highlighted patterns of conservative perspectives by tech platforms, arguing they stifle balanced discourse and favor establishment views. In a 2019 op-ed, he accused of systematically censoring right-leaning content, including his own temporary restrictions, which limited reach for alternative narratives on issues like election integrity. He further criticized Democratic efforts in 2021 to pressure distributors into dropping conservative outlets like , equating such moves to "modern-day " that disrupts viewpoint diversity. These actions, he contends, reveal a broader institutional where platforms enforce selectively, often under pretexts of , thereby constraining public access to dissenting analyses and reinforcing dominant cultural narratives.

Controversies and Investigations

Donald Trump Jr. faced significant scrutiny during investigations into potential Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, particularly regarding a June 9, 2016, meeting at with Russian lawyer , who had promised damaging information on . Participants included Trump Jr., , , and a Russian-American lobbyist; emails released by Trump Jr. after initial New York Times reporting showed the meeting was pitched as part of Russian government efforts to aid the Trump campaign. The Select Committee on , in its bipartisan 2020 report, detailed these contacts as indicative of Russian attempts to influence the campaign but found no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and . Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 2019 investigation examined the and other campaign-Russia interactions but concluded there was insufficient evidence to establish that Trump Jr. or other officials conspired or coordinated with Russian election interference efforts. Prosecutors declined to charge Trump Jr. with violations, determining that the information shared did not meet the threshold for a criminal contribution and that any potential violation would likely fall outside the . Trump Jr. voluntarily disclosed the meeting's emails publicly following media reports, which his defenders cited as evidence of transparency absent any legal obligation to do so at the time. The broader Crossfire Hurricane FBI investigation, which encompassed scrutiny of Trump Jr.'s activities, originated from concerns over campaign contacts with Russia but was later criticized for foundational flaws. A 2019 Department of Justice Inspector General report by Michael Horowitz identified 17 significant errors or omissions in the FISA applications to surveil Trump advisor Carter Page, including reliance on unverified Steele dossier claims and failure to disclose exculpatory evidence, concluding these undermined the applications' accuracy and contributed to investigative overreach. Trump Jr.'s supporters argued these FISA abuses exemplified systemic issues in probes targeting the campaign, potentially tainting related inquiries into figures like himself. Ultimately, despite predictions from some media outlets of imminent charges, neither the Mueller probe nor subsequent investigations resulted in indictments or convictions against Trump Jr. for 2016 campaign activities related to . The absence of criminal findings contrasted with initial portrayals of the contacts as potentially collusive, highlighting debates over the probes' evidentiary thresholds and procedural integrity.

2020 Election Challenges and January 6 Context

Following the , 2020, , Donald Trump Jr. advocated for forensic audits and lawsuits in battleground states, emphasizing statistical irregularities such as disproportionate late-night vote updates in cities like and , and anomalies in mail-in ballot rejection rates compared to prior elections. He supported initiatives like the Arizona Senate's Maricopa County review, conducted by Cyber Ninjas from April to September 2021, which documented procedural deficiencies including 168 ballots lacking secrecy sleeves, 99 duplicate tabulator tape serial numbers, and deleted election router data, though the net vote adjustment slightly increased Joe Biden's margin. While courts dismissed most of over 60 post-election lawsuits on procedural grounds rather than merits, isolated fraud validations occurred, with cataloging more than 200 prosecuted cases from 2020 involving illegal voting and ballot tampering across states like Georgia and . At the January 6, 2021, "Save America" rally on , Donald Trump Jr. addressed thousands, lambasting Republican lawmakers for certifying results without sufficient scrutiny and declaring, "This is not a time to be weak... We're not going to be cowards," while threatening primary challenges against perceived disloyalty. Full speech recordings and contemporaneous accounts confirm no explicit directives for violence or breaching the Capitol; the event was promoted as a peaceful demonstration to urge to investigate processes. As Capitol unrest escalated, Trump Jr. texted at 4:24 p.m., "He’s got to condemn this shit ASAP," reflecting concern over deviation from planned protest. The Democratic-led House Select Committee on subpoenaed Trump Jr., securing his voluntary testimony on May 3, 2022, where he affirmed the rally was not intended to incite lawlessness. Subsequent critiques, including a 2023 House Administration Subcommittee report, highlighted the committee's selective evidence handling, such as underemphasizing pre-rally security lapses by Capitol Police and unexamined footage showing peaceful entries alongside violent acts, potentially overlooking causal factors beyond rhetoric. Claims of agent provocateurs, including FBI assets among attendees, remain unproven but fueled debates on institutional transparency. Trump Jr.'s emphasis on verification influenced Republican policy shifts, prompting 19 states to enact laws by 2022 strengthening voter ID mandates, matching, and post-election audits to address identified vulnerabilities.

Business Ethics and Conflict Allegations

Donald Trump Jr. served as an adviser to Unusual Machines, a Florida-based drone manufacturer, holding a reported $4 million stake in the company, which secured a $4 million contract on October 24, 2025, to supply 3,500 drone motors as part of efforts to bolster domestic production amid geopolitical tensions. Critics, including outlets like , alleged potential influence peddling due to timing following his father's 2024 reelection, but the contract stemmed from competitive bidding processes emphasizing U.S.-sourced components to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, with no evidence of procedural irregularities or direct intervention presented in . Involvement in World Liberty Financial, a platform launched in 2024 with Trump family ties where Donald Trump Jr. holds an advisory role and the family owns approximately 25% of tokens, has drawn scrutiny for potential conflicts, particularly after a reported $1 billion in crypto-related revenue and associations with figures like Binance's pardoned founder. Donald Trump Jr. dismissed such concerns on October 2, 2025, asserting no conflicts exist given the venture's public disclosures and separation from official roles, contrasting with less transparent dealings attributed to , where foreign influence allegations lacked equivalent upfront ownership revelations. As a partner at , a firm surpassing $1 billion in assets by September 2025 focused on conservative-aligned investments like markets, Donald Trump Jr. has emphasized the firm's voluntary transparency measures and compliance standards, denying any undue advantages from family connections despite media claims from sources like MSNBC. Donald Trump Jr. faced no criminal charges in New York Attorney General Letitia James's civil investigation into , initiated in 2022, where he testified in November 2023; the case resulted in civil penalties and a temporary ban from New York dealings but was resolved through appeals and settlements without admissions of liability by family members. Amid ongoing media scrutiny from left-leaning outlets, Donald Trump Jr. has raised tens of millions for conservative causes, including through events tied to groups like , demonstrating fundraising efficacy without documented ethical violations in recent disclosures.

Personal Life

Family and Relationships

Donald Trump Jr. married (née Haydon), a former model, on November 12, 2005, after meeting her in 2003 at a event. The couple had five children: daughters Kai and , and sons Donald III, Tristan, and Spencer. Vanessa Trump filed for an uncontested divorce on March 15, 2018, which was finalized by the end of that year. In a joint statement, they described the separation as amicable, emphasizing their commitment to co-parenting and prioritizing their children's well-being amid ongoing public attention. Post-divorce, the former couple has demonstrated stability in family arrangements, including shared time with their children despite external pressures. In 2018, shortly after separating from Vanessa, Trump Jr. began a relationship with , a former and television personality who has a from a prior . He proposed to Guilfoyle on December 31, 2020, but the engagement concluded in late 2024. During their partnership, the families integrated activities, reflecting Trump Jr.'s continued focus on paternal responsibilities. Following the conclusion of his engagement to Guilfoyle, Trump Jr. announced his engagement to socialite Bettina Anderson on December 15, 2025.

Recreational Pursuits and Lifestyle

Donald Trump Jr. pursues hunting as a central recreational activity, emphasizing big-game expeditions in the United States and abroad. He has participated in bowhunting for white-tailed deer domestically and international trips, including a 2011 safari in Zimbabwe where he obtained trophies such as an elephant tail, which he has described as part of ethical practices funding wildlife management. In 2019, he hunted an argali sheep in Mongolia under a permit later formalized by local authorities, highlighting his interest in challenging terrains. These pursuits extend to waterfowl shooting with firearms like the Benelli Super Black Eagle II and ownership of dozens of guns stored securely. He defends hunting against animal rights criticisms by linking it to conservation outcomes, arguing that trophy hunts generate revenue for anti-poaching and habitat preservation in regions like . At the 2020 Safari Club International convention, Trump Jr. rallied attendees and raised $340,000 for initiatives, underscoring his view of regulated as a tool for sustainable population control rather than unchecked exploitation. This stance aligns with his advocacy for policies like the , which secured funding for federal land preservation, positioning as a mechanism for ecological stewardship over sentimental prohibitions. Trump Jr.'s outdoor engagements foster a centered on and , which he credits with providing stability amid personal challenges. In a 2024 interview, he stated that "hunting, and fishing have all been a grounding element in a chaotic life," attributing the activity to deterring youthful excesses through required patience and skill. This philosophy manifests in his 2021 launch of Field Ethos, a media brand promoting rugged outdoor pursuits over urban indulgences, and ownership of a secluded Catskills property designed for retreat from external distractions. He maintains a disciplined routine, avoiding lavish in favor of active endeavors that reinforce a work-oriented , as evidenced by his repeated emphasis on hunting's role in building resilience without reliance on conveniences.

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