Eric Trump, the Trump Organization executive vice president and second son of former President Donald Trump, says he’s fed up with “blank check” spending in Washington that passes over American citizens in favor of foreign wars and illegal immigrants.
“I just have to ask, I look around and ask: Why? Why are we funding all this bulls–t? How did we lose our priorities so badly?”
The 40-year-old Florida resident has been preaching against government overspending alongside his father for years, but says he felt a particular sting during the hurricane that hammered his home state last month..
“I sit here and I just think: FEMA’s out of money. Right? And they’ve only spent like $330 million on the storms. And yet FEMA has spent $1.4 billion on illegal immigrants to this point,” Trump said, referring to funds spent on the agency’s “Shelter and Services Program” for migrants since 2022.
“And FEMA’s not even an organization responsible for illegal immigration. It’s enraging to think about,” he added.
But it’s about more than just disaster relief for the younger Trump, who says his father plans to slash spending dramatically “when he’s elected next month.”
The middle Trump son will have a role on his father’s transition team if the ex-prez ekes out a victory on Nov. 5. He says they plan to apply heightened scrutiny to military spending if they manage to win back the White House.
“We’re spending over $200 billion on Ukraine. That’s not magic money that’s taxpayer money,” Trump told The Post. “You know, I spend a lot of time in that part of the world. My mom was Eastern European. I care about it. But, you go there now and you see these young, beautiful kids and they’re shooting one another in rage.”
Trump is raising three young kids with his wife Lara Trump, who co-chairs the Republican National Committee. He told The Post that, as a father, he believes the US needs to limit its role in foreign conflicts to protect children.
“I know how much time it takes to raise a child,” he told The Post. “I mean, it’s tens of thousands of hours. It’s the trips to the ice cream store, the time outs that you give them when they go the opposite direction. Right? And so I know what a waste [war] is. It’s such a waste of potential. It’s because of the propaganda and guns our government is funding by the billions. They’re all just being marched to their deaths.”
The war in Ukraine has claimed the lives of 600 children, per a UN report published earlier this year.
State Department records show that the US has committed about $175 billion to aid Ukraine in its war with Russia, which is approaching the three-year mark in March. Last month Biden pledged $425 million more in military aid to Ukraine.
Meanwhile, American patience with foreign wars is withering.
Per a July survey from Redfield and Wilton, half of voters believe the US should either stop or reconsider its support for Ukraine. That figure jumps to 67% among Trump voters, while 53% of Harris voters say the US should maintain its support of Ukraine.
“It’s really just common sense,” Trump said. “We really can’t spend our way to a better world. That takes something bigger. It takes work.”
