The second son of the former president delivered a humdinger of a performance — even by his own low standards — during an appearance on Fox News Channel with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday. Time and time again, Eric Trump seemed to be wholly unaware of, well, history and facts as they related to his father and his time in office. He also appeared to be unfamiliar with the idea of irony.
Here’s Eric Trump’s take: “I mean, you better believe, if Donald Trump had one of his lawyers going in to make up lies to the FBI to try and smear another campaign, you would have — you better believe that he would have been on every paper around the world. Where is she? Why isn’t she answering these questions?”
Eric Trump wasn’t done! Bartiromo turned the conversation to whether Donald Trump would run again in 2024, which produced this exchange:
Bartiromo: “All of this as China is waiting in the wings, hoping to overtake the United States.
“Eric, let me ask you. I think your father came too close to the fire in terms of corruption, the corruption fire. He figured it out real quick that there was incredible corruption. And once he figured it out and started talking about it, they wanted him out.
“Do you want your father to run again?”
Trump: “You know, I do, because, honestly, he’s the only person who can save this country.
“And it is an incredibly corrupt system. I see it every single day. It’s incredibly corrupt. And my father returned respect to this country, returned the greatest economy our nation has ever seen, rebuilt the military, did all these great things for America.
“America was prosperous and respected. And under this guy, I mean, what’s happening in Washington is truly — and I hate to use the word — but it’s a clown show. It’s an absolute clown show.”
Corruption like that, Eric?
RIP, Irony. Felled by Eric Trump. Date of death: 9/19/21.