Donald Trump’s son, Eric, lost his cool on live TV this week.
The outburst came during an interview with Chris Cuomo on NewsNation, after the host pressed him on whether President Trump was using his power to go after political rivals.
“Do you think that it is fair to say it looks like the administration is going after its political opponents now and doing exactly what you say you oppose?” Cuomo asked.
Eric Trump immediately fired back. “Oh, that’s what — Comey? Because, I mean, it seemed very clear to me in the congressional testimony, I don’t know, just watching it, it certainly seems like he lied to me,” he said, referring to the recent indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. “I mean, I’m also wondering what an FBI director is doing taking memos from the FBI and leaking them to The New York Times.”
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He went on to say that Comey should have been “keeping planes from flying into buildings” and protecting the country, instead of “communicating every single day with The New York Times.”
Eric then turned the conversation on Cuomo himself, saying it was “ironic” for the host to question the weaponization of government. “You’re literally one that’s pushing back on the weaponization of government when the very same people that were coming after us went after your brother like hounds,” he said.
“They did everything they could to destroy his governorship. They did everything that they could to destroy his life. They did everything they could do to destroy you.”
The younger Trump said the legal cases brought against his father were meant to “destroy” him and his family. “They were trying to take all our assets and strip our name off of every building in New York City,” he said.
“You’ve been on the receiving end of the very same people that I’ve been the receiving end of,” he told Cuomo. “And so, to play coy with me as if this isn’t happening in the United States of America just seems ironic and foolish given what you’ve been through more so than anybody, worse than anybody.”
Cuomo did not let that slide. “Hold on a second. What did you just say that you think I’m doing?” he asked. “I’m asking you questions about whether or not — if something is wrong, is it also wrong to do the same thing when you get back in power? But if you think I’m playing coy, you don’t know me as well as you should.”
The tension only grew as Eric jumped back in, raising his voice and leaning forward. “Hey, did we raid Biden’s home? Did we? Did we try and bankrupt Biden? Did they come after us? Did we weaponize every AG and DA against Biden? Do we do that against Hunter Biden, who had a laptop from hell, pictures of cocaine, illicit drug use, prostitution? You know, did we do that?” he shouted.
He kept going. “Did we make up a dirty dossier about Biden? Did we try and destroy Biden’s marriage? Did we make up stories that Biden had secret servers in the basement of his home communicating with the Kremlin in Russia? Did we strip Biden off the ballot of multiple states? Did we take Biden off of Twitter and Instagram and Facebook and try and silence his voice so he couldn’t communicate? Did we put Biden in a courtroom every single day, 91 felony counts that have all been overturned for my father now, right? For nonsense, to try and keep him off of a campaign trail and to try to destroy his life? Did we do any of that?”
You can watch the full exchange below:
Featured image via Youtube screengrab
