Donald Trump, Jr., and his brother, Eric have frequently been chastised for their habit of killing rare animals. The two brothers were photographed on a safari in 2012, with Don holding up the tail of a dead elephant. This drew new attention in 2017, during their father’s first term, when he reversed an Obama-era policy barring the return of elephant and lion trophies.
Now, Don Jr. is once again in trouble for his hunting habits.
Per The Daily Mail, the president’s oldest son is under fire from environmentalists and politicians in Italy for hunting rare ducks.
At issue is a video published by a website called Field Ethos, which describes itself as “the premier lifestyle publication for the unapologetic man,” Don Jr. and some other men are shown on the hunt in Italy. Don Jr. is listed as the site’s founder and publisher.
Don Jr is being accused of illegally hunting in Italy, killing a rare species of duck, and doing it in a protected area. Huge outrage from local officials https://t.co/3k5m4iv7VW
— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) February 4, 2025
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“It was a great duck shoot with a little bit of good eating in Venice,” one of Trump’s hunting companions says in the video, according to the Mail. Don “got about 50,” another friend says.
One duck, per the report, is a rare “Ruddy Shelduck.”
Italian Green party politician Andrea Zanoni has accused Don Jr. of hunting illegally.
Why do I think that @DonaldJTrumpJr is going to blame this on someone else? https://t.co/kGfEp2a4qq
— Gerald Weinand 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@DirigoBlue) February 4, 2025
“Like any foreigner, in Italy he was not allowed to hunt by law. In fact, in our country only residents of one of the Italian regions can hunt,” Zanoni said, per the Mail. ‘You need a hunting licence issued by the police headquarters, but above all you need a hunting licence issued only and exclusively to residents of one of the Italian regions, a mandatory document where you can note the date, place of hunting and quantity of animals killed divided by individual species.”
Trump Jr. did not comment to any of the media outlets who reached out to him. He had been in Italy with Bettina Anderson, the woman Don Jr. has been dating since his split, sometime last year, with his former fiance Kimberly Guilfoyle. The New York Post reported last month that Anderson is eying a “cushy philanthropic role” in the new Trump Administration.
Photo courtesy of Political Tribune media library.
