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Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump said it’s disappointing that Fred decided to ‘cash in’ less than 100 days before the election.Eric said his father Donald Trump provided endless financial support to Fred for his son’s treatment but Fred decided to forget everything for some quick buck.
“It’s disappointing that after decades of unwavering love, support, golf memberships, family vacations and millions of dollars in support for his wonderful son, Fred Trump has decided to ‘cash in’ less than a 100 days before an election. I have signed the checks and witnessed first-hand as my father, and our family, has provided endless financial support so that Fred’s son could receive the best possible medical care. To read this garbage and see that he has now followed his troubled sister simply earn a quick buck is disgusting, disheartening and a prime example of ‘no good deed goes unpunished’,” Eric wrote.
Donald Trump’s niece and Fred’s sister Mary Trump published her first book in 2020 exposing his family dysfunction. Since Eric implicated that Fred followed in his sister’s footsteps ahead of the election, Mary Trump has now issued a statement.
‘Eric would have kept his mouth shut’
In her statement, Mary said she and Fred were deprived of their rights to their grandfather’s property after their father died.
“If Eric had any self-awareness, he would have kept his mouth shut. If he had any sense of basic human decency, he would understand the bargain he’s made and, at the very least, not attempt to pass off a blatant theft–from which he benefited–as an act of charity. But he’s had very good teachers, and goes instead for the threat and the lie, while rejecting the truth and compassion, because like his father, he’s weak and he’s cruel in the way of small unaccomplished men,” Mary said.
“My father died when I was 16 years old. Fred was 18. My Uncle Donald, my Aunt Maryanne and uncle Robert became our trustees. It was their responsibility to protect my financial interests. When my grandfather died in 1999, we learned that we had been completely disinherited. My grandfather’s estate was worth approximately $1 billion,” Mary wrote.
“I have no doubt my uncle Donald had a hand in Eric’s statement and to him I would say, you do not get to steal tens of millions of dollars from your dead brother’s children and then, when you use some small portion of it to help out the victim of your theft get to pretend that you deserve anyone’s gratitude,” Mary wrote.