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Twitter Is Destroying Eric Trump After He Slams Hush Money Trial As ‘Pure Extortion’: ‘Pure Stupidity”

May 9, 2024 by Julia DeKorte

 
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As Donald Trump’s hush money trial continues on, the rest of the Trump family has started sharing their thoughts on the situation. Eric Trump has taken to X, formerly Twitter, simply writing, “Pure EXTORTION!!!!” Unfortunately, Donald Trump has been banned from Twitter, so he wasn’t able to see his son’s virtual support. And of course, Twitter users are having a field day making fun of Eric’s tweet. Keep reading for all the details.

Eric Trump Supports His Father Through Hush Money Trial

Donald Trump is currently on trial for allegedly falsifying business records in order to cover up the $130,000 he paid Stormy Daniels in hush money so that she wouldn't expose the details of their supposed affair from 2006.

As the former president continues to plead not guilty despite mountains of evidence piling up before him, his son, Eric Trump, has taken to Twitter to claim that the trial as a whole isn't valid. "Pure EXTORTION!!!!!" he wrote on May 7th.

Pure EXTORTION!!!!

— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) May 7, 2024

Twitter Users Roast Eric Trump After Embarrassing Tweet

Eric Trump's tweet has gotten over 3,000 comments in response, and most of them were roasting him for his useless, and quite frankly untrue, commentary. "Hey Eric, why was there an NDA in the first place?" one person wrote. "The American people had a right to know who your daddy was before the 2016 election."

"No Eric," another person wrote. "It's pure election interference! Your dad didn't want this story getting out before the election, period."

"Pure stupidity," another said.

"More like Pure Karma!" added another.

"Your father is guilty of extortion!" wrote one user.

"Who taught you how to spell extortion?" a final person wrote. "You actually got it right!"

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