Eric Trump Starting to Get Little Jealous of His Dad's Love for Charlie Kirk
“Flags at half-staff, huh?”
The right-wing podcaster and organizer, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated during one of his college campus events on Wednesday and elected officials on both sides of the aisle were quick to give their condolences, including President Trump who called Kirk "Legendary," in a statement announcing his death.
While Republican officials have continued their outpouring of love for Kirk, one Republican was a bit more hesitant to join the chorus of praise.
Eric Trump, the son of President Trump, hopped on a Truth Social livestream on Thursday, where he began with eloquent thoughts about Kirk. Eric then began reacting live to news stories about how the President might honor Kirk.
At one point, Eric glanced up at the chat and saw a mention of flags at half-staff. He could then be heard quietly saying:
"Flags at half-staff, huh? Let me look this up…
[Eric looks up the story]
Oh, wow. Yeah, my dad really liked this guy, huh.
My dad’s always told me I would get half-mast, but, uh, said he wasn’t sure if he could pull the strings for half-staff…. damn."
As the news stories began rolling in about ways President Trump could be honoring Kirk’s life, the chat on Eric’s livestream brought them to his attention:
"Chat’s saying something about a statue? A statue for Charlie? Is this official?"
[Eric looks up the story]
"Oh shit... in the U.S. Capitol, yeah.
…
Yeah, I’m all for that. For sure, for sure.
The viewers of Eric’s livestream then asked him the question he didn’t want to address, but had to due to the viewers spamming it in the chat:
"Okay, looks like everyone in chat is asking, ‘Would your dad do this for you?’
Funny. Very funny.
I mean, yeah, I do think my dad’s kinda bouncing on it right now, kinda gassing him up, but, uh, yeah I think he’d do all of this for me too if I were assassinated."
The chat was then quickly filled with comments like:
"Assassinated? No one’s trying to assassinate you LMAO"
"Not assassinated. Like, if you choked on food, would you get a statue?"
"Keeping it real, statue might be aiming a bit high. I’d lower expectations to, like, a metal plaque on a brick.“
Eric Trump quickly ended the livestream and contacted FBI Director, Kash Patel to delete all videos of the stream from the internet.