Eric Trump has said live on Fox News that his family has the right to keep the Trump Organisation's financial records hidden from Congress, and has appeared to give the fact that his sister Tiffany likes to drink in the afternoon as one of the reasons.
Speaking on Fox News, Eric Trump said:
By the way, it's not just my father. It's, 'Eric I want to see all of your bank records.'
'I want to know how much Laura spent on baby formula for Luke.'
'I want to know how many beers Tiffany had on a Friday afternoon in Georgetown.'
These are literally the things they're asking for.
In the segment, Eric was referring to the fact that on Monday, the Trump Organisation filed a lawsuit against Capital One and Deutsche Bank to keep them from complying with congressional subpoenas, in an attempt to block them from handing over their private financial information to congressional committees, reports Newsmax.
Needless to say, when the clip was posted to social media, people thought it was rather hilarious that Eric appeared to be throwing his sister Tiffany under the bus.
WOW -- Eric Trump throws Tiffany Trump under the bus here https://t.co/7VvJdBAtI0— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1556628067
Some thought the moment was 'perfect'.
this is actually a perfect moment https://t.co/9u3NdO3dA7— Danielle Perez she/her (@Danielle Perez she/her) 1556660168
Others thought it made the Trumps suddenly seem slightly more relatable.
First time I ever considered hanging out with any of these fascists https://t.co/kEFMdKcf4g— Sarah Thyre (@Sarah Thyre) 1556659770
Does, does Tiffany have a day drinking problem!?
Eric Trump Reveals Tiffany's Day-Drinking Problem https://t.co/0wSaWNTxwJ— Gary Legum (@Gary Legum) 1556631995
Are Tiffany's ears burning by any chance?
@atrupar https://t.co/nI7c1S5p5D— Kevin Carr O'Leary (@Kevin Carr O'Leary) 1556640911
Some South Park gifs even got involved.
@atrupar @TiffanyATrump minding her own business until Eric: https://t.co/w1qDROy4pg— ᴮᴱWhere there is hope, there are trials #Sea ⁷ (@ᴮᴱWhere there is hope, there are trials #Sea ⁷) 1556632782
And others brought up some rather apt Game of Thrones references.
@atrupar Eric is the least charismatic Lannister— Elizabeth Thorp (@Elizabeth Thorp) 1556643649
Some were rather rude.
I'd drink if Eric Trump were my brother too. https://t.co/h6gvhnAdBb— Dammit! Danny (@Dammit! Danny) 1556632437
Since launching the suit, president Donald Trump has since clarified that there are no hard feelings towards the institutions, but that it's more aimed at the Democrats.
According to Newsmax, he said:
They're not winning.
The economy is incredible.This country is doing great.
I don't think they have any front-runner candidate right now.
If it is Joe Biden, I would love to run against him. They have an awful track record from the last administration. What they want to do, they want to harass Trump. They don't want to do their jobs
We're just worried about how Tiffany's holding out at university. Hope all's going well, Tiph!
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