Trump Org uses Father's Day to begin the campaign to put the next Trump in the White House

[Ol Janx Spirit]

On Father's Day, the Trump Org put out a curious bit of propaganda.

While the Daily Beast spun it as yet another snub to Don, Jr., it is really a much more calculated effort IMO to prop up the person they have determined is the next mantle-bearer of the family grift-machine.

( https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-deals-new-snub-to-son-whose-wedding-he-skipped/ )

The piece carries this on-brand-arrogant title:

"A Father’s Day Tribute
Like Father,
Like Builder

Eric Trump growing up alongside the greatest dealmaker in America and what it means to carry that legacy forward."

It is very very difficult to read this piece as anything other than a campaign ad. The effusive praise and constant comparisons to his father are vomit-inducing, but they really show how hard the family is trying to put forth Eric as the only true alternative to continue on the family legacy. Allowing the MAGA mantle to go to anyone else would mean losing the cash cow of grift and corruption--and they really can't have that.

It even highlights his supposed philanthropy--even though we know that's not really something these people do:
"His philanthropic record reinforces this. At just 22 years old, Eric founded what began as the Eric Trump Foundation, a charity built around his family's golf courses and a singular mission: fighting pediatric cancer. Over the years it grew into something far larger than its origins, raising more than $60 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. A state-of-the-art Surgical ICU at St. Jude carries his name in recognition of that commitment. Today, that foundation has evolved into Curetivity, a broader platform continuing the fight against childhood cancer with the same urgency Eric brought to it from the very beginning. These are not the gestures of someone playing at generosity. They are the actions of a man who decided early on that success carries with it an obligation to others and has never stopped honoring that obligation."

Would a simple Father's Day tribute really include this kind of thing?

It is clear now that MAGA isn't going to truly get behind JD or "little Marco"--let's just be real--so, who better than a person with the gilded T on their last name to begin the process of becoming the heir to the family political legacy?

I guess luckily for them--but not for us--Eric doesn't carry the baggage or outright ridiculousness of JR.

The piece ends this way: "Eric Trump is not merely the beneficiary of his father's legacy. He is its keeper, its engine, and its next great chapter."

Whatever the eventual outcome, this "article" is clearly a shot over the bow of anyone else clamoring for the endorsement of the cult leader. The decision has clearly been made. We might as well prepare now....

If you can stomach it you should read the entire thing here:
https://www.trump.com/media/a-fathers-day-tribute

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Neither Cokey nor Gums will be president

They won’t even be the 2028 nominee.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

4. They are likely looking past 2028. [REDACTED] will get behind either JD or "little Marco"...

...neither of which will be embraced by MAGA and he knows it, and spend the next four years building up Eric as the next MAGA darling with the full backing of the one true MAGAt. Losing in 2028 will actually be good for him.

And, it may not matter if Eric is actually ever elected so long as he can rake in the campaign contributions and be the next king-maker.

Politics is the only business they've figured out how to make real money from, and they desperately do not want that to go away.

[ananda]

12. A friend of mine thinks Marco Rubio will run.

Since Vance isn't popular with magats, she thinks
Marco will be the nominee.

We'll see.

[johnnyfins]

27. Oh Marco will definitely run. He will NEVER

be POTUS, but he will grow old trying. Why accept the cabinet position from TSF? In his mind it is a stepping stone. He can pretend to be the "cooler head prevailing".

[ananda]

32. She thinks Marco will be the nominee...

because Vance is so unpopular with magats.

[orthoclad]

5. I said that about Dad in '16.

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. Most Americans can't even name Trumps kids.

None of them have had a reality show to boost their public profile, and the country is frankly exhausted by the Trump name.

Neither son has a chance.

[orthoclad]

16. Sigh. I hope so.

But the alternatives will be equally bad.

[Fiendish Thingy]

18. That's what will make the GOP primaries so entertaining

Whoever they nominate will be a sacrificial lamb who will be obliterated in a landslide.

[orthoclad]

19. I think Musk will have things to say

I'm not optimistic. Voting is the tip of the iceberg; a lot of the power is below the surface.

I thought the landslide in '20 would finish Trump, frinstance.

[Fiendish Thingy]

20. 2020 wasn't a landslide

Biden won by 80,000 votes in three states.

Musk can talk all he wants, but he is not a kingmaker, especially in the post-Trump era.

[BannonsLiver]

7. They will be if Trump tells the rest of the GOP Eric or Lil Don is the nominee.

That’s how it works down here. Not sure about how you guys do things in Canada. As is the case with your other decrees, just because you say that’s how it’s going to go down does not mean it will go down that way.

[TexasBushwhacker]

2. I'm pretty sure Eric is the one Trump called "retarded"

on the set of the Apprentice. There is a producer who has the outtakes, but he's kept them secret because he fears for his family's life. This is hearsay from Tom Arnold from years ago, but there's really no reason to think he's just making shit up.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

8. It doesn't really matter what he thinks about Eric in private. He knows that even if he wanted...

...to take a third term by force his health is not going to allow it, so he is looking around for someone in the family to take up the grift. Allowing anyone outside of the family to take the MAGA mantle would mean losing control over the GQP and the political power and cash cow that the MAGA movement have provided.

Eric is the only hope. And this piece shows the lengths they are going to go to in order to fuel his future career in both business and politics.

[IcyPeas]

3. First Lady

How many times has Eric texted his dad that Lara is still available to sing??

— Rap Bastardz® (@rapbastardz.bsky.social) 2026-06-18T13:44:51.382Z

[Wiz Imp]

6. Huh? Eric Trump is dumber than both his father and brother

He has zero future in politics. All he is capable of doing is grifting off the Trump name. And that will largely go away when his father dies.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

10. We all thought similar things back in 2015 about [REDACTED].

I see no other reason to put this much effort into fluffing up Eric on Father's Day other than as a test run for a media campaign to prop him up as the next MAGA leader in the family.

Dumb has never been a barrier in the Turnip family.

And, it is actually highly questionable that anyone is dumber than Donny.

He also doesn't have to have a future in politics per se--just the ability to endlessly grift off of the name.

This "article" reads like a fledgling campaign ad.

[Wiz Imp]

14. 🙄

[rampartd]

26. whoever inherits the epstein video will be king of the world, just like his dad.

[Dan]

9. Receipt please!!!

I would like to see the receipt from St. Jude validating a $60 million donation from Eric Trump. Let’s be real here, we won’t see a $60 million dollar receipt from St. Jude for all the Trump members combined.

Of course, we would probably see that amount identified as a charitable donation on their income tax filing.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

11. Well, the ICU with his name on it does exist--but as you would expect, the story...

...is full of family grift:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/

[Easterncedar]

15. The New Yorker says the Tate bros are grooming Barron

Literally. Helped him buy a suit for the inauguration. How to make low friends in high places....

[Ol Janx Spirit]

23. They need an interim grifter to keep the grift going until Barron is viable as a political...

...figure. Of course, with the Tate brothers grooming you that probably won't ever be a thing.

It also seems like Melanie [sic] is not onboard with that for now.

The whole family is slimier than the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

[Cosmocat]

36. Yeah, of the three Barron is the one who

Scares me most.

Not sure how he is personally, but there just seems to be more of a sense of his tickling the "bases" fancy than the two dipshits.

[Vinca]

17. Gums?????????? ROFL. Thanks, I needed a laugh.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

25. Stephen Colbert does Gums

[GoCubsGo]

21. The only presidency that shitbag will see will be that of his cell block.

The same goes for his asshole brothers and sisters. The entire family belongs in prison, including Jared and Lara.

[Torchlight]

22. We do seem to be lowering our standards below the basement these days

I'd once thought America too grown-up to elect a jabbering bonobo to office, but I hear his monkey-howls from the White House every day now. Tomorrow never knows, and there's a growing niche-industry ripping off the naive who thinks it does.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

24. Our standards are being sold to us by the highest bidder, and they need to make sure...

...those standards keep us fighting over the scraps they leave us and tell us to be happy about.

A lot of smart wealthy people hate Turnip the man, but they love the tax cuts and the cash raining down on them--as well as the lack of any accountability.

[OAITW r.2.0]

28. My money is on Tucker Carlson....the now non-Republican Republican.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

29. I think I would take that bet.

F*cker Carlson is like Limbaugh: full of hot air and s#it, but self-aware enough to know better than to throw their hat into the actual ring.

[OAITW r.2.0]

31. Will there be a Republican MAGA candidate in 2028.....that the MAGA primary voters can coalesce around?

[Ol Janx Spirit]

33. I don't think so, but I think that is by design....

[REDACTED] can't relinquish MAGA.

Narcissists latch onto something to fill their empty soul, and for [REDACTED] that is his perceived love from the coalition of fools and racists that comprise MAGA. He didn't get it from his parents, his family, or those that he employed, but he found it in people that will invade the capitol over his self-serving lies.

That is why he has pushed more MAGA figures out of his Administration in favor of lightweights like JD and "little Marco." He has even pushed away MAGAlytes like MTG in Congress.

Whether he actually knows it or not he is sabotaging the MAGA movement in order to be the only true leader of the cult. The only acceptable replacement for himself will be a descendent--like Eric.

MAGA will not turn out for JD or Marco in the same numbers they have for him--and that is just fine with him. In his twisted mind he and MAGA are one in the same. To turn that over to someone else would be to make himself irrelevant in that world--something his ego cannot handle.

2028 will be dominated by the ego of Turnip if he is still alive--almost ensuring a Democratic victory.

The message coming out of Turnip.org is that the only logical person to take up the mantle after [REDACTED] exits the scene is Eric.

Unfortunately we have seen that is is possible that we end up with a Turnip in the White House no matter how egregiously awful and stupid they are. We need to prepare and act accordingly.

[OAITW r.2.0]

34. I really don't like Turnip as a vegetable.

Tastes like Russian. Kinda bitter but no flavor.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

30. Gums Foundation?

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[Bayard]

35. Blech....

His only qualification being his name? I don't think even MAGAts will go for that.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

37. Hence the PR campaign to make him the second coming of his cult-leader father. We should not...

...underestimate the stupidity and the fealty that MAGA has to their dear leader.

It is easy to dismiss him, but when you read the piece they put out and look more into his shady dealings--the charity he runs for example--you begin to realize that he is a lot like his father but with many more years ahead of him and as far as we know far fewer sex and business scandals hanging around his neck. We would be foolish not to take it seriously and begin now to undermine what could be coming.