Eric Trump turns his RNC speech into direct address to his father and calls to make late uncle proud

Eric Trump delivered a flag-waving speech at the Republican National Convention where he attacked those who would ‘destroy the monuments of our forefathers’ and spoke directly to his father at the end of his remarks.

Eric, who along with Donald Trump Jr. is an executive at the Trump Organization, referenced his uncle Robert, who died a week ago and had funeral services at the White House on Friday.

‘Dad, let’s make Uncle Robert very proud this week. Let’s go get another four years,’ he said, speaking directly to his father in a televised speech at the virtual convention.

‘I love you very much. God bless you and god bless the United States of America,’ he concluded.

The New York-based real estate developer who came up through his father’s businesses hailed farmers and workers, championing ‘deplorables’ and blasting the media for counting out his father’s 2016 campaign.

He went after ‘radical Democrats’ who he said wanted to ‘erase history,’ in a reference to protests and clashes over monuments. 

‘In the view of the radical democrats, America is the source of the world’s problems. As a result, they believe the only path forward is to erase history and forget the past,’ he said.

‘They want to destroy the monuments of our forefathers. They want to disrespect our flag. Burn the stars & stripes that represent patriotism and the American Dream,’ he claimed.

‘They want to disrespect our National Anthem by taking a knee while our armed forces lay down their lives every day to protect our freedom. They do not want the Pledge of Allegiance in our schools. Many don’t want ‘One nation, under God,’ he said.    

He referred to the ‘forgotten man’ and woman, a theme of Trump’s 2016 campaign.

‘First we were ignored. Then we were laughed at. Then they fought us, then together we won,’ he said. 

He complained that the media ‘ignored the Trump flags’ and millions of MAGA banners.

He blasted Democratic nominee Joe Biden as ‘a politician who has been in government for 47 years’ and a ‘career politician who has never signed the front of a check’ as well as a ‘total pushover for communist China.’

‘Biden has pledged to defund the police and take away your cherished 2nd Amendment,’ he said in one attack – even though Biden has said he will not defund the police, has said he owns a shotgun. He does favor a series of gun control measures.

‘To every proud American who bleeds red white and blue my father will continue to fight for you,’ he said. 

Eric, the younger brother of Donald Trump Jr., who spoke Monday, was the subject of a court filing Monday by New York Attorney General Letitia James. 

Her office is investigating whether the Trump Organization and Donald Trump improperly inflated the value of the U.S. president’s assets on annual financial statements in order to secure loans and obtain economic and tax benefits, according to a court filing. 

According to the filing, the subpoenas were issued as part of the attorney general’s ‘ongoing confidential civil investigation into potential fraud or illegality,’ and is investigating whether the Trump Organization inflated the value of assets such as the Seven Springs mansion in Westchester County.