:Donald Trump Jr.

Trump was born on December 31, 1977, in Manhattan, New York City, to Ivana and Donald Trump.{{cite news |title=The Real Story of Donald Trump Jr. |first=Julia |last=Ioffe |date=June 20, 2018 |work=GQ |url=https://www.gq.com/story/real-story-of-donald-trump-jr |access-date=June 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621141307/https://www.gq.com/story/real-story-of-donald-trump-jr |archive-date=June 21, 2018 |url-status=live}} He has two younger siblings, Ivanka and Eric. He also has two half siblings, Tiffany, from his father's marriage to Marla Maples, and Barron, from his father's current marriage to Melania Trump. Through his father, Trump is a grandson of Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod, and a great-grandson of Frederick Trump and Elizabeth Christ Trump, the latter of whom founded what became the Trump Organization. As a boy, Trump found a role model in his maternal grandfather, Miloš Zelníček, who had a home near Prague, where he spent summers camping, fishing, hunting and learning the Czech language.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/style/donald-trump-jr-business-politics-hunting-twitter-vanessa-haydon.html|title=Donald Trump Jr. Is His Own Kind of Trump|last=Holson|first=Laura M.|date=March 18, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=March 18, 2017|issn=0362-4331|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318142400/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/style/donald-trump-jr-business-politics-hunting-twitter-vanessa-haydon.html|archive-date=March 18, 2017}}

His parents divorced when he was 12 years old due to his father having an extramarital affair.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/12/nyregion/trumps-get-divorce-next-who-gets-what.html|title=Trumps Get Divorce; Next, Who Gets What?|work=The New York Times|date=December 12, 1990|access-date=May 2, 2024}} Trump Jr. was estranged from his father for one year after the divorce, furious at his actions which broke up the family.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQ5aDgAAQBAJ&q=divorce|title=Raising Trump|last=Trump|first=Ivana|date=October 10, 2017|publisher=Simon and Schuster|location=New York City|isbn=9781501177309|access-date=October 9, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193810/https://books.google.com/books?id=gQ5aDgAAQBAJ&q=divorce|url-status=live}}

Trump was educated at Buckley School{{cite magazine |last1=Brenner |first1=Marie |title=After The Gold Rush |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/07/donald-ivana-trump-divorce-prenup-marie-brenner |access-date=August 5, 2017 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=September 1, 1990 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726025924/http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/07/donald-ivana-trump-divorce-prenup-marie-brenner |archive-date=July 26, 2017}} and The Hill School, a college preparatory boarding school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, followed by the University of Pennsylvania's (Penn) Wharton School, where he graduated in 2000 with a B.S. in Economics.{{cite news|url=https://latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-trump-jr-profile-20170712-story.html|title=Donald Trump Jr.: The unapologetic son who courts controversy|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=July 12, 2017|first=Barbara|last=Demick|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706215120/http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-trump-jr-profile-20170712-story.html|archive-date=July 6, 2018|url-status=live}}

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After graduating from Penn in 2000, Trump moved to Aspen, Colorado, where he hunted, fished, skied, lived in a truck, and worked as a bartender for a year, before returning to join the Trump Organization in New York. Trump has supervised building projects, which included 40 Wall Street, Trump International Hotel and Tower, and Trump Park Avenue,{{Cite magazine |last=Cohan |first=William D. |author-link=William D. Cohan |date=February 2017 |title=Can Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Really Run the Family Business? |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/can-donald-jr-and-eric-trump-run-the-family-business |magazine=Vanity Fair |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225051836/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/can-donald-jr-and-eric-trump-run-the-family-business |archive-date=December 25, 2016}} In 2006 he helped launch Trump Mortgage, which collapsed less than a year later. In 2010, he became a spokesperson and "executive director of global branding" for Cambridge Who's Who, a vanity publisher against whom hundreds of complaints had already been filed with the Better Business Bureau.{{cite news |last=McIntire |first=Mike |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/us/politics/cambridge-whos-who-trump-brand.html |title='We're an Easy Target': Taken In by the Trump Brand |work=The New York Times |date=June 25, 2016 |access-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109100816/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/us/politics/cambridge-whos-who-trump-brand.html |url-status=live}} He appeared as a guest adviser and judge on many episodes of his father's reality television show The Apprentice, from season 5 in 2006 to his father's last season in 2015.{{cite journal|url=http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-trouble-meeting-russian-lawyer-emails-634998|title=Who is Donald Trump Jr.? President's Son in Russian Attorney Controversy Had Avoided Politics, Tended to Business|journal=Newsweek|date=July 11, 2017|first=Graham|last=Lanktree|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706191708/http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-trouble-meeting-russian-lawyer-emails-634998|archive-date=July 6, 2018|url-status=live}}

On January 11, 2017, Trump's father announced that he and his brother Eric would oversee a trust that included the Trump Organization's assets while his father was president, to avert a conflict of interest.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/trump-organization-business-conflicts.html|title=Trump's Plans on Businesses May Fall Short |access-date=January 14, 2017 |date=January 11, 2017 |work=The New York Times |first1=Susanne|last1=Craig|first2=Eric|last2=Lipton |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112013704/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/trump-organization-business-conflicts.html |archive-date=January 12, 2017}}

Amid the Trump–Ukraine scandal – where Trump asked the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden{{snd}}Trump Jr. strongly criticized Hunter Biden, accusing him of nepotism and leveraging his father as a means to get financial benefits. Trump Jr. said, "When you're the father and your son's entire career is dependent on that, they own you." Trump Jr. was widely ridiculed for these remarks by Trevor Noah and others. Trump Jr. is a high-level executive in his father's business and continued to operate and promote the family's businesses across the world during Trump's presidency.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/daily-shows-trevor-noah-exposes-eric-and-donald-trump-jrs-hunter-biden-nepotism-hypocrisy|title=Trevor Noah Exposes Eric and Don Jr.'s Nepotism Hypocrisy|last=Wilstein|first=Matt|date=October 17, 2019|access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193911/https://www.thedailybeast.com/daily-shows-trevor-noah-exposes-eric-and-donald-trump-jrs-hunter-biden-nepotism-hypocrisy|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/story/trump-kids-profit-presidency|first=Jay|last=Willis|title=How Donald Trump's Kids Have Profited Off Their Dad's Presidency|website=GQ|date=October 14, 2019|access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193724/https://www.gq.com/story/trump-kids-profit-presidency|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/donald-trump-jr-attacks-hunter-and-joe-biden-for-nepotism.html|title=World's Least Self-Aware Person, Donald Trump Jr., Attacks Bidens for Nepotism|last=Raymond|first=Adam K.|date=October 17, 2019|website=Intelligencer|access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193726/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/donald-trump-jr-attacks-hunter-and-joe-biden-for-nepotism.html|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |first=Kathryn |last=Krawczyk |url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/871837/donald-trump-jr-unironically-attacking-hunter-biden-profiting-fathers-name |title=Donald Trump Jr. is unironically attacking Hunter Biden for profiting off his father's name |date=October 15, 2019 |magazine=The Week |access-date=October 17, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193828/https://theweek.com/speedreads/871837/donald-trump-jr-unironically-attacking-hunter-biden-profiting-fathers-name |url-status=live}} The Associated Press wrote of Trump Jr.'s, remarks that he was "showing no self-awareness that he, too, has at least in part been successful because of a famous father".{{Cite news |first=Jonathan |last=Lemire |url=https://apnews.com/37fe7c834829467fa3ceae36fbe88fbf |title=Trump Jr. pitches to base while his father fights for Texas |date=October 16, 2019 |website=AP News |access-date=October 17, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193823/https://apnews.com/37fe7c834829467fa3ceae36fbe88fbf |url-status=live}} According to The Washington Post fact-checker, Trump Jr.'s assertion that he and his family members had gotten out of foreign business deals after Trump became president is false.{{cite news |first=Salvador |last=Rizzo |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/01/trump-brothers-claims-that-they-no-longer-profit-foreign-deals/ |title=The Trump brothers' claims that they no longer profit from foreign deals |date=November 1, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193756/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/01/trump-brothers-claims-that-they-no-longer-profit-foreign-deals/ |url-status=live}} The Washington Post reported that after Trump became president, "Trump's sons have been busy selling assets to foreign individuals, expanding or adding onto their existing deals and investments in foreign countries, and collecting payments in U.S. properties from foreign governments."

In February 2018, advertisements in Indian newspapers promoted a deal whereby anyone who purchased Trump Organization apartments in Gurgaon before February 20 would be invited to have a "conversation and dinner" with Trump Jr. The ads were criticized by corruption watchdogs as unethical.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/18/dinner-with-donald-trump-jr-offered-to-indias-keen-investors|title=Indian investors offered dinner with Donald Trump Jr|last=Safi|first=Michael|date=February 18, 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=February 19, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218233738/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/18/dinner-with-donald-trump-jr-offered-to-indias-keen-investors|archive-date=February 18, 2018|quote=Prospective investors in a Trump Tower project near Delhi are being offered a conversation and dinner with Donald Trump Jras part of a marketing campaign that has drawn criticism from corruption watchdogs.}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-43108549|title=Trump India 'dinner and chat' property offer criticised|date=February 19, 2018|access-date=June 22, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618150532/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-43108549|archive-date=June 18, 2018|work=BBC News|quote=The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew){{snd}}a watchdog group{{snd}}added the Indian promotion to a list of instances it believes show the Trump name being used for commercial gain.}}

A ruling which was handed down on February 16, 2024 barred Trump from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York, including the Trump Organization, for two years.{{cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-donald-trump-jr-penalties-fraud-trial-verdict-2024-2 |title=What about Don Jr.? What about Eric? Why Judge Engoron gave them lighter penalties than dad. |first1=Laura |last1=Italiano |first2=Jacob |last2=Shamisan |work=Business Insider |date=February 16, 2024 |access-date=February 17, 2024 |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216235435/https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-donald-trump-jr-penalties-fraud-trial-verdict-2024-2 |url-status=live }}

In November 2024, Trump announced that he would be joining 1789 Capital as a partner.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/us/donald-trump-jr-firm.html | title=Donald Trump Jr. Is Joining a Venture Capital Firm | work=The New York Times | date=November 12, 2024 | last1=Schleifer | first1=Theodore }}

In December 2024, it was announced that Trump was joining the board of directors of PublicSquare.{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/investing/trump-jr-stock-publicsquare-woke-free/index.html | title=Donald Trump Jr. Is set to join the board of a 'woke-free' marketplace. Its stock is surging | CNN Business | website=CNN | date=December 3, 2024 }}

In 2023, Trump launched a podcast, Triggered with Don Jr, on the platform Rumble.{{Cite web |title=Donald Trump Jr. inks big podcasting deal with Rumble, a YouTube rival |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/4/donald-trump-jr-inks-big-podcasting-deal-with-rumb/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=The Washington Times |language=en-US}}{{cite news |last1=Fischer |first1=Sara |last2=Allen |first2=Mike |title=Exclusive: Donald Trump Jr. signs 7-figure podcast deal with Rumble |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/01/03/donald-trump-jr-signs-7-figure-rumble-podcast-deal |access-date=June 23, 2023 |work=Axios |date=January 3, 2023 |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328025151/https://www.axios.com/2023/01/03/donald-trump-jr-signs-7-figure-rumble-podcast-deal |url-status=live }}

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Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, Trump Jr. was a central member of his father's campaign,{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/11/politics/donald-trump-son-texas-dinner/index.html |date=March 12, 2017 |title=Donald Trump Jr. says he misses campaign trail |first=Betsy|last=Klein |publisher=CNN|access-date=May 16, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523035022/http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/11/politics/donald-trump-son-texas-dinner/index.html |archive-date=May 23, 2017}} characterized by The New York Times as a "close political adviser".{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-skittles.html |title=Donald Trump Jr.'s Skittles Tweet Fits a Pattern |last=Horowitz |first=Jason |date=September 20, 2016 |work=The New York Times|access-date=May 26, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518085659/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-skittles.html |archive-date=May 18, 2017}} He spoke at the Republican National Convention, along with his siblings Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany.

Trump Jr. influenced his father's choice of Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke during the presidential transition.{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-jr-played-a-key-role-in-interior-pick-1481844976 |title=Donald Trump Jr. Played a Key Role in Interior Pick |last=Harder |first=Amy |date=December 15, 2016 |work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=May 26, 2017 |issn=0099-9660 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712085624/https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-jr-played-a-key-role-in-interior-pick-1481844976 |archive-date=July 12, 2017}}{{Cite news |first1=Jake|last1=Sherman|first2=Matthew|last2=Nussbaum|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/12/donald-trump-jr-interior-secretary-232640 |title=Donald Trump Jr. played role in picking interior secretary |work=Politico|date=December 14, 2016|access-date=May 26, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809040537/http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/12/donald-trump-jr-interior-secretary-232640 |archive-date=August 9, 2017}} Since his father's victory in the 2016 election, Trump Jr. has developed what The Washington Post calls a "public persona as a right-wing provocateur and ardent defender of Trumpism".{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/keep-coming-at-me-guys-donald-trump-jr-meets-russia-scrutiny-with-defiance/2017/11/23/f660456e-c000-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html|title='Keep coming at me guys!!!': Donald Trump Jr. meets Russia scrutiny with defiance|last=Harwell|first=Drew|date=November 23, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 23, 2017|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123224930/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/keep-coming-at-me-guys-donald-trump-jr-meets-russia-scrutiny-with-defiance/2017/11/23/f660456e-c000-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html|archive-date=November 23, 2017|url-status=live}} The Atlantic reported in 2019 that Trump had described Trump Jr. in 2017 as "not the sharpest knife in the drawer". Trump Jr. earned the nickname "Fredo" among some Trump campaign staffers, a reference to a character in The Godfather.{{Cite web|last=Shultz|first=Alex|date=September 9, 2019|title=Trump Reportedly Said Don Jr. Isn't the "Sharpest Knife in the Drawer"|url=https://www.gq.com/story/don-jr-not-the-sharpest-knife-in-the-drawer|url-status=live|access-date=November 2, 2021|website=GQ|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910044317/https://www.gq.com/story/don-jr-not-the-sharpest-knife-in-the-drawer |archive-date=September 10, 2019}}{{cite news|last1=Markay|first1=Lachlan|last2=Suebsaeng|first2=Asawin|date=July 9, 2017|title=Trump Aides: Russia Flap Proves Don Jr. Is the 'Fredo' of the First Family|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-aides-russia-flap-proves-don-jr-is-the-fredo-of-the-first-family|access-date=February 8, 2021|archive-date=November 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116190517/https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-aides-russia-flap-proves-don-jr-is-the-fredo-of-the-first-family|url-status=live}}

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On June 9, 2016, Trump Jr. attended a meeting arranged by publicist Rob Goldstone on behalf of Azerbaijani-Russian businessman Emin Agalarov.{{cite web |title=Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails About Meeting With Russian Lawyer, Annotated |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/07/11/536670194/donald-trump-jr-s-emails-about-meeting-with-russian-lawyer-annotated |publisher=NPR |date=July 11, 2017 |access-date=July 12, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712001907/http://www.npr.org/2017/07/11/536670194/donald-trump-jr-s-emails-about-meeting-with-russian-lawyer-annotated |archive-date=July 12, 2017}} The meeting was held in Trump Tower in Manhattan, among three members of the presidential campaign: Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort{{snd}}and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, her translator Anatoli Samochornov, Russian-American lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin, and Ike Kaveladze, a Georgian-American, U.S.-based senior vice president at Crocus Group, the real estate development company run by Aras Agalarov.

Approximately a year later, Trump Jr. initially told the media that adoption of Russian children was the main subject of the meeting.{{cite news |title=Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html |last1=Becker |first1=Jo |last2=Apuzzo |first2=Matt |last3=Goldman |first3=Adam |website=The New York Times |date=July 8, 2017 |access-date=August 7, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711022210/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html |archive-date=July 11, 2017}} On July 8, 2017, Trump Jr. tweeted his email exchange with Goldstone.{{Cite web |title=The email exchange Trump Jr. released, in chronological order |url=https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2017/07/politics/donald-trump-jr-full-emails/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=CNN |language=en-US}} It revealed that Trump Jr. had agreed to attend the meeting with the understanding he would receive information damaging to Hillary Clinton.{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/donald-trumps-jrs-email-exchange/533244/ |title=Donald Trump Jr.'s Email Exchange With Rob Goldstone |last1=Alvarez |first1=Priscilla |last2=Godfrey |first2=Elaine |work=The Atlantic |date=July 11, 2017 |access-date=August 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806062026/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/donald-trumps-jrs-email-exchange/533244/ |archive-date=August 6, 2017}} Goldstone also wrote in one of Trump Jr.'s publicly disclosed emails that the Russian government was involved. Robert Mueller, the special counsel of the Department of Justice in charge of Russia-related investigations, investigated the emails and the meeting.{{cite news |first1=Shimon |last1=Prokupecz |first2=Evan |last2=Perez |first3=Pamela |last3=Brown |title=Source: Justice Dept. probe will look at Trump Jr.'s disclosed emails, meeting |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/11/politics/donald-trump-jr-emails-special-counsel/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=July 11, 2017 |access-date=July 12, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712000753/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/11/politics/donald-trump-jr-emails-special-counsel/index.html |archive-date=July 12, 2017}} Although the White House lauded Trump Jr. for his transparency, he released the e-mails only after The New York Times had informed him that they had them and were going to publish a story about them.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/07/12/the-trumps-claims-about-transparency-are-actually-quite-deceptive/|title=Analysis {{!}} The Trumps' claims about transparency are actually quite deceptive|last=Blake|first=Aaron|date=July 12, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 25, 2018|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126012704/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/07/12/the-trumps-claims-about-transparency-are-actually-quite-deceptive/|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}}

In June 2019, Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee made a criminal referral of Trump Jr. to federal prosecutors on suspicions that he misled the committee with his testimony.{{Cite news |first=Ken |last=Dilanian |title=Senate committee made criminal referral of Trump Jr., Bannon, and Kushner |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/senate-made-criminal-referral-trump-jr-bannon-kushner-two-others-n1237155 |access-date=August 19, 2020 |date=August 18, 2020 |work=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193823/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/senate-made-criminal-referral-trump-jr-bannon-kushner-two-others-n1237155 |url-status=live}}

Trump Jr. had a meeting in August 2016 with an emissary for the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia who offered help to the Trump presidential campaign.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/trump-jr-saudi-uae-nader-prince-zamel.html |title=Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election |work=The New York Times |date=May 19, 2018 |first1=Mark |last1=Mazzetti |first2=Ronen |last2=Bergman |first3=David D. |last3=Kirkpatrick |access-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328110118/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/trump-jr-saudi-uae-nader-prince-zamel.html |url-status=live}} The meeting included Joel Zamel, an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation; George Nader, an envoy representing the crown princes of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia; and American businessman Erik Prince.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-election/trump-jr-met-gulf-princes-emissary-in-2016-who-offered-campaign-help-idUSKCN1IK0S1 |title=Trump Jr. met Gulf princes' emissary in 2016 who offered campaign help |work=Reuters|date=May 19, 2018 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921112022/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-election/trump-jr-met-gulf-princes-emissary-in-2016-who-offered-campaign-help-idUSKCN1IK0S1 |url-status=live}}

In November 2017, news broke that Julian Assange had used the WikiLeaks Twitter account to correspond with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 presidential election. Trump Jr. had already provided this correspondence to congressional investigators who were looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/the-secret-correspondence-between-donald-trump-jr-and-wikileaks/545738/ |title=The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks |last=Ioffe |first=Julia |work=The Atlantic |date=November 13, 2017 |access-date=November 13, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113222527/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/the-secret-correspondence-between-donald-trump-jr-and-wikileaks/545738/ |archive-date=November 13, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/13/donald-trump-jr-communicated-with-wikileaks-during-final-stages-of-election|title=Donald Trump Jr communicated with WikiLeaks during final stages of election|last=Pilkington|first=Ed|date=November 14, 2017|website=The Guardian|access-date=February 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122075609/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/13/donald-trump-jr-communicated-with-wikileaks-during-final-stages-of-election|archive-date=January 22, 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41980359|title=Donald Trump Jr releases Twitter exchanges with Wikileaks|date=November 14, 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=February 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213170813/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41980359|archive-date=February 13, 2018|url-status=live}}

The correspondence showed that WikiLeaks actively solicited the cooperation of Trump Jr., who was a campaign surrogate and advisor in the campaign of his father.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-13 |title=Donald Trump Jr. corresponded with WikiLeaks during and after 2016 campaign - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-jr-wikileaks-corresponded-during-after-2016-campaign/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2017-11-14 |title=First Read's Morning Clips: Trump Jr.'s Correspondence With Wikileaks |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/first-read-s-morning-clips-trump-jr-s-correspondence-wikileaks-n820586 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=NBC News |language=en}} WikiLeaks urged the Trump campaign to reject the results of the 2016 presidential election at a time when it appeared the Trump campaign would lose. WikiLeaks asked Trump Jr. to share a made-up{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Craig |date=2018-08-27 |title=Revealed: Notorious Pro-Trump Misinformation Site True Pundit Is Run By An Ex-Journalist With A Grudge Against The FBI |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/revealed-notorious-pro-trump-misinformation-site-true |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en |archive-date=October 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030002421/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/revealed-notorious-pro-trump-misinformation-site-true |url-status=live }} claim by True Pundit that Hillary Clinton had wanted to attack Assange with drones. WikiLeaks also shared a link to a website that would help people search through the hacked e-mails of Clinton campaign manager John Podesta, which WikiLeaks had recently made public. Trump Jr. shared both.File:Donald Trump, Jr. (48513758216) (cropped).jpg, 2019.]]

During the 2018 midterms election cycle, Trump actively campaigned on behalf of Republican candidates, including for Matt Rosendale, Patrick Morrisey, Mike Braun, Ron DeSantis, Lee Zeldin and Matt Gaetz.{{cite news |work=Politico |date=June 24, 2018 |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/24/donald-trump-jr-midterms-republicans-667186 |title=Don Jr. storms the midterms |first1=James |last1=Arkin |first2=Maggie |last2=Severns |access-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625185954/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/24/donald-trump-jr-midterms-republicans-667186 |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |url-status=live}} He raised millions of dollars for Republican candidates, was second only to his father in his ability to draw crowds to campaign events, and is credited with helping Republican candidates win.{{cite news |title=The Heir: Ivanka was always Trump's favorite. But Don Jr. is emerging as his natural successor. |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/10/trump-dynasty/596674/ |access-date=September 15, 2019 |work=The Atlantic |date=October 2019 |first=McKay |last=Coppins |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193730/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/10/trump-dynasty/596674/ |url-status=live}}

In 2007, Trump Jr. gave $4,000 to then-Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign to be the Democratic presidential nominee.{{cite news |title=Celebrities ante up for Democratic campaigns |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/16/celebrity.contributions/index.html |access-date=October 5, 2020 |work=CNN|date=April 16, 2007 |archive-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010070513/https://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/16/celebrity.contributions/index.html |url-status=live}}

In 2011, Trump Jr. responded to criticism of the Tea Party movement by Florida representative Frederica Wilson by confusing Wilson with California representative Maxine Waters and saying her colorful hats made her look like a stripper.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/23/in-trumps-response-to-myeshia-johnson-many-black-women-see-a-pattern/|title=In Trump's response to Myeshia Johnson, many black women see a pattern|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 23, 2017|first=Eugene|last=Scott|access-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116023949/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/23/in-trumps-response-to-myeshia-johnson-many-black-women-see-a-pattern/|archive-date=November 16, 2017|url-status=live}}

In April 2017, he campaigned for Montana congressional candidate Greg Gianforte,{{cite news |title=Donald Trump Jr. to Campaign for Gianforte |url=https://www.apnews.com/5f819b053255410994405ea685fe68b9 |work=AP News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=November 18, 2017 |date=April 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033212/https://www.apnews.com/5f819b053255410994405ea685fe68b9 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |url-status=live}} and in May met with Republican National Committee officials to discuss the party's strategy and resources.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/27/trump-family-members-met-with-gop-leaders-to-discuss-strategy/ |first=Robert |last=Costa |date= May 27, 2017 |title=Trump family members met with GOP leaders to discuss strategy |newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=May 28, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528011545/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/27/trump-family-members-met-with-gop-leaders-to-discuss-strategy/ |archive-date=May 28, 2017}}

In September 2017, Trump Jr. asked to have his Secret Service detail removed, telling friends he wanted more privacy, the second presidential child to do so.{{efn|Ron Reagan and his wife, Doria Palmieri, dropped their service in 1982, citing similar privacy reasons.}} The request was criticized by former Secret Service agents.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-jr-wants-to-give-up-secret-service-protection/2017/09/18/2a0e7e72-9cd3-11e7-9c8d-cf053ff30921_story.html|title=Donald Trump Jr. wants to give up Secret Service protection|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 18, 2017|first=Carol D.|last=Leonnig|access-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116034040/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-jr-wants-to-give-up-secret-service-protection/2017/09/18/2a0e7e72-9cd3-11e7-9c8d-cf053ff30921_story.html|archive-date=November 16, 2017|url-status=live}} Trump Jr.'s protection was restored later that month.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/25/politics/trump-jr-secret-service/index.html|title=Donald Trump Jr.'s Secret Service detail restored, sources say|publisher=CNN|date=September 25, 2017|first1=Betsy|last1=Klein|first2=Sophie|last2=Tatum|first3=Elizabeth|last3=Landers|access-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116030851/http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/25/politics/trump-jr-secret-service/index.html|archive-date=November 16, 2017|url-status=live}}

In October 2020, it was reported that Pennsylvania Republicans were suggesting Trump Jr. run for the vacant Senate seat in Pennsylvania in 2022 after two-term incumbent Pat Toomey announced he would not be seeking re-election.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/oct/04/donald-trump-covid-coronavirus-election-joe-biden-usa-us-politics-live-news-latest-updates|title=GOP senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania announced his retirement today, setting the stage for what will be a contentious fight for his open Senate seat in 2022|work=The Guardian|first1=Lauren|last1=Aratani|first2=Amanda|last2=Holpuch|first3=Tom|last3=Lutz|first4=Oliver|last4=Holmes|date=October 4, 2020|access-date=October 4, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193743/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/oct/04/donald-trump-covid-coronavirus-election-joe-biden-usa-us-politics-live-news-latest-updates|url-status=live}} In the same month, Trump Jr. held a crowded indoor rally where attendees did not wear masks, contradicting public health guidelines.{{Cite web|last=Powell|first=Tori B.|date=October 8, 2020|title=Donald Trump Jr. Holds Packed Indoor Rally Amid White House's COVID-19 Outbreak|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-jr-holds-packed-indoor-rally-amid-white-houses-covid-19-outbreak|access-date=October 8, 2020|website=The Daily Beast|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193746/https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-jr-holds-packed-indoor-rally-amid-white-houses-covid-19-outbreak|url-status=live}}

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In an October 29 interview with Fox News's Laura Ingraham, Trump Jr. asserted that the coronavirus death rate has dropped to "almost nothing", adding "(b)ecause we've gotten control of this thing. We understand how it works – they have the therapeutics to be able to deal with this. If you look at that, look at my Instagram, it's gone down to almost nothing."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/523565-donald-trump-jr-claims-us-coronavirus-death-rate-at-almost-nothing/|title=Donald Trump Jr. claims US coronavirus death rate at 'almost nothing'|last=Vella|first=Lauren|date=October 30, 2020|work=The Hill|access-date=October 30, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193836/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/523565-donald-trump-jr-claims-us-coronavirus-death-rate-at-almost-nothing|url-status=live}} On that day, the number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. was 1,063.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/30/trump-jr-coronavirus-deaths-almost-nothing/|title=Donald Trump Jr. said covid-19 deaths are at 'almost nothing.' The virus killed more than 1,000 Americans the same day.|last=Bella|first=Timothy|date=October 30, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 30, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193806/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/30/trump-jr-coronavirus-deaths-almost-nothing/|url-status=live}}

Before his father's loss in the 2020 election, Trump was the subject of speculation for a 2024 run for president.{{Cite news |last=Roche |first=Darragh |date=November 1, 2020 |title=Trump fights for last votes as speculation grows about Trump Jr. 2024 bid |url=https://www.newsweek.com/trump-jr-2024-1543851 |access-date=November 4, 2020 |website=Newsweek|language=en |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193828/https://www.newsweek.com/trump-jr-2024-1543851 |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Scher |first=Bill |title=Who's Winning 2024? |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/03/2024-presidential-election-candidates-091055 |access-date=November 4, 2020 |date=January 3, 2020 |work=Politico|language=en |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193758/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/03/2024-presidential-election-candidates-091055 |url-status=live}} In October 2020, he posted a photo to his Instagram account of a "Don Jr. 2024" flag.{{Cite news|last=Aratani|first=Lauren|date=October 25, 2020|title='This will make lib heads explode': Donald Trump Jr posts 2024 picture|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/25/donald-trump-jr-2024-picture|access-date=November 4, 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193803/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/25/donald-trump-jr-2024-picture|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Solender|first=Andrew|title=Trump Sons Hint at 2024 Runs As President's Polling Looks Dire|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/10/24/trump-sons-hint-at-future-runs-as-presidents-polling-looks-dire/|date=October 24, 2020|access-date=November 4, 2020|website=Forbes|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193852/https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/10/24/trump-sons-hint-at-future-runs-as-presidents-polling-looks-dire/|url-status=live}}

On May 28, 2024, an email was shown during defense closing arguments in Trump Sr.'s New York criminal trial which revealed that longtime Trump Organization comptroller Jeffrey McConnery, who was previously acknowledged to have organized Trump Sr.'s reimbursement payments to Michael Cohen following the hush honey payments Cohen made to Stormy Daniels, sought approval from both Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.{{cite news |last1=Scannell |first1=Kara |last2=Del Valle |first2=Lauren |last3=Herb |first3=Jeremy |date=May 28, 2024 |title=Trump's defense delivers closing argument in criminal trial |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-05-28-24/index.html |access-date=May 28, 2024 |publisher=CNN}} Trump Jr. signed some of the reimbursement checks to Cohen as well.{{cite news |date=May 14, 2024 |title=Cohen's reimbursement checks |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/05/14/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/cohens-reimbursement-checks-00157819 |access-date=May 28, 2024 |work=Politico}}

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During his father's presidential campaign, Trump Jr. caused controversy in 2016 when he posted an image that compared Syrian refugees to Skittles, saying "If I had a bowl of Skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful? That's our Syrian refugee problem."{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37416457 |title=Donald Trump Jr compares Syrian refugees to Skittles |date=September 20, 2016 |work=BBC News|access-date=May 16, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809053435/http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37416457 |archive-date=August 9, 2017}}{{Cite web |first=Scott |last=Detrow |date=September 20, 2016 |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/09/20/494700850/taste-the-outrage-donald-trump-jr-s-tweet-compares-refugees-to-skittles |title=Taste The Outrage: Donald Trump Jr.'s Tweet Compares Refugees To Skittles |publisher=NPR|access-date=May 26, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521094752/http://www.npr.org/2016/09/20/494700850/taste-the-outrage-donald-trump-jr-s-tweet-compares-refugees-to-skittles |archive-date=May 21, 2017}} The makers of Skittles condemned the tweet, saying "Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy." The Cato Institute claimed that year that the chances "an American would be killed in a terrorist attack committed by a refugee was one in 3.64 billion" per year.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-02 |title=More in U.S. die from a lightning strike than by foreign terrorists |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/you-re-more-likely-die-choking-be-killed-foreign-terrorists-n715141 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Mattingly |first1=Phil |title=Trump Jr. defends Skittles tweet: 'I don't deal in microaggression' |date=September 22, 2016 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/22/politics/donald-trump-jr-skittles-tweet/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=September 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919214146/https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/22/politics/donald-trump-jr-skittles-tweet/index.html |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |url-status=live}}

On March 1, 2016, an interview with white supremacist James Edwards and Trump Jr. was aired. The campaign initially denied the interview had taken place; later Trump Jr. claimed it was unintentional.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/04/donald-trump-jr-stumbles-out-of-fathers-shadow-and-into-the-spotlight-with-white-nationalist-interview/|title=Donald Trump Jr. stumbles out of father's shadow and into the spotlight with white nationalist interview|last=Miller|first=Michael E.|date=March 4, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 7, 2019|archive-date=October 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007172827/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/04/donald-trump-jr-stumbles-out-of-fathers-shadow-and-into-the-spotlight-with-white-nationalist-interview/|url-status=live}} As a consequence of the interview, mainstream media outlets have accused Trump Jr. of being either a believer in the white genocide conspiracy theory,{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/donald-trump-jr-is-his-fathers-id/500762/|title=Donald Trump Jr. Is His Father's Id|last=Graham|first=David|date=September 20, 2016|work=The Atlantic|access-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730202624/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/donald-trump-jr-is-his-fathers-id/500762/|archive-date=July 30, 2018}} or pretending to be an advocate for political gain.{{cite news|url=https://forward.com/news/350364/donald-trump-jr-emerges-as-alt-right-hero-even-as-dad-tones-down-rhetoric/|title=Donald Trump Jr. Emerges as 'Alt-Right' Hero Even as Dad Tones Down Rhetoric|last=Kestenbaum|first=Sam|date=September 20, 2016|access-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730170931/https://forward.com/news/350364/donald-trump-jr-emerges-as-alt-right-hero-even-as-dad-tones-down-rhetoric/|archive-date=July 30, 2018|website=The Forward}}

In September 2016, Trump Jr. cited Holocaust imagery to criticize what he perceived as the mainstream media's uncritical coverage of Hillary Clinton during her campaign, by "letting her slide on every discrepancy", while also accusing Democrats involved in the 2016 campaign of lying. Trump Jr. said if the Republicans were committing the same offences mainstream outlets would be "warming up the gas chamber right now".

{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-holocaust.html|title=Donald Trump Jr. Invokes Holocaust Imagery|last=Rappeport|first=Alan|date=September 15, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=July 12, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216212447/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-holocaust.html|archive-date=December 16, 2016}}

{{cite news|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/donald-trump-jr-gas-chamber-joke|title=Donald Trump Jr. Under Fire for "Gas Chamber" Remark|last=Nguyen|first=Tina|date=September 15, 2016|newspaper=Vanity Fair|access-date=July 12, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025053118/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/donald-trump-jr-gas-chamber-joke|archive-date=October 25, 2016}} Also that month, Trump Jr. shared an image on Instagram depicting a cross between his father and Pepe the Frog. When asked on Good Morning America about Pepe the Frog and its associations with white supremacy, Trump Jr. said he had never heard of Pepe the Frog and thought it was just a "frog with a wig".{{Cite magazine |last=Nguyen |first=Tina |date=2016-09-11 |title=Donald Trump Jr. Shares White Supremacist Meme |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/donald-trump-jr-pepe-nazi-instagram?srsltid=AfmBOooqx0YHzfSVA9qy8Ygcib5vvUnZULSQ3nRgrGBiMsV2mdO6cZ3V |access-date=2025-02-01 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/donald-trump-jr-pepe-the-frog-228268|title=Trump Jr.: 'I've never even heard of Pepe the Frog'|last=Glass|first=Nick|date=September 16, 2016|access-date=November 15, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115130102/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/donald-trump-jr-pepe-the-frog-228268|archive-date=November 15, 2017|work=Politico}}

In April 2017, Trump Jr. lauded conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich, who has promoted the debunked white genocide and Pizzagate conspiracy theories,{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/trump-jr-wants-mike-cernovich-to-win-pulitzer-1.5457714|title=Trump Jr. Wants 'Alt-right' Personality Mike Cernovich to Win Pulitzer|date=April 5, 2017|work=Haaretz|access-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721045507/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/trump-jr-wants-mike-cernovich-to-win-pulitzer-1.5457714|archive-date=July 21, 2018}} saying, "In a long gone time of unbiased journalism he'd win the Pulitzer".{{Cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-cernovich-kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-jr-2017-4|title=Some of Trump's top supporters are praising a conspiracy theorist who fueled 'pizzagate' for his reporting|last=Tani|first=Maxwell|date=April 4, 2017|work=Business Insider|access-date=May 16, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107005054/http://uk.businessinsider.com/mike-cernovich-kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-jr-2017-4?r=US&IR=T|archive-date=November 7, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/327144-trump-jr-praises-writer-who-pushed-pizzagate-conspiracy-theory/|title=Trump Jr. praises writer who pushed 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theory|last=Seipel|first=Brooke|date=April 4, 2017|work=The Hill|access-date=May 16, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405002553/http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/327144-trump-jr-praises-writer-who-pushed-pizzagate-conspiracy-theory|archive-date=April 5, 2017}}

In August 2020, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported that Trump Jr. appeared at a far-right "We Build the Wall" event with Jack Posobiec in July 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/08/24/donald-trump-jr-pictured-we-build-wall-event-neo-nazi-collaborator-jack-posobiec |title=Donald Trump Jr. Pictured at 'We Build the Wall' Event With Neo-Nazi Collaborator Jack Posobiec |work=Southern Poverty Law Center|date=August 24, 2020 | access-date=August 25, 2020 |archive-date=August 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825040036/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/08/24/donald-trump-jr-pictured-we-build-wall-event-neo-nazi-collaborator-jack-posobiec |url-status=live}}

Trump Jr. retweeted conspiratorial remarks by white supremacist Kevin B. MacDonald about alleged favors exchanged by Hillary Clinton and Switzerland's largest bank. On the campaign trail, Trump Jr. promoted Alex Jones' conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton wore an earpiece to a presidential forum{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-09082016-htmlstory.html#trumps-son-raises-clinton-earpiece-conspiracy|title=Trump's son raises Clinton earpiece conspiracy|last=Mehta|first=Seema|date=September 8, 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 16, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727020057/http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-trump-s-son-raises-clinton-earpiece-1473368636-htmlstory.html|archive-date=July 27, 2017|issn=0458-3035}}{{Cite news|url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/647604/donald-trump-jr-leaps-alex-jones-conspiracy-theory-bandwagon|title=Donald Trump Jr. leaps on Alex Jones' conspiracy theory bandwagon|last=Stanek|first=Becca|date=September 8, 2016|access-date=May 16, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809041336/http://theweek.com/speedreads/647604/donald-trump-jr-leaps-alex-jones-conspiracy-theory-bandwagon|archive-date=August 9, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/294970-donald-trump-jr-promotes-infowars-conspiracy-on-clintons/|title=Donald Trump Jr. promotes conspiracy theory on Clinton earpiece|last=Savransky|first=Rebecca|date=September 8, 2016|work=The Hill|access-date=May 16, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517164421/http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/294970-donald-trump-jr-promotes-infowars-conspiracy-on-clintons|archive-date=May 17, 2017}} and that official unemployment rates were manipulated for political purposes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/25/donald-trump-jr/donald-trump-jr-says-unemployment-rates-are-manipu/|title=Donald Trump Jr.'s unemployment claim up in flames|last=Emery| first=C. Eugene Jr. |date=July 25, 2016|work=Politifact|access-date=May 16, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512214608/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/25/donald-trump-jr/donald-trump-jr-says-unemployment-rates-are-manipu/|archive-date=May 12, 2017}}

In March 2017, Trump Jr. criticized the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, after the 2017 Westminster attack, which in turn led British lawmakers to criticize Trump Jr.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/politics/donald-trump-jr-mayor-london-attack-tweet-duplicate-2/index.html |date=March 24, 2017 |title=London mayor shuts down Trump Jr. tweet: I have more important things to do |first1=Theodore |last1=Schleifer |first2=Alanne |last2=Orjoux |publisher=CNN|access-date=May 26, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523023756/http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/politics/donald-trump-jr-mayor-london-attack-tweet-duplicate-2/index.html |archive-date=May 23, 2017}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/22/donald-trump-jr-ridicules-mayor-london-hours-westminster-attack/ |first=Harriet |last=Alexander |date=March 23, 2017 |title=Donald Trump Jnr criticised after ridiculing Mayor of London Sadiq Khan hours after Westminster attack |work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=May 26, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526095628/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/22/donald-trump-jr-ridicules-mayor-london-hours-westminster-attack/ |archive-date=May 26, 2017}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/22/donald-trump-jr-tweet-london-mayor-sadiq-khan |title=Donald Trump Jr called 'a disgrace' for tweet goading London mayor Sadiq Khan |last=Levin |first=Sam |date=March 23, 2017 |work=The Guardian|access-date=May 26, 2017 |issn=0261-3077 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519023541/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/22/donald-trump-jr-tweet-london-mayor-sadiq-khan |archive-date=May 19, 2017}} British journalists said Trump Jr. had quoted Khan out of context when he criticized him. Khan did not respond to the criticism, saying he had "far more important things" to do.

In May 2017, Trump Jr. promoted what CNN called the "long-debunked, far-right conspiracy theory" that Bill Clinton was linked to Vince Foster's death.{{Cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/kfile-don-jr-vince-foster-tweet/index.html |title=Trump Jr. shares tweet linking Clinton's firing of FBI director to death of Vince Foster |last=Kaczynski |first=Andrew |publisher=CNN|date=May 11, 2017 |access-date=May 26, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522224520/http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/kfile-don-jr-vince-foster-tweet/index.html |archive-date=May 22, 2017}} In November, Trump Jr. again promoted the conspiracy theory that the Clintons had murdered people.{{Cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-jr-donna-brazile-hillary-clinton-2017-11 |title=Donald Trump Jr. revives conspiracy theory about Clintons amid Donna Brazile controversy |work=Business Insider|access-date=November 6, 2017 |first=Maxwell |last=Tani |date=November 6, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023538/http://uk.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-jr-donna-brazile-hillary-clinton-2017-11?r=US&IR=T |archive-date=November 7, 2017}}

In February 2018, Trump Jr. liked two tweets promoting a conspiracy theory that survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting were coached into propagating anti-Trump rhetoric.{{cite news |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/donald-trump-jr-conspiracy-theory-florida-shooting-survivor |title=Donald Trump Jr. Liked Tweets Promoting A Conspiracy Theory About A Florida Shooting Survivor |last1=Nashrulla |first1=Tasneem |date=February 20, 2018 |access-date=February 21, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222031205/https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/donald-trump-jr-conspiracy-theory-florida-shooting-survivor |archive-date=February 22, 2018 |website=BuzzFeed News |last2=Smidt |first2=Remy}}{{cite news |date=February 21, 2018 |title=Florida survivor brands Trump Jr. 'disgusting' for liking shooting conspiracy tweet |url=http://www.newsweek.com/florida-shooting-donald-trump-jr-david-hogg-814056 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044833/http://www.newsweek.com/florida-shooting-donald-trump-jr-david-hogg-814056 |archive-date=February 22, 2018 |access-date=February 21, 2018 |work=Newsweek |quote=The president's son liked the online conspiracy theory that was posted by several people on Twitter about teenage survivor David Hogg, who has also been forced to defend himself against a conspiracy that he is a "crisis actor".}}

In May 2018, Trump Jr. retweeted a false and antisemitic conspiracy theory that George Soros, the Jewish Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist, was a "nazi [sic] who turned in his fellow Jews to be murdered in German concentration camps & stole their wealth".{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/roseanne-barr-george-soros-tweet-nazi-jewish-holocaust-abc-cancelled-show-a8375006.html|title=George Soros responds to Roseanne Barr's claim that he is 'a Nazi'|last=Shugerman|first=Emily|date=May 29, 2018|work=The Independent|access-date=May 30, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530003420/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/roseanne-barr-george-soros-tweet-nazi-jewish-holocaust-abc-cancelled-show-a8375006.html|archive-date=May 30, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/389766-donald-trump-jr-retweets-roseannes-conspiracy-theory-about/|title=Trump Jr. retweets Roseanne's conspiracy theory about George Soros|last=Manchester|first=Julia|date=May 29, 2018|work=The Hill|access-date=May 30, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530012506/http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/389766-donald-trump-jr-retweets-roseannes-conspiracy-theory-about|archive-date=May 30, 2018}} The tweets originated from Roseanne Barr, whose TV show Roseanne was canceled the same day after she had posted a series of racist and antisemitic tweets. A spokesperson for Soros responded to the tweets, "George Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary as a 13-year-old child by going into hiding and assuming a false identity with the help of his father, who managed to save his own family and help many other Jews survive the Holocaust".

In June 2018, Trump Jr. liked a tweet suggesting that the migrant children separated from their parents due to the Trump administration family separation policy were actually actors.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-likes-tweet-suggesting-children-separated-parents-border-are-981126|title=Donald Trump Jr. just liked a tweet suggesting children separated from their parents are crisis actors|last=Sinclair|first=Harriet|date=June 18, 2018|work=Newsweek|access-date=June 29, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629235704/http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-likes-tweet-suggesting-children-separated-parents-border-are-981126|archive-date=June 29, 2018}}

In August 2018, Trump Jr. shared on Instagram a doctored image which had been crudely edited to falsely state that CNN had reported President Trump's approval rating as 50%. The actual CNN report had Trump at 40%, below Barack Obama's 45% at the same point of his presidency. Trump Jr. deleted the image two days later.{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Donald-Trump-Jr-Instagram-fake-approval-rating-13147751.php|title=Donald Trump Jr. deletes doctored image inflating his father's approval rating|last1=Ting|first1=Eric|date=August 11, 2018|website=San Francisco Chronicle|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919171907/https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Donald-Trump-Jr-Instagram-fake-approval-rating-13147751.php|archive-date=September 19, 2018|access-date=September 19, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/401232-trump-jr-shares-fake-trump-approval-rating-on-instagram/|title=Trump Jr. shares fake Trump approval rating on Instagram|last1=Thomsen|first1=Jacqueline|date=August 10, 2018|work=The Hill|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919171901/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/401232-trump-jr-shares-fake-trump-approval-rating-on-instagram|archive-date=September 19, 2018|access-date=September 19, 2018}}

In September 2018, when Hurricane Florence was affecting the United States, Trump Jr. tweeted a picture of CNN journalist Anderson Cooper waist-deep in floodwaters when another man in the same picture was standing knee-deep a distance away. In the same tweet, Trump Jr. included a link to a Breitbart News article claiming that CNN's ratings had dropped by 41%, and proposed a conspiracy theory that CNN was "lying to try to make [his father, President Trump] look bad". In actuality, the picture of Cooper was about 10 years old, taken during 2008's Hurricane Ike before Trump became president, and Cooper was videoed talking about how the floodwaters were receding.{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/18/17873852/anderson-cooper-donald-trump-jr-hurricane-florence|title=Donald Trump Jr.'s Anderson Cooper hurricane conspiracy theory, explained|last1=Stewart|first1=Emily|date=September 18, 2018|website=Vox|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194002/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/18/17873852/anderson-cooper-donald-trump-jr-hurricane-florence|archive-date=September 18, 2018|access-date=September 19, 2018}}{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Anderson |author-link=Anderson Cooper |date=September 18, 2018 |title=Anderson Cooper shuts down Donald Trump Jr.'s lie |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQEtXWdID0k&ab_channel=CNN |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/tQEtXWdID0k |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=CNN |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

In May 2020, Trump Jr. falsely accused Joe Biden of being a pedophile.{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Jonathan|date=May 16, 2020|title=Donald Trump Jr. Smears Biden With Baseless Instagram Post|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/us/donald-trump-jr-biden-smear.html|access-date=May 17, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193759/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/us/donald-trump-jr-biden-smear.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Pengelly|first=Martin|date=May 18, 2020|title=Trump sons provoke outrage with baseless attacks on Biden and lockdown|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/18/donald-trump-jr-eric-joe-biden|access-date=February 13, 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=February 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213125032/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/18/donald-trump-jr-eric-joe-biden|url-status=live}}

In August 2020, Trump Jr. shared a Breitbart News article about more than 800 dead people voting in Michigan which was framed to suggest that the ballots were not legitimately cast and thus showed evidence of extensive voter fraud; however, the voters in question died after submitting the ballots, and the ballots were rejected by Michigan authorities who knew the voters had died before the election date.{{Cite news |first1=Tara |last1=Subramaniam |first2=Holmes |last2=Lybrand |title=Fact Check: Michigan's rejection of ballots from dead voters is an example of the system working, not fraud |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/politics/dead-voters-in-michigan-rejected-ballots-fraud-fact-check/index.html |access-date=August 18, 2020 |date=August 18, 2020 |work=CNN|archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818152208/https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/politics/dead-voters-in-michigan-rejected-ballots-fraud-fact-check/index.html |url-status=live}} In September 2020, he again pushed false claims about voter fraud by asserting, "The radical left are laying the groundwork to steal this election from my father". He added: "Their plan is to add millions of fraudulent ballots that can cancel your vote and overturn the election" and asked "able-bodied" people to join an election security "army" for his father. Facebook and Twitter affixed labels to the video which pointed to accurate information about voting.{{Cite news|last1=O'Sullivan|first1=Donie|last2=Dale|first2=Daniel|author-link2=Daniel Dale|date=September 23, 2020|title=Fact check: Trump Jr. touts baseless rigged-election claims to recruit 'army' for his dad|work=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/23/politics/donald-trump-jr-baseless-rigged-election-fact-check/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193828/https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/23/politics/donald-trump-jr-baseless-rigged-election-fact-check/index.html|archive-date=January 14, 2021}}

In November 2020, after Pfizer announced that it had developed a COVID-19 vaccine with 90% effectiveness, Trump Jr. suggested that the vaccine had been held back in order to hurt his father's chances of winning the election.{{Cite web|last=Naughtie|first=Andrew|date=November 9, 2020|title=Donald Trump Jr floats conspiracy theory about timing of Pfizer's vaccine|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/covid-vaccine-trump-jr-conspiracy-election-b1719735.html|url-status=live|access-date=October 24, 2021|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109155129/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/covid-vaccine-trump-jr-conspiracy-election-b1719735.html |archive-date=November 9, 2020}}{{Cite news |date=November 11, 2020 |title=Trump rails against 'medical deep state' after Pfizer vaccine news comes after Election Day |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/11/trump-angry-about-pfizer-vaccine/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}} Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla dismissed the suggestion, saying that the company had always planned to rely on the "speed of science".{{Cite web|last=Harriet|first=Alexander|date=November 9, 2020|title=Pfizer CEO dismisses Trump Jr's claim Covid vaccine announcement was held back to damage Trump|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/pfizer-covid-vaccine-trump-jr-election-b1719837.html|url-status=live|access-date=October 24, 2021|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109200156/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/pfizer-covid-vaccine-trump-jr-election-b1719837.html |archive-date=November 9, 2020}}

After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Trump Jr. amplified baseless Russian state propaganda which claimed that the US and Ukraine were developing biological weapons.{{Cite news |last=Qiu |first=Linda |date=March 11, 2022 |title=Theory About U.S.-Funded Bioweapons Labs in Ukraine Is Unfounded |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/11/us/politics/us-bioweapons-ukraine-misinformation.html |access-date=March 12, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311182815/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/11/us/politics/us-bioweapons-ukraine-misinformation.html |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Ling |first=Justin |date=2022-03-18 |title=How 'Ukrainian bioweapons labs' myth went from QAnon fringe to Fox News |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/18/ukrainian-bioweapons-labs-qanon-fox-news |access-date=2025-02-07 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Trump Jr. was given a 12-hour restriction by Twitter in July 2020 after he promoted misinformation about COVID-19 by retweeting a video showing Houston doctor Stella Immanuel promoting hydroxychloroquine as a cure despite conflicting studies and claiming that masks are unnecessary. Twitter later said that it restricted his ability to tweet or retweet for 12 hours for violating its COVID-19 misinformation policy.{{Cite news |title=Twitter temporarily bars Donald Trump Jr. from tweeting over coronavirus misinformation |url=https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-jr-twitter-temporarily-bars-tweets-ef46bb97-4213-4a13-ab5a-1f4c55b34eb1.html |access-date=July 28, 2020 |website=Axios |language=en |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728144624/https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-jr-twitter-temporarily-bars-tweets-ef46bb97-4213-4a13-ab5a-1f4c55b34eb1.html |url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=July 28, 2020|title=Donald Trump Jr suspended from tweeting|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53567681|access-date=July 28, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728150220/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53567681|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/2020/07/twitter-bars-donald-trump-jr-for-12-hours-after-presidents-son-posts-false-information-about-coronavirus.html|title=Twitter bars Donald Trump Jr. for 12 hours he posts false information about coronavirus|date=July 28, 2020|website=masslive|access-date=July 28, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193851/https://www.masslive.com/politics/2020/07/twitter-bars-donald-trump-jr-for-12-hours-after-presidents-son-posts-false-information-about-coronavirus.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/509353-twitter-limits-donald-trump-jrs-account-after-sharing-coronavirus/|title=Twitter limits Donald Trump Jr.'s account after sharing coronavirus disinformation|first=Chris Mills|last=Rodrigo|date=July 28, 2020|website=The Hill|access-date=July 28, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193842/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/509353-twitter-limits-donald-trump-jrs-account-after-sharing-coronavirus|url-status=live}}

On October 29, 2020, Trump Jr. criticized the media's focus on new infections rather than on deaths, saying on Fox News, "why aren't they talking about deaths? Oh, oh, because the number is almost nothing. Because we've gotten control of this, and we understand how it works." On the day Trump Jr. made that comment, the United States registered roughly 1,000 COVID-19 deaths.{{cite news |last1=Forgey |first1=Quint |title=Don Jr. dismisses coronavirus deaths: 'The number is almost nothing' |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/30/trump-jr-coronavirus-deaths-nothing-433665 |work=Politico|date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030122338/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/30/trump-jr-coronavirus-deaths-nothing-433665 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Thrush |first=Glenn |date=2020-10-30 |title=Donald Trump Jr. said virus deaths had fallen to 'almost nothing' as over 1,000 died in the U.S. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/us/elections/donald-trump-jr-said-virus-deaths-had-fallen-to-almost-nothing-as-over-1000-died-in-the-us.html |access-date=2025-02-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

In 2016, Trump Jr. posted a photo on Instagram featuring a Trump version of Pepe the Frog, an internet meme used by white nationalists and white supremacists. Trump Jr. defended the post and called criticism of it "ridiculous".{{Cite web |last=Gass |first=Nick |date=September 16, 2016 |title=Trump Jr.: 'I've never even heard of Pepe the Frog' |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/donald-trump-jr-pepe-the-frog-228268 |access-date=August 7, 2022 |website=Politico|language=en |archive-date=November 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115130102/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/donald-trump-jr-pepe-the-frog-228268 |url-status=live}}

On November 7, 2017, he posted tweets urging voters in Virginia's gubernatorial election to vote "tomorrow", the day after the election.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/359124-trump-jr-twice-urges-virginians-to-vote-on-wrong-day/|title=Trump Jr. twice urges Virginians to vote on wrong day|newspaper=The Hill|date=November 7, 2017|first=Brett|last=Samuels|access-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116025237/http://thehill.com/homenews/359124-trump-jr-twice-urges-virginians-to-vote-on-wrong-day|archive-date=November 16, 2017|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2017-11-07 |title=Donald Trump Jr. tweets urge Virginia voters to head to polls on wrong day - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-jr-tweets-urge-virginia-voters-to-head-to-polls-on-wrong-day/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}

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In November 2019, Trump Jr. tweeted the name of the alleged whistleblower who brought to light the Trump-Ukraine scandal.{{Cite web |last=Handley |first=Paul |title=Donald Trump Jr. tweets name of alleged Ukraine whistleblower |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/donald-trump-jr-tweets-name-of-alleged-ukraine-whistleblower/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Fandos |first=Nicholas |date=2019-10-08 |title=Trump's Ukraine Call Was 'Crazy' and 'Frightening,' Official Told Whistle-Blower |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/us/politics/trump-ukraine-whistleblower.html |access-date=2025-02-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Whistleblower conventions are intended to protect the identity of individuals who expose wrongdoing in government. Agence France-Presse attempted to independently verify the identity that Trump Jr. tweeted but was unable to do so.{{Cite news |first=Paul |last=Handley |url=https://news.yahoo.com/impeachment-trumps-son-tweets-name-alleged-whistleblower-154514188.html |title=Impeachment: Trump's son tweets name of alleged whistleblower |work=Yahoo! News |agency=Agence France-Presse |access-date=November 6, 2019 |date=November 6, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193900/https://news.yahoo.com/impeachment-trumps-son-tweets-name-alleged-whistleblower-154514188.html |url-status=live}}

In June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump Jr. accused liberals of hypocrisy, for imposing restrictive measures and social distancing guidelines on businesses while holding the "Action for Black Trans Lives" protest for the rights of African American transgender people.{{Cite news |last=Goldiner |first=Dave |title=Donald Trump Jr. trashes huge Brooklyn trans rally: 'Corona is cancelled!!!' |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-coronavirus-trump-junior-brooklyn-trans-20200615-7nunu6unx5gehlnizi6uwd56ke-story.html |access-date=June 15, 2020 |date=June 15, 2020 |newspaper=Daily News |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193932/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-coronavirus-trump-junior-brooklyn-trans-20200615-7nunu6unx5gehlnizi6uwd56ke-story.html |url-status=live}}

Trump Jr. has accused big tech companies of being biased against conservatives and has claimed that a deep state sought to undermine Trump during his presidency.

{{Main|Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election}}

Trump had a prominent role in his father's attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election since November 2020. He threatened Republican lawmakers who did not help his father overturn the election.{{cite news |first=Graig |last=Graziosi |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-jr-eric-trump-election-protest-b1783318.html |title=Trump's sons declare war on GOP |date=January 6, 2021 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106212530/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-jr-eric-trump-election-protest-b1783318.html |url-status=live}} In November 2020, he advocated "total war" instead of completion of vote counting in the 2020 United States elections.

CNN reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows outlining paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term.{{Cite news |title=Trump Jr. texted Meadows after 2020 election to press Trump second term -CNN |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-jr-texted-meadows-after-2020-election-press-trump-second-term-cnn-2022-04-08/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816203823/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-jr-texted-meadows-after-2020-election-press-trump-second-term-cnn-2022-04-08/ |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |access-date=2025-02-01 |work=Reuters |language=en-US |url-status=live }} He wrote, "It's very simple. We have multiple paths. We control them all. We have operational control. Total leverage. Moral high ground. POTUS must start second term now." He continued, "Republicans control 28 states Democrats 22 states. Once again Trump wins," adding, "We either have a vote WE control and WE win OR it gets kicked to Congress 6 January 2021." Biden had not yet been declared the winner at the time of the text.{{cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |title=Text From Donald Trump Jr. Set Out Strategies to Fight Election Outcome |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-meadows-text-message.html |work=The New York Times|date=April 8, 2022 |access-date=April 9, 2022 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411180336/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-meadows-text-message.html |url-status=live}}

{{Broader|January 6 United States Capitol attack}}

Together with his father and other speakers, on January 6, 2021, Trump Jr. spoke to an audience and, speaking about reluctant GOP lawmakers saying, "If you're gonna be the zero and not the hero, we're coming for you".{{cite news |last=da Silva |first=Chantal |author-link=Chantal Da Silva |date=November 6, 2020 |title='Reckless' and 'stupid': Trump Jr calls for 'total war' over election results |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-jr-election-results-war-b1634841.html |access-date=January 10, 2021 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193722/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-jr-election-results-war-b1634841.html |url-status=live}} President Trump further incited the crowd which then marched to the US Capitol building, where they forced entry, broke windows and vandalized the building. One woman was killed, and a police officer and three other people died during or shortly after the incursion.{{cite news |work=Politico |date=January 6, 2021 |title='I'm going to be in your backyard': Trump sons threaten primaries for GOP lawmakers |first=Quint |last=Forgey |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/trump-threat-primaries-gop-lawmakers-455366 |access-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208132138/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/trump-threat-primaries-gop-lawmakers-455366 |url-status=live}}

Television host and former congressman Joe Scarborough called for the arrest of Trump Jr., along with his father and Rudolph Giuliani, for insurrection against the United States.{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/533072-scarborough-calls-for-arrest-of-trump-giuliani-and-trump-jr-for-insurrection/ |title=Scarborough calls for arrest of Trump, Giuliani and Trump Jr. for insurrection against US |first=Morgan |last=Gstalter |date=January 7, 2021 |newspaper=The Hill |access-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108020745/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/533072-scarborough-calls-for-arrest-of-trump-giuliani-and-trump-jr-for-insurrection |url-status=live}} Following his father's permanent ban from Twitter on January 8, 2021, Donald Trump Jr. claimed that free speech "no longer exists in America".{{cite news |title=Fact-checking Trump Jr. comment: How the First Amendment doesn't apply to private companies |url=https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Fact-checking-Trump-Jr-comment-How-the-First-15857097.php |access-date=January 9, 2021 |date=January 8, 2021 |work=The Telegraph |location=Alton, Illinois |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193850/https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Fact-checking-Trump-Jr-comment-How-the-First-15857097.php |url-status=live}}

On March 5, 2021, Representative Eric Swalwell filed a civil lawsuit against Trump Jr. and three others (his father, Representative Mo Brooks, and Rudy Giuliani), seeking damages for their alleged role in inciting the riot.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/06/03/eric-swalwell-sues-donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-over-capitol-riot-but-cant-find-mo-brooks/7522681002/|title=Unanswered calls and a thwarted private detective: Swalwell's lawsuit over Jan. 6 has trouble getting started|last=Jansen|first=Bart|date=June 3, 2021|work=USA Today|access-date=July 28, 2021|archive-date=July 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728194515/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/06/03/eric-swalwell-sues-donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-over-capitol-riot-but-cant-find-mo-brooks/7522681002/|url-status=live}}

In December 2021, text messages released by Meadows revealed that Trump Jr. begged Meadows to persuade his father to stop the attack.{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=David|date=December 14, 2021|title=Trump Jr and Fox News hosts begged Meadows to help stop Capitol attack, texts show|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/14/mark-meadows-texts-fox-news-donald-trump-jr-capitol-attack|url-status=live|access-date=January 20, 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214173417/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/14/mark-meadows-texts-fox-news-donald-trump-jr-capitol-attack |archive-date=December 14, 2021}}{{Cite news|last=Tomlinson|first=Hugh|date=December 15, 2021|title=Make Dad end Capitol riot, Donald Trump Jr texted White House chief|language=en|work=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/us-capitol-riots-make-dad-end-riot-donald-trump-son-texted-white-house-chief-j0fvz326l|access-date=January 20, 2022|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=January 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120040536/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us-capitol-riots-make-dad-end-riot-donald-trump-son-texted-white-house-chief-j0fvz326l|url-status=live}}

On January 11, 2021, D.C. attorney general Karl Racine said that Donald Trump Jr. is a person of interest in the criminal investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol and that he is looking at whether to charge him, along with Rudy Giuliani and Mo Brooks, with inciting the violent attack.{{cite news |title=DC attorney general considers riot incitement charges against Donald Trump Jr., Giuliani, GOP Rep. Brooks |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/11/capitol-riot-donald-trump-jr-rudy-giuliani-could-face-charges-in-dc.html |access-date=January 12, 2021 |work=CNBC |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113193353/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/11/capitol-riot-donald-trump-jr-rudy-giuliani-could-face-charges-in-dc.html |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2021-01-11 |title=House pushes to impeach Trump after deadly Capitol riot: Live updates {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-impeachment-news-01-11-21/index.html |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=CNN |language=en}}

On January 14, 2021, it became known that Trump Jr. is a person of interest in the criminal investigation into misuse of his father's inaugural funds in Washington D.C., and that prosecutors intend to interview him over his role in "grossly overpaying" for use of event space at the Trump Hotel in Washington for the 2017 inauguration.{{cite news |first=Kara |last=Scannell |title=DC attorney general wants to interview Donald Trump Jr. as part of Trump inaugural funds abuse probe |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/14/politics/dc-attorney-general-donald-trump-jr-inaugural-funds-abuse/index.html |date=January 14, 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2021 |work=CNN|archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114201209/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/14/politics/dc-attorney-general-donald-trump-jr-inaugural-funds-abuse/index.html |url-status=live}} In May of 2022, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine reached a $750,000 settlement with the inaugural committee without requiring an admission of wrongdoing.{{cite news |last1=Klasfeld |first1=Adam |title=D.C. Attorney General Reaches $750,000 Settlement Over Trump Inaugural Committee Lawsuit |url=https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/d-c-attorney-general-reaches-750000-settlement-over-trump-inaugural-committee-lawsuit/ |access-date=18 November 2024 |work=Law & Crime |date=May 3, 202}}

{{Main|Triggered (book)}}

In 2019, Trump Jr. released the book, Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us. The book is critical of political correctness, and argues that the American left has a victimhood complex.{{Cite news |first=Reis |last=Thebault |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/07/visit-arlington-cemetery-reminded-donald-trump-jr-all-his-familys-sacrifices-he-writes/ |title=Visit to Arlington Cemetery reminded Donald Trump Jr. of all his family's 'sacrifices', he writes |date=November 7, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193851/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/07/visit-arlington-cemetery-reminded-donald-trump-jr-all-his-familys-sacrifices-he-writes/ |url-status=live}} The Washington Post commented: "yet, in his telling, the real victim is often him, his father or another Trump family member". In the book, Trump Jr. pushes conspiracy theories about how the intelligence community has attempted to harm President Trump, comparing President Trump's experiences with the FBI harassment campaign against civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.{{Cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-jr-new-book-about-how-he-feels-like-victim-2019-11 |title=Donald Trump Jr.'s new book is a lengthy rant about how his family has been victimized by Trump's presidency |last=Haltiwanger |first=John |work=Business Insider |access-date=November 8, 2019 |date=November 8, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193839/https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-jr-new-book-about-how-he-feels-like-victim-2019-11 |url-status=live}} Trump Jr. wrote of a visit to Arlington National Cemetery (a military cemetery), commenting that he got emotional looking at the graves and that it reminded him of "all the sacrifices" the Trump family had made, including "voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were 'profiting off of the office'." Fact-checkers have reported that Trump still owns the family business, and that the Trump family have continued to engage in international business deals since Trump became president. In a review for The Washington Post, Carlos Lozada said that it "fails as memoir and as polemic: its analysis is facile, its hypocrisy relentless, its self-awareness marginal (the writing is wretched, even by the standards of political vanity projects)".{{Cite news |first=Carlos |last=Lozada |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/03/donald-trump-jrs-triggered-reads-like-campaign-book/ |title=Donald Trump Jr.'s 'Triggered' reads like a campaign book for 2024 |date=January 3, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193853/https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/03/donald-trump-jrs-triggered-reads-like-campaign-book/ |url-status=live}}

The book was a New York Times best-seller. The book was purchased in bulk by at least nine Republican organizations, candidates or advocacy groups, including N.R.C.C. and the RNC which bought $75,000 and $100,000 worth of the books, respectively. Turning Point USA and the National Republican Senatorial Committee purchased approximately 2,000 and 2,500 books, respectively.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/28/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-book.html|title=Donald Trump Jr., Debut Author, Sees Sales Bolstered by G.O.P. Allies|last1=Confessore|first1=Nicholas|date=November 28, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 1, 2019|last2=Alter|first2=Alexandra|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193842/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/28/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-book.html|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Liberal Privilege}}

In 2020, Trump Jr. self-published the book Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible. Trump Jr. reportedly hired three researchers to collect information about Joe Biden and spent three months writing the book.{{Cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Elizabeth A. |last2=Karni |first2=Annie |date=August 6, 2020 |title=Self-Publishing Is a Gamble. Why Is Donald Trump Jr. Doing It? |newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/books/donald-trump-jr-liberal-privilege.html |access-date=August 16, 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193850/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/books/donald-trump-jr-liberal-privilege.html |url-status=live}} Trump Jr. explained to The New York Times his reasons: "While I had no plans for a book this year, I was stuck indoors like the rest of the nation during the pandemic", he said, adding that he "decided to highlight Biden's half century of being a swamp monster, since the media wouldn't do it". The same article stated that he decided to self-publish because he could count on the publicity of "his own platform{{snd}}and the promise of bulk purchases from the RNC".

The book was indeed bought in bulk by the RNC.{{Cite news |last=Isenstadt |first=Alex |title=RNC to hawk Donald Trump Jr.'s new book |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/rnc-to-hawk-donald-trump-jrs-new-book-374833 |access-date=August 16, 2020 |date=July 21, 2020 |website=Politico |language=en |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193852/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/rnc-to-hawk-donald-trump-jrs-new-book-374833 |url-status=live}} On October 28, 2020, the RNC paid over $300,000 of donor money to Pursuit Venture LLC, a company owned by Trump Jr., for "donor mementos". It was the most money the RNC had ever paid for this purpose.{{Cite web|last=Papenfuss|first=Mary|date=December 5, 2020|title=RNC Reportedly Dropped $300,000 To Buy Donald Trump Jr.'s Latest Book|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jr-republican-national-committee-book-buy_n_5fcafdf5c5b63a153451f4b6|access-date=December 5, 2020|website=HuffPost|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193844/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jr-republican-national-committee-book-buy_n_5fcafdf5c5b63a153451f4b6|url-status=live}} The hardcover retails for $29.99, which suggests roughly how many copies might have been purchased, and the RNC's intent was to give a copy to people who donated $50–$100.{{Cite news|last=Markay|first=Lachlan|date=December 4, 2020|title=The RNC Shelled Out $300K for Don Jr.'s New Book|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-republican-national-committee-shelled-out-dollar300k-for-don-jrs-new-book|access-date=December 5, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114193851/https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-republican-national-committee-shelled-out-dollar300k-for-don-jrs-new-book|url-status=live}}

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In 2003, Trump Jr. began dating model Vanessa Kay Haydon at his father's suggestion. The couple married on November 12, 2005, at his father's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida; the service was officiated by Trump Jr.'s aunt, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817150902/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,661670_1129629,00.html |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,661670_1129629,00.html |title=Donald Trump Jr. Marries Model Girlfriend |work=People |date=November 14, 2005 |last=Silverman |first=Stephen M. |access-date=July 14, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 17, 2016}} Haydon's grandfather was Danish jazz musician Kai Ewans.{{cite news |title=Trumps svigerdatter på hemmeligt besøg på lille dansk ø. Den familiære forbindelse mellem Danmark og den amerikanske præsident er tættere end hidtil antaget. |trans-title=Trump's daughter-in-law on a secret visit to a small Danish island. The familial connection between Denmark and the American president is closer than previously assumed. |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/sjaelland/trumps-svigerdatter-paa-hemmeligt-besoeg-paa-lille-dansk-oe |first1=Trine Warrer |last1=Juul |first2=Maja |last2=Normann |work=Danish Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=July 25, 2017 |date=June 1, 2017 |language=da-DK |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617230655/http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/sjaelland/trumps-svigerdatter-paa-hemmeligt-besoeg-paa-lille-dansk-oe |archive-date=June 17, 2017}}{{cite magazine |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/health/features/3422/ |title=The OB-GYN Who Loves Women |magazine=New York |first=Eric |last=Konigsberg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818033742/http://nymag.com/nymetro/health/features/3422/ |archive-date=August 18, 2016 |date=June 19, 2000}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishtampa.com/jews-in-the-news/jews-in-the-news-andy-samberg-liza-weil-ivanka-trump |title=Jews in the News: Andy Samberg, Liza Weil and Ivanka Trump |website=Tampa Jewish Federation |publisher=Tampa Jewish Community Centers and Federation |date=March 1, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005185630/https://www.jewishtampa.com/jews-in-the-news/jews-in-the-news-andy-samberg-liza-weil-ivanka-trump |archive-date=October 5, 2016}} They have five children: daughter Kai Madison (b. May 2007), son Donald John III (b. February 2009), son Tristan Milos (b. October 2011), son Spencer Frederick (b. October 2012), and daughter Chloe Sophia (b. June 2014).{{cite magazine|title=Donald Trump Jr. Welcomes Son Donald John III|url=https://people.com/parents/donald-trump-jr-welcomes-son-donald-john-iii/|date=February 18, 2009|magazine=People|access-date=July 24, 2022|archive-date=July 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725194333/https://people.com/parents/donald-trump-jr-welcomes-son-donald-john-iii/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/vanessa-donald-trump-jr-welcome-baby-boy-tristan-2011310/|title=Vanessa, Donald Trump Jr. Welcome Baby Boy Tristan Milos|date=October 3, 2011|first=Justin|last=Ravitz|magazine=US Magazine|access-date=July 24, 2022|archive-date=June 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610221003/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/vanessa-donald-trump-jr-welcome-baby-boy-tristan-2011310/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/parents/donald-trump-vanessa-trump-welcome-daughter-chloe-sophia/ |title=Donald and Vanessa Trump Welcome Daughter Chloe Sophia |last=Michaud |first=Sarah |date=June 18, 2014 |magazine=People |access-date=September 28, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021170703/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2014/06/18/donald-trump-vanessa-trump-welcome-daughter-chloe-sophia/ |archive-date=October 21, 2014}} The oldest daughter, Kai, is named after her maternal great-grandfather, Kai Ewans.{{cite news |first=Iver Houmark |last=Andersen |url=http://www.avisen.dk/loekke-om-trump-sejr-det-lykkes-sjaeldent-en-mand-at_414814.aspx |title=Løkke om Trump-sejr: Det lykkes sjældent én mand at rive det hele ned |trans-title=Loop about Trump victory: One man rarely succeeds in tearing it all down |website=Avisen.dk |date=November 9, 2016 |language=da-DK |access-date=July 24, 2022 |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513114932/https://www.avisen.dk/loekke-om-trump-sejr-det-lykkes-sjaeldent-en-mand-at_414814.aspx |url-status=live}}{{cite news |first=Freja |last=Wedenborg |url=http://www.avisen.dk/det-vidste-du-ikke-om-trump-her-er-hans-danske-jazz_414849.aspx |title=Vidtse du det? Her er Trumps danske forbindelse |trans-title=Did you know that? Here is Trump's Danish connection |website=Avisen.dk |date=March 30, 2016 |language=da-DK |access-date=March 30, 2017 |archive-date=December 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230085933/http://www.avisen.dk/det-vidste-du-ikke-om-trump-her-er-hans-danske-jazz_414849.aspx |url-status=live}} Kai Trump was introduced by her father and spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 17.{{Cite web |date=July 17, 2024 |title=Trump's 17-year-old granddaughter Kai speaks at RNC |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/07/17/rnc-live-updates-coverage/kai-trump-speech-00169276 |access-date=July 17, 2024 |website=Politico}}

On March 15, 2018, it was announced that the couple had separated and Haydon had filed for uncontested divorce in Manhattan Supreme Court.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/politics/vanessa-trump-donald-trump-jr-divorce/index.html |title=Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump are separating |first=Sophie |last=Tatum |access-date=March 16, 2018 |date=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316035334/https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/politics/vanessa-trump-donald-trump-jr-divorce/index.html |archive-date=March 16, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/03/15/reports-presidents-eldest-donald-trump-jr-and-wife-vanessa-divorcing/430151002/ |title=Donald Trump Jr. and wife Vanessa are divorcing |last=Puente |first=Maria |date=March 15, 2018 |work=USA Today |access-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316005816/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/03/15/reports-presidents-eldest-donald-trump-jr-and-wife-vanessa-divorcing/430151002/ |archive-date=March 16, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/us/trump-jr-divorce-vanessa.html|title=Vanessa Trump, Donald Trump Jr.'s Wife, Files for Divorce|first1=Matthew|last1=Haag|first2=Jacey|last2=Fortin|date=March 15, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023452/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/us/trump-jr-divorce-vanessa.html|archive-date=March 16, 2018|url-status=live}} However, later it was revealed that the divorce was contested.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/style/vanessa-trump-divorce.html |first1=Katherine |last1=Rosman |first2=Jacob |last2=Bernstein |date=March 22, 2018 |title=Unbecoming a Trump: The Vanessa Trump Divorce |access-date=May 4, 2018 |newspaper=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331084503/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/style/vanessa-trump-divorce.html|archive-date=March 31, 2018|url-status=live}} The complaint was secret except for the title of the case.{{cite news |first1=Jonathan |last1=Lemire |first2=Larry |last2=Neumeister |agency=Associated Press |date=March 15, 2018 |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2018/03/15/donald-trump-wife-vanessa-trump-files-for-divorce/LErc3DqJYF29oRofQArHtI/story.html|title=Donald Trump Jr.'s wife, Vanessa Trump, files for divorce |work=The Boston Globe|access-date=March 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316214333/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2018/03/15/donald-trump-wife-vanessa-trump-files-for-divorce/LErc3DqJYF29oRofQArHtI/story.html|archive-date=March 16, 2018|url-status=live}} On February 22, 2019, they announced that they settled their divorce at the end of 2018.{{cite news |last1=Vulpo |first1=Mike |title=Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump Finalize Their Divorce |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1017355/donald-trump-jr-and-vanessa-trump-finalize-their-divorce |access-date=June 23, 2023 |work=E! Online |date=February 22, 2019 |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623123741/https://www.eonline.com/news/1017355/donald-trump-jr-and-vanessa-trump-finalize-their-divorce |url-status=live }}

In 2018, Trump Jr. started dating Kimberly Guilfoyle.{{cite web|first=Martha|last=Ross|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/14/did-donald-trump-jr-leak-kimberly-guilfoyle-romance-story-for-this-petty-reason/|title=Did Donald Trump Jr. leak Kimberly Guilfoyle romance story for this petty reason?|date=May 14, 2018|work=The Mercury News|access-date=September 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620101215/https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/14/did-donald-trump-jr-leak-kimberly-guilfoyle-romance-story-for-this-petty-reason/|archive-date=June 20, 2018|url-status=live}} Guilfoyle had been friends with the Trump family for years.{{cite web|url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2018/05/16/vanessa-trump-upset-don-jr-kimberly-guilfoyle-dating-humiliated|title=Vanessa Trump 'Not Thrilled' Over Don Jr. & Kimberly Guilfoyle Romance: It's More 'Humiliation' For Her|first=Samantha|last=Wilson|date=May 16, 2018|website=hollywoodlife.com|access-date=September 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801122404/https://hollywoodlife.com/2018/05/16/vanessa-trump-upset-don-jr-kimberly-guilfoyle-dating-humiliated/|archive-date=August 1, 2018|url-status=live}} The two reportedly became engaged on December 31, 2020, Trump Jr.'s 43rd birthday. However, news of the engagement was not made public until January 2022.{{cite news |last1=Papenfuss |first1=Mary |title=Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle Reportedly Engaged – For A Year |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jr-kimberly-guilfoyle-engaged_n_61d383e2e4b0bb04a63bc7f8 |access-date=January 4, 2022 |work=HuffPost |date=January 3, 2022 |archive-date=January 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105213335/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jr-kimberly-guilfoyle-engaged_n_61d383e2e4b0bb04a63bc7f8 |url-status=live}} Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle mutually ended their engagement sometime in 2024.{{Cite web |title=Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr.'s Breakup Is 'Not a Contentious Thing' and His 'Family Is Still Enamored with Her' (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/kimberly-guilfoyle-donald-trump-jr-breakup-not-contentious-thing-exclusive-8760658 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=People.com |language=en}}

In December 2021, Trump Jr. switched his official residency from New York to Florida.{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2022/07/20/eric-trump-joins-family-in-leaving-new-york-declaring-florida-his-official-residence/?sh=147a8c643d9a|title=Eric Trump Joins Family In Leaving New York, Declaring Florida His Official Residence|first=Zach|last=Everson|work=Forbes|date=July 20, 2022|access-date=December 1, 2022|archive-date=December 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201230604/https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2022/07/20/eric-trump-joins-family-in-leaving-new-york-declaring-florida-his-official-residence/?sh=147a8c643d9a|url-status=live}}

Trump Jr. is an enthusiastic hunter. Controversy erupted in 2012 when the pictures he had taken of his hunting trophies in 2010 were published, including by Mia Farrow, who reposted them in 2015 and 2019. Trump Jr. responded by saying "I'm not going to run and hide because the peta [sic] crazies don't like me". In one photo, Trump Jr. has his arms around a dead leopard; in another, he is holding a knife in one hand and a bloody elephant tail in the other.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newsweek.com/mia-farrow-trump-sons-dead-leopard-hunting-animal-cruelty-1474345 |title=Mia Farrow Resurfaces Photo of Trump's Sons Posing with Dead Leopard As Animal Cruelty Becomes Federal Crime |work=Newsweek |first=Tufayel |last=Ahmed |date=November 27, 2019 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715080234/https://www.newsweek.com/mia-farrow-trump-sons-dead-leopard-hunting-animal-cruelty-1474345 |url-status=live}} Although the hunt was legal, anti-hunting activists criticized him. At least one sponsor dropped his father's TV show The Celebrity Apprentice.{{Cite news |first=Erin |last=Carlson |date=March 15, 2012 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/donald-trump-jr-hunting-photos-celebrity-apprentice-camping-world-300635 |title=Sponsor Drops 'Celebrity Apprentice' Over Donald Trump Jr.'s Hunting Controversy |work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=March 18, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319023156/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/donald-trump-jr-hunting-photos-celebrity-apprentice-camping-world-300635 |archive-date=March 19, 2017}} On Earth Day in 2017, Trump Jr. legally hunted prairie dogs in Montana with GOP Congressional candidate Greg Gianforte.{{cite news |last1=Gillman |first1=Todd J. |title=Trump Jr. hit 'fake news' with fake claim the media said he hunted 'pregnant dogs' instead of prairie dogs |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/07/07/trump-jr-hit-fake-news-with-fake-claim-the-media-said-he-hunted-pregnant-dogs-instead-of-prairie-dogs/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=July 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528073426/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/07/07/trump-jr-hit-fake-news-with-fake-claim-the-media-said-he-hunted-pregnant-dogs-instead-of-prairie-dogs/ |archive-date=May 28, 2022 |language=en}}

ProPublica revealed on December 11, 2019, that the government of Mongolia retroactively granted Trump Jr. a hunting permit for the endangered Argali mountain sheep.{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/474046-mongolian-government-retroactively-granted-trump-jr-rare-permit/ |title=Mongolian officials retroactively granted Trump Jr. permit after he killed endangered sheep: report |first=John |last=Bowden |work=The Hill|date=December 11, 2019 |access-date=December 11, 2019 |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217112847/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/474046-mongolian-government-retroactively-granted-trump-jr-rare-permit |url-status=live}} The sheep hunt and travel to Ulaanbaatar for a private meeting with Mongolian president Khaltmaagiin Battulga cost U.S. taxpayers $76,859.36 for United States Secret Service protection,{{cite news |author= |date=June 10, 2020 |title=Donald Trump Jr's rare sheep hunt 'cost US taxpayers $75,000' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52999375 |url-status=live |work=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610183038/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52999375 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=June 10, 2020}} according to two Freedom of Information Act requests by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).{{cite web |url=https://www.citizensforethics.org/don-jr-mongolian-hunting-trip-cost-75k/ |title=DON JR'S MONGOLIAN HUNTING TRIP COST $60K MORE THAN SECRET SERVICE ORIGINALLY ADMITTED |last1=Honl-Stuenkel |first1=Linnaea |last2=White |first2=Lauren |date=June 8, 2020 |website=Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington |access-date=June 10, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609231736/https://www.citizensforethics.org/don-jr-mongolian-hunting-trip-cost-75k/ |archive-date=June 9, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/storage.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/08162719/Don-JR-Mongolia-FOIA-appeal-1.pdf |title=Re: Freedom of Information Act Appeal, No. 20200297 |last=Newsome |first=Leonza III |date=May 19, 2020 |website=amazonaws.com |publisher=citizensforethics.org |access-date=June 10, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611023623/https://s3.amazonaws.com/storage.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/08162719/Don-JR-Mongolia-FOIA-appeal-1.pdf |archive-date=June 11, 2020}} Humane Society International wildlife vice president Teresa Telecky said, "For trophy hunters to travel to Mongolia to kill a beautiful and endangered ram is an absolute outrage".{{cite news |last1=Dalton |first1=Jane |title=Dentist who slaughtered Cecil the lion 'hunts and kills protected wild ram' just four years on |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/walter-palmer-cecil-lion-hunt-ram-sheep-mongolia-a9613856.html |access-date=June 23, 2023 |work=The Independent |date=July 12, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623154255/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/walter-palmer-cecil-lion-hunt-ram-sheep-mongolia-a9613856.html |url-status=live }}

In February 2020, Trump agreed to go on a hunting trip in Alaska with the winner of a fundraising auction for Safari Club International.{{cite news |website=E&E News |publisher=Environment & Energy Publishing |title=Win a trip to hunt with Trump Jr. |date=February 4, 2020 |first=Michael |last=Doyle |url=https://www.eenews.net/stories/1062263397 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200205194920/https://www.eenews.net/stories/1062263397 |archive-date=February 5, 2020}}

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