لم يستبعد نجل الرئيس الأمريكي إريك ترمب، الترشح للرئاسة عقب انتهاء ولاية والده الثانية في البيت الأبيض، مؤكدا أن «الطريق سيكون سهلاً» إذا قرر السير على خطى الرئيس الحالي.
وفي مقابلة مع صحيفة «فاينانشال تايمز»، اعتبر نجل ترمب أن «السؤال هنا هو: هل أريد جر أفراد آخرين من العائلة إلى هذا الأمر؟ هل أتمنى أن يعيش أطفالي التجربة نفسها التي عشتها خلال العقد الماضي؟ إن كانت الإجابة نعم، فأعتقد أن الطريق السياسي للرئاسة سيكون سهلا، بمعنى أنني أعتقد أنني قادر على تحقيق ذلك».
وأفصح الرئيس التنفيذي المشارك لمؤسسة ترمب، أن أفراداً آخرين من عائلته يمكنهم أيضا الترشح للرئاسة الأمريكية، مضيفا أنه «غير مُعجب تماما بنصف السياسيين» الذين يراهم، وأنه قادر على أداء المهمة «بكفاءة عالية».
وردا على سؤال عما إذا كانت انتخابات 2024 ستكون آخر انتخابات يُرشح فيها ترمب، قال إريك: «لا أعرف.. سيُظهر الوقت ذلك. لكن هناك أشخاص آخرون غيري». ومن المتوقع أن يكون نائب الرئيس جي دي فانس، ووزير الخارجية ماركو روبيو، أبرز المرشحين للفوز بترشيح الحزب الجمهوري.
وبشأن ما إذا كان البيت الأبيض قد بات وسيلة أخرى لكسب المال لدى عائلته، نفى ذلك تماماً، وقال: «إذا كانت هناك عائلة واحدة لم تستفد من السياسة، فهي عائلة ترمب».
وكشف خلال المقابلة أن ثروة العائلة كانت ستكون أكبر بكثير لو لم يترشح دونالد ترمب للرئاسة، إذ أنفقوا نحو 500 مليون دولار للدفاع عن أنفسهم ضد الاتهامات الزائفة بالتدخل الروسي المزعوم في انتخابات 2016.
وأضاف: «في الواقع، كنت سأقول إننا كنا سنوفر الكثير من الأصفار لو لم يترشح والدي في المقام الأول. لقد كانت تكلفة الفرصة البديلة، والتكلفة القانونية، والثمن الذي تكبدته عائلتنا باهظا للغاية».
وعلى عكس شقيقيه الآخرين، دونالد جونيور وإيفانكا ترمب، ابتعد إريك (41 عاما) عن السياسة في أغلب الأحيان، مركزا على إدارة أعمال العائلة منذ تولي والده الرئاسة عام 2017.
وكانت مجلة «فوربس» ذكرت أن ترمب حقق أموالاً كرئيس أكثر من أي رئيس سابق، إذ جلبت أعماله المختلفة نحو 2.4 مليار دولار من الإيرادات، ونحو 550 مليون دولار من الدخل من 2017 إلى 2020.
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The son of U.S. President Eric Trump has not ruled out running for the presidency after his father's second term in the White House, asserting that "the path will be easy" if he decides to follow in the footsteps of the current president.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Trump’s son considered that "the question here is: Do I want to drag other family members into this? Do I wish for my children to experience the same thing I have lived through over the past decade? If the answer is yes, then I think the political path to the presidency will be easy, meaning I believe I can achieve that."
The co-CEO of the Trump Organization revealed that other family members could also run for the U.S. presidency, adding that he is "not exactly impressed by half of the politicians" he sees, and that he is capable of performing the task "with high efficiency."
In response to a question about whether the 2024 election would be the last in which Trump runs, Eric said: "I don’t know... time will tell. But there are other people besides me." Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are expected to be the leading candidates for the Republican nomination.
Regarding whether the White House has become another means of making money for his family, he completely denied it, stating: "If there is one family that hasn’t benefited from politics, it is the Trump family."
He revealed during the interview that the family’s wealth would have been much greater had Donald Trump not run for president, as they spent about $500 million defending themselves against false accusations of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
He added: "In fact, I would say we would have saved a lot of zeros had my father not run in the first place. The opportunity cost, the legal cost, and the price our family has paid has been extremely high."
Unlike his other siblings, Donald Jr. and Ivanka Trump, Eric (41 years old) has mostly stayed away from politics, focusing on managing the family business since his father took office in 2017.
Forbes magazine reported that Trump made more money as president than any previous president, as his various businesses brought in about $2.4 billion in revenue and around $550 million in income from 2017 to 2020.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Trump’s son considered that "the question here is: Do I want to drag other family members into this? Do I wish for my children to experience the same thing I have lived through over the past decade? If the answer is yes, then I think the political path to the presidency will be easy, meaning I believe I can achieve that."
The co-CEO of the Trump Organization revealed that other family members could also run for the U.S. presidency, adding that he is "not exactly impressed by half of the politicians" he sees, and that he is capable of performing the task "with high efficiency."
In response to a question about whether the 2024 election would be the last in which Trump runs, Eric said: "I don’t know... time will tell. But there are other people besides me." Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are expected to be the leading candidates for the Republican nomination.
Regarding whether the White House has become another means of making money for his family, he completely denied it, stating: "If there is one family that hasn’t benefited from politics, it is the Trump family."
He revealed during the interview that the family’s wealth would have been much greater had Donald Trump not run for president, as they spent about $500 million defending themselves against false accusations of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
He added: "In fact, I would say we would have saved a lot of zeros had my father not run in the first place. The opportunity cost, the legal cost, and the price our family has paid has been extremely high."
Unlike his other siblings, Donald Jr. and Ivanka Trump, Eric (41 years old) has mostly stayed away from politics, focusing on managing the family business since his father took office in 2017.
Forbes magazine reported that Trump made more money as president than any previous president, as his various businesses brought in about $2.4 billion in revenue and around $550 million in income from 2017 to 2020.