Eric Trump Threatens to SUE Psaki for Shameless Son-in-China Scandal Talk

Tim Graham
May 17th, 2026 7:55 AM

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MS NOW host Jen Psaki has never stopped being a shameless PR representative for the Bidens. On Wednesday night, she made conspiracy noises about President Trump’s son Eric riding to Beijing with Daddy on Air Force One, potentially to make personal business deals.

Shameless – because that’s exactly what Hunter Biden did when Vice President Biden flew to China in 2013.

On Thursday, Eric Trump tweeted on Friday that he plans on suing Psaki and MS NOW, accusing them of pushing “blatant lies.”

JEN PSAKI: Guess where Trump’s adult son, Eric, is right now? Well, he’s with his father in China. Now, Eric Trump does not have a role in the U.S. government. In fact, he’s supposed to be sort of firewalled off from any US government activities because he took over the family businesses when his father reentered the White House, supposedly to prevent conflicts of interest. But there he is. You can see him….

A spokesperson for Eric himself said that Eric was just joining the president in his own personal capacity, saying that Eric will not participate in any discussions or meetings related to any business entity and that Eric Trump does not have business ventures in China or plans on doing business with China.

Now, that is quite an interesting denial, given this piece in the Financial Times out just today. And here’s the headline. “Eric Trump joins Beijing trip as family linked group chases China deal.” You see Eric is on the board of a company called ALT5 Sigma. And you can see him and Don Jr. here ringing the opening bell at the NASDAQ with the name of that company and the name of the Trump family crypto company right behind them....

 it certainly seems like Eric might be getting a little more than just quality time with his dad out of this China trip, doesn’t it? I mean, I could go on and on and on about all of the sketchy ways that Trump’s sons are making money while their dad is president....You would think that Trump and his sons would deserve more financial scrutiny, not less.

Eric Trump shot back:

Contrary to her monolog [sic] and blatant lies, I have NEVER been on the board of ALT5 — not now, not ever. Any person with basic access to Google and willing to open a company’s annual report or proxy statements would know this.

I have had zero involvement in any merger discussions involving any public entity I do not run or control.

I have zero business interests in China. No properties, no investments, nothing!

On Friday night, Psaki clarified that Eric was a little bit correct on the board thing, but their association remains:

Now to be as fair as possible. To Eric, I should say that his role at ALT5 is that, at the very least, been complicated. We do know that he's not currently a director on the board, but as you just heard, the company initially announced that he was becoming a director on ALT5's board of directors. Likewise, a company filing with the SEC said he was being appointed as a director on the board, and the company's website also listed him as a director on their leadership page. And then that situation changed because in subsequent filings with the sec, Eric was designated as an observer on the board, a role that typically means you cannot cast a vote at board meetings, but you are able to attend them.

Lawrence O'Donnell, Stephanie Ruhle, and Ali Velshi also joined the Eric Trump Cashes In caucus, but they never worked in PR for the Biden family business. 

New York Post columnist Miranda Devine, author of two books investigating the Biden finances -- Laptop from Hell and The Big Guy, offered her take:  

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