{"id":73729,"date":"2026-05-16T13:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/73729\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T13:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:18:11","slug":"eric-trump-vs-jen-psaki-feud-intensifies-over-report-on-china-trip-i-intend-to-sue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/73729\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Trump vs Jen Psaki feud intensifies over report on China trip, \u2018I intend to sue\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eric Trump<\/a>, the son of President Trump, on Friday announced his intention to file a lawsuit against MS NOW, previously known as MSNBC, and host Jen Psaki. This decision follows a monologue on her program that raised questions about whether his business interests, coupled with accompanying his father on a significant trip to China, constituted a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n

\"EricEric Trump announced plans to sue Jen Psaki after she questioned his business interests while accompanying his father on a trip to China. (Getty Images via AFP)<\/p>\n

During her show “The Briefing,” Psaki <\/a>mentioned that ALT5 Sigma, a fintech company based in Las Vegas<\/a> where Eric Trump previously held the position of board observer, is pursuing a potential agreement with a Chinese <\/a>computer chip manufacturer. This deal aims to establish AI data centers and various other AI-related initiatives linked to the Chinese government. She referenced information from the Financial Times.<\/p>\n

\u201cI intend to sue @jrpsaki and @MSNOWNews over the below clip,\u201d Trump’s <\/a>son stated on X. \u201cTo be clear: Contrary to her monolog and blatant lies, I have NEVER been on the board of ALT5 \u2014 not now, not ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Here’s what Eric Trump said on China trip<\/p>\n

Eric Trump’s name and listing were removed from ALT5’s leadership webpage, as reported by Bloomberg late last month. However, he stated on Friday that \u201cany person with basic access to Google<\/a> and willing to open a company\u2019s annual report or proxy statements would know this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The executive vice president of the Trump <\/a>Organization further asserted that he has had \u201czero involvement in any merger discussions involving any public entity\u201d. \u201cI have zero business interests in China. No properties, no investments, nothing!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI joined this trip for one reason: as a loving son who adores my father and wouldn\u2019t miss being by his side for this incredible moment. During the bilateral talks @LaraLeaTrump and I went to the Great Wall of China,\u201d he mentioned, in reference to his spouse, Lara Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Eric Trump and his spouse were observed departing from Air Force One alongside various other U.S. business executives. This group comprised Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk, Apple\u2019s CEO Tim Cook, BlackRock’s Chair and CEO Larry Fink, Boeing’s CEO and President Kelly Ortberg, Citi’s Chair and CEO Jane Fraser, Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang, and David Solomon from Goldman Sachs.<\/p>\n

Throughout his two terms, Trump’s company has faced extensive scrutiny, with detractors alleging that the POTUS has leveraged his time in office to benefit his family and their business ventures.<\/p>\n

Jen Psaki hits back at Eric Trump<\/p>\n

On Friday night, Jen Psaki of MS NOW dedicated a segment of her episode of The Briefing to fact-checking Eric Trump, who had threatened to initiate legal action against her and the network regarding a report from Thursday concerning his business interests.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, the adult son of the President of the United States, Eric Trump, came after us on social media and accused us of lying,\u201d the former Biden press secretary informed her audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpecifically, Eric took issue with us describing him as a member of the board of\u2026 a company called ALT5.\u201d<\/p>\n

Psaki also guided viewers through what she referred to as the “complicated” history of Trump’s formal association with the company, highlighting that ALT5 had earlier declared Trump would be part of its board of directors and that, at one time, SEC filings and the company website identified him as a director.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn subsequent filings with the SEC, Eric <\/a>was designated as an \u2018observer\u2019 on the board\u2014a role that typically means you cannot cast a vote at board meetings, but you are able to attend them,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

However, Psaki contended that the more significant issue was ALT5\u2019s close ties with World Liberty Financial, the Trump family cryptocurrency firm that Eric co-founded.<\/p>\n

Trump’s participation at the Nasdaq opening last year coincided with ALT5 commemorating its acquisition of a 7.5 percent share in World Liberty Financials’ token supply, a transaction valued at $1.5 billion.<\/p>\n

\u201cEric, of course, says that he has no business interests in China at all, and that he joined his dad\u2019s official trip there for one reason and one reason alone: as a loving son who adores his dad,\u201d Psaki stated. \u201cI\u2019ll let you be the judge.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eric Trump, the son of President Trump, on Friday announced his intention to file a lawsuit against MS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[42019,42212,250,81,41696,74,8343],"class_list":["post-73729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eric-trump","tag-alt5","tag-business-interests","tag-china","tag-eric-trump","tag-jen-psaki","tag-trump","tag-world-liberty-financial"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116584455012020537","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}