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Eric Trump’s Most Bizarre Behavior Since His Dad Left Office

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Eric Trump didn’t fade into the background after January 2021 — he leaned harder into the spotlight, and the results have been strange to watch.

When Joe Biden’s win became official, Donald Trump’s family didn’t quietly accept it. Lawsuits piled up, press conferences dragged on, and the Trump children took turns going on offense. Don Jr. has always been the loudest on cable news, but it’s his younger brother Eric who has produced the stranger headlines since their father left the White House.

Questioning the 2020 election results is one thing. But the specific choices Eric Trump has made since — the taxpayer-funded security bills, the stage he’s chosen to headline, the imagery he’s flashed in public — have drawn scrutiny even from people who otherwise shrug off Trump-family controversy. Here’s a breakdown of what’s actually been reported.

• Secret Service protection extended to Trump’s adult children after he left office cost taxpayers more than $240,000 across multiple trips in the months following the presidency.
• Eric Trump has headlined stops on the “ReAwaken America Tour,” a circuit built around anti-vaccine-mandate messaging, Christian nationalist rhetoric, and speakers tied to QAnon.
• He’s faced public scrutiny for wearing an emblem associated with QAnon and for regular combative TV appearances defending the Trump Organization amid ongoing investigations.

The $240,000 Security Bill

Presidents’ children don’t automatically keep Secret Service coverage once their parent leaves office, but an extension was granted for Donald Trump’s adult children after January 2021. Records showed the arrangement cost taxpayers over $240,000 across a string of trips in just the months right after the transition — a price tag that drew immediate criticism given how openly the family was campaigning against the legitimacy of the election that ended the presidency in the first place.

Critics noted the irony: public money funding protection for a family actively working to discredit the government process that had just voted them out. Eric Trump didn’t publicly address the cost breakdown, but he also didn’t scale back his travel or his media presence during that stretch.

Headlining The ReAwaken America Tour

Rather than easing off political theater, Eric Trump signed on as a headline draw for the ReAwaken America Tour, a traveling circuit mixing anti-vaccine-mandate speeches, Christian nationalist messaging, and a lineup that has featured conspiracy theorists and QAnon-adjacent figures. It’s not a subtle crowd — the tour has built its brand on distrust of public health officials and the 2020 election outcome, the exact themes Eric has pushed since his father left office.

Standing on that stage put Eric in direct company with speakers who’ve promoted baseless claims well outside mainstream conservative politics, a pairing that made even some Trump allies wince.

The QAnon Imagery Controversy

Public appearances also put Eric Trump under the microscope for wearing an emblem tied to QAnon, the conspiracy movement the FBI has flagged as a domestic extremism concern. Whether intentional or careless, the choice generated the kind of scrutiny his father’s family has rarely shied away from — and it fed directly into the same conversation sparked by his ReAwaken America appearances.

A $240,000 taxpayer-funded security detail. A headline slot on an anti-vax, QAnon-adjacent tour. A lapel pin that raised its own set of questions. That’s the same few months of Eric Trump’s post-presidency calendar.

Fighting The Trump Organization’s Battles On TV

Beyond the tour and the pin, Eric Trump has kept up a steady rotation of combative right-wing media hits, defending the Trump Organization’s business practices as investigations into the company continued and firing off attacks on the Biden administration in nearly every appearance. It’s a familiar playbook — similar to the kind of unfiltered TV moments chronicled in inappropriate things politicians have said on live TV — but Eric’s frequency and tone have made him a recurring character in coverage of the year’s most controversial public moments.

Between the security bill, the tour dates, and the pin, Eric Trump spent his first year out of the White House building a highlight reel nobody on his team seems to be trying to walk back.