Trump son gets put on blast over Chinese business ties - BERITAJA

MS NOW big Jen Psaki pushed backmost aft Eric Trump threatened ineligible action complete comments she made regarding his business ties and his quality connected President Donald Trump’s travel to China.

Jen Psaki calls retired Eric Trump

Eric Trump threatened to writer Jen Psaki and MSNBC, calling her claims ‘blatant lies.’ By: MEGA

During a caller section of The Briefing pinch Jen Psaki, the big questioned whether Eric’s information successful the travel raised imaginable conflicts of interest. She cited a Financial Times study that ALT5 Sigma, a institution tied to Eric, was pursuing a woody pinch a Chinese chipmaker to build U.S. information centers. Lawmakers person antecedently warned that the chipmaker has links to the Chinese Communist Party.

Psaki said Eric is “supposed to beryllium benignant of fire-walled disconnected from immoderate U.S. authorities activities because he took complete the family businesses erstwhile his begetter re-entered the White House supposedly to forestall conflicts of interest, but location he is.”

Eric Trump threatens to sue

Jen Psaki cited reports linking ALT5 Sigma, a institution tied to Eric Trump, to talks pinch a Chinese chipmaker. By: MEGA

Eric responded successful a station connected X, threatening to writer Psaki and MS NOW, denying immoderate general relationship to ALT5 Sigma and rejecting claims of Chinese business interests.

“Contrary to her speech and blatant lies, I person NEVER been connected the committee of ALT5 — not now, not ever. Any personification pinch basal entree to Google and consenting to unfastened a company’s yearly study aliases proxy statements would cognize this,” he wrote.

The president’s boy besides said he has “had zero engagement successful immoderate merger discussions involving immoderate nationalist entity I do not tally aliases control” and added, “I person zero business interests successful China. No properties, nary investments, nothing!”

Eric said he joined the travel “for 1 reason: arsenic a loving boy who adores my begetter and wouldn’t miss being by his broadside for this unthinkable moment.”

I intend to writer @jrpsaki and @MSNOWNews complete the beneath clip. To beryllium clear:

• Contrary to her monolog and blatant lies, I person NEVER been connected the committee of ALT5 — not now, not ever. Any personification pinch basal entree to Google and consenting to unfastened a company’s yearly study aliases proxy…

— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) May 15, 2026

Addressing the criticism

Psaki addressed the disapproval on-air, saying Eric “specifically” objected to being described “as a personnel of the board” of ALT5. She based on his consequence was “confusing” because he was introduced arsenic a committee personnel during Nasdaq’s opening doorbell ceremonial successful August 2025.

A White House spokesperson told the Financial Times the president “only acts successful the champion interests of the American public” and that “there are nary conflicts of interest.”

The conflict comes arsenic the Trump family continues to look scrutiny complete imaginable conflicts tied to its world business ventures and cryptocurrency investments.