CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Confronts Eric Trump Over Bombshell Hot Mic Moment
CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins confronted Eric Trump over President Donald Trump’s hot mic moment with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto arranging a business call.
The president was caught on a hot mic in Egypt Monday apparently arranging a phone call between President Subianto and his son Eric Trump — who also leads Trump’s businesses as EVP of The Trump Organization:
“Can I meet Eric?” Subianto reportedly asked Trump.
“I’ll have Eric call. Should I do that? He’s such a good boy. I’ll have Eric call.”
On Thursday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, the anchor confronted the president’s son over that moment, asking him, “What does it say when a world leader clearly thinks” Trump is involved with the business:
COLLINS: I was just in the Middle East with your dad. He obviously brokered the ceasefire in Gaza. Was there meeting with a bunch of world leaders on what the future of that is going to look like in the phase two of that agreement, and how to implement that.
There was a moment, where he was speaking with the President of Indonesia. It got a lot of attention. I know you’ve seen this.
E. TRUMP: Yes.
COLLINS: But I want everyone else to see this as well.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
PRABOWO SUBIANTO, PRESIDENT OF INDONESIA: Can I meet Eric?
D. TRUMP: I’ll have Eric call. Should I do that? He’s such a good boy. I’ll have Eric call.
SUBIANTO: (inaudible).
D. TRUMP: Thank you.
SUBIANTO: Yes, yes (inaudible).
D. TRUMP: I’ll tell Eric to call you.
SUBIANTO: (inaudible) we’ll look for better place.
D. TRUMP: Look for a better place.
SUBIANTO: Yes (inaudible).
D. TRUMP: I’ll have one of them call. Thank you. I like that you told me that. We don’t need that.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COLLINS: Obviously, there are investment projects happening in Indonesia.
First off, have you heard from the President? Has he called you?
E. TRUMP: No, not about that. But I’m glad he acknowledges that I’m a good boy. I am a good boy.
We have two of the biggest projects in Indonesia. We signed those in 2014, 2015, respectively. Got a great project in Bali. We’ve been working on it for a decade. We’ve got a great project right outside Jakarta, a great golf course that I operate every single day, incredibly proud of it. It’s probably the greatest course in the region.
And so, I’m honored that the President knows about it and clearly asks about it, because they’re probably two of the most consequential real estate projects, obviously, in the region that started before my father’s first presidency, before my father first even won, probably before he actually started campaigning. And so, I’m honored that he knows about it.
I’ve never — I’ve never met the President of Indonesia. But it doesn’t surprise me, given the magnitude and prominence of those projects that–
COLLINS: Yes, but for–
E. TRUMP: –he knows about what I’m doing over there.
COLLINS: For people who see that moment and say, Well, there’s supposed to be this wall between the President and his business and what’s happening? As you described it, a big wall that was put in place and he’s not supposed to be involved in the day-to-day activities.
E. TRUMP: Yes.
COLLINS: I mean, what does it say when a world leader clearly thinks he is, and is asking, it seemed, in reference to that, and asking to get in touch with you?
E. TRUMP: I think there’s a huge wall. I mean, there’s so much of a wall that the guy has never met me. I mean, think about that, Kaitlan, think about your question, right?
I mean, that the President has never met me, and he said, I’d love to meet your son, because I know he has two of the biggest projects in Indonesia that started over a decade ago, before, again, we even got involved in politics. I mean, again, I take that as a great honor, right?
I mean, we’ve got two very prominent projects, and the guy asked to meet me because he has never met me. And so, I don’t know, I think — I think that probably indicates that there’s a pretty damn big wall, right there.
COLLINS: Eric Trump, thank you for your time tonight. The new book is “Under Siege: My Family’s Fight to Save Our Nation.” Really appreciate you coming on the show.
Watch above via CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins.
