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Ciara O'Rourke
By Ciara O'Rourke January 29, 2025

No, this isn’t an authentic X post from Eric Trump about the ‘American Golden Age’

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  • This purported X post was fabricated.

In his Jan. 20 inaugural address, President Donald Trump declared that "the golden age of America begins right now!"

But a purported screenshot of an X post from his son, Eric Trump, that invokes that golden age, isn’t authentic. 

"Any and all who dare to defy the American Golden Age, heed this warning: You WILL lose. Tow the line, or we WILL run you down!" said what looks like a Jan. 26 X post from Eric Trump. "The gloves are off, and we’re not playing around this time. For now, it’s tariffs, but trust me: We can, and will, do SO MUCH WORSE."

"This tweet was deleted within 20 minutes," said a Jan. 27 Instagram post sharing the image.

This post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads.)

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We found no archived versions of this purported post or other credible evidence, such as news reports, that Eric Trump said this on X. It doesn’t appear on his X account

And there’s evidence in the image that it’s fabricated. 

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It appears as though Eric Trump’s X post has "252k" views. But the "k" is lower case. On X, the "K" or "M," depending on whether the reported views are in the thousands or millions, is capitalized. That’s true of other X posts from Eric Trump. 

The White House and the Trump Organization didn’t immediately respond to PolitiFact’s questions about this purported post. 

But a Trump Organization spokesperson told Snopes: "Eric Trump never made that statement. This is a completely false story, and to suggest otherwise is complete and total slander."

We rate claims this is an authentic X post from Eric Trump False.

 

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