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You could almost set your watch to it. A Trump gets linked to a foreign business deal with eyebrow-raising timing, a media outlet runs with the story, and before the ink is dry on the headlines, legal threats start flying.<\/p>\n
Except this time, it is not Donald doing the legal threatening. It is Eric. And the target is Jen Psaki, the former Biden White House press secretary turned MS Now host, whose Wednesday monologue on \u201cThe Briefing\u201d lit a fuse that Eric Trump let burn for exactly two days before he went scorched-earth on X.<\/p>\n
On Friday, May 15, Eric posted a blistering statement announcing his intention to sue both Psaki and MS Now over what he called her \u201cblatant lies\u201d about his role at fintech company ALT5 Sigma and his presence alongside his father, President Donald Trump, during a state visit to Beijing.<\/p>\n
The thing is, the truth here is genuinely murky. And that murkiness? That is where this story gets very, very interesting.<\/p>\n
Eric\u2019s message on X was direct and unambiguous: \u201cI intend to sue @jrpsaki and @MSNOWNews over the below clip. To be clear: Contrary to her monologue and blatant lies, I have NEVER been on the board of ALT5, not now, not ever.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAny person with basic access to Google and willing to open a company\u2019s annual report or proxy statements would know this. I have had zero involvement in any merger discussions involving any public entity I do not run or control. I have zero business interests in China. No properties, no investments, nothing!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nI intend to sue @jrpsaki<\/a> and @MSNOWNews<\/a> over the below clip. To be clear:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Contrary to her monolog and blatant lies, I have NEVER been on the board of ALT5 \u2014 not now, not ever. Any person with basic access to Google and willing to open a company\u2019s annual report or proxy\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2014 Eric Trump (@EricTrump) May 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
He capped it off on a warmer note, adding that he joined the China trip \u201cfor one reason: as a loving son who adores my father and wouldn\u2019t miss being by his side for this incredible moment,\u201d and that while his father was deep in bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, he and his wife, Lara Trump, were sightseeing at the Great Wall.<\/p>\n
What Psaki Actually Said, and Why the Details Matter So Much<\/h2>\n
Jen Psaki\u2019s Wednesday monologue on \u201cThe Briefing\u201d was pointed. She zeroed in on a Financial Times report whose headline read: \u201cEric Trump joins Beijing trip<\/a> as family-linked group chases China deal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Psaki told her audience that Eric \u201csits on the board\u201d of ALT5 Sigma, a Las Vegas-based fintech company, and showed footage of Eric and Donald Trump Jr. ringing the opening bell at the Nasdaq stock exchange next to signage for both ALT5 and World Liberty Financial<\/a>, the Trump family\u2019s cryptocurrency venture.<\/p>\n
She then pointed out that the Financial Times was reporting that ALT5 had signed a memorandum of understanding<\/a> with Nano Labs, a Chinese semiconductor manufacturer, to explore building AI data centers, and that Congress had previously warned that Nano Labs was connected to the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n
Her kicker landed with a smirk: \u201cIt certainly seems like Eric might be getting a little more than just quality time with his dad out of this China trip, doesn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n