Trump Jr. faceplants as he actually tries to attack someone else for profiting off their father’s name

AlterNet logoDespite overseeing leading multiple foreign business interests which have continued into his father’s presidency, Donald Trump Jr. went on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show to criticize the son of former Vice President Joe Biden over his own foreign business dealings — and promote debunked conspiracy theories about his father’s Democratic rival in the process.

“I wish my name was Hunter Biden,” Don Jr. told Hannity. “I could go abroad and make millions off my father’s presidency. I’d be a really rich guy. It would be incredible. But because my name is Trump, if I take $1.5 dollars from China — not $1.5 billion, like Hunter, but $1.5 dollars — their heads would explode.”

Because he has pursued high-profile business deals in India, Indonesia and Scotland since his father became president, Don Jr.’s repeated criticisms of Biden’s son have raised eyebrows.

View the complete October 31 article by Matthew Rozsa from Salon on the AlterNet website here.