President Donald Trump isn’t happy with his son, and reports say they’ve been battling over several issues in recent weeks.
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday night that corruption allegations are growing and are now on Trump’s radar.
“The president has also privately complained to aides that his son Donald Trump Jr. exhibited bad judgment for allowing Russian businessman Umar Kremlev to pay for his post-wedding party in the Bahamas,” the report said.
Trump Jr. recently married Bettina Anderson on a private island where friends and family were treated to lush food, beautiful weather and even a fireworks show. The island rental and events cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and the fact that it came from a Russian oligarch was yet another connection between the Trump and Russian nationals.
It makes it difficult for the president to claim that the probe into his campaign’s ties to Russia was illegitimate when Russian oligarchs are handing out money and jobs to those who work with him.
Trump has said his son paid back Kremlev, though there’s no indication of when or how.
The reporting came after it was revealed that Trump and Don. Jr. are also fighting over the Iran war.
“Remember when they said Trump would get us into a full-blown war with Iran?” Don Jr. wrote on X in April 2024, as Iran sent missiles and drones toward Israel. “Times like these should make us all realize how lucky we were to have Trump, his strength and his resolve.”
Behind closed doors, Don Jr. is ranting and raving about his father’s war, The Atlantic reported earlier this week.
“Don has kept his views on the subject private, as he would never publicly break with his dad on an issue like this, but I can’t imagine anyone who knows Don would be surprised by his personal views on the subject,” said a person close to the president’s son. Trump Jr. wouldn’t comment.
The White House, meanwhile, said in an official statement, “Iran has been decimated, and one way or the other, the conflict in Iran will be over very soon.”
Trump has said the same thing since April.
Meanwhile, the week wasn’t a good one for Trump Jr., who has taken public blow after blow.
One example is his ex, Kimberly Guilfoyle, who was ousted last week after she allegedly shook down a GOP donor for cash to pay her American Express bill. Guilfoyle is now threatening a tell-all book about the Trumps from her close six-year relationship with Don Jr.
On Friday, Don Jr. was linked to a recent revelation that Russian energy giant Novatek was pulling the strings behind the curtain for a project, known as Polar Train, which would help with Alaska’s infrastructure problem on the North Slope.
The Financial Times on October 24 that the venture was initially associated with Gentry Beach, a longtime friend of Donald Trump Jr. who also served as a finance vice chairman for President Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration.
“The venture was initially associated with Gentry Beach, a longtime friend of Donald Trump Jr. who also served as a finance vice chairman for President Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration,” said a report.
The Russian funds were going through the UAE-based company Tech Wave.
It’s just another connection between Russia, the president and his family.