On May 20, a video shared on X by Eric Trump, the son of former President Donald Trump, as well as conservative activist and radio talk show host Charlie Kirk went viral and sparked online arguments about what the video actually shows. Eric Trump said the video showed the crowd as his father’s motorcade pulled up to New York’s Trump Tower. Donald Trump was in the city for his hush money trial in Manhattan.
It was a beautiful scene pulling back up to Trump Tower! Such unbelievable love! pic.twitter.com/P93d0zImoi — Eric Trump (@EricTrump) May 21, 2024 A Community Note, which is a crowdsourced note applied to posts intended to flag misleading information or provide missing context, at one point appeared below Eric Trump’s post, stating the video was not outside Trump Tower and instead showed people gathering for Biden.
People sharing and commenting on Eric Trump’s post claimed he was lying and the video actually showed a crowd lining up in New York to see President Joe Biden when he was a guest on Howard Stern’s radio show in April. Some of the confusion seemed to stem from the fact that no one in the crowd seen in the video appears to be wearing pro-Trump attire. “Surprise, Eric Trump is lying to you.
These are not Trump supporters. Notice the complete lack of red MAGA hats, MAGA t-shirts, and Trump flags. The people in this video were actually lined up to see President Biden’s motorcade go by,” an X user retweeting Eric Trump’s video said .
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