On a sweltering mid-August day in New York City, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. swung open the doors to a boardroom at the Trump Organization. The two sons of President Donald Trump sat around a polished black stone table on the 25th floor of the Trump Tower. In between them sat Zach Witkoff, the son of real estate magnate Steve Witkoff who is serving as Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East.

They had assembled for a rare media interview. Alongside other advisors and executives, the trio wanted to promote World Liberty Financial, the company at the center of the Trump family’s lucrative crypto business, and its latest $1.5 billion deal . But first they had to rag on each other.

“He’s a man that I look up to,” Zach said of the 47th President. “He’s a man that I’ve named my first son

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