Eric Trump’s Great Lemonade Heist: Billionaire’s Son Caught Stealing At Las Vegas In-N-Out


Eric Trump, the son of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has set the internet on fire with a photo that shows him stealing lemonade from a Las Vegas In-N-Out Burger.

The third child of the Trump clan usually plays second fiddle to his older siblings, Ivanka and Donald Trump, Jr., but he still managed to get himself into hot water on social media. Eric Trump’s wife, Lara, posted a post-presidential debate photo on Instagram Wednesday night. The photo showed the smiling couple enjoying a victory meal in support of the Trump family patriarch.

Although the image may seem innocent enough, the real shocker comes later in the visit when Eric Trump takes a photo with another patron of the In-N-Out Burger.

Huffington Post reported that the man in the picture next to Trump is named Grant and the photo was taken by David Winkelman, who later posted it to Twitter. A plastic cup for water is clearly visible in Trump’s left hand, except it’s holding what appears to be lemonade.

Although this isn’t a terrible crime, as Winkelman points out on Twitter, the image of “Trump’s kid,” a billionaire’s son, cheating In-N-Out Burger out of free drinks seems pretty shady. The younger Trump has demonstrated time and again that he doesn’t understand how money or millennials work in relation to his father’s campaign so he may think he can buck the whole system.

Of course, Eric Trump’s lemonade theft may be another indicator that the 32 year old simply doesn’t understand how money works in general. Eric has reportedly spent more than $880,000 of Trump Foundation money on plastic surgery, paintings of Donald Trump, and his own golf courses.

Eric is falling in line with his father’s methods of cheating the system out of money. According to the New York Times, some of Donald Trump’s leaked tax returns indicate that he could have avoided paying taxes for up to 18 years. Trump’s tax-free status comes from a multi-million dollar loss he claimed in the 1990s, which allows him to forego paying taxes.

Trump’s reluctance to release his tax returns has only made people dig deeper into his financial history, which has caused Trump and his family to go on the defensive. During the first presidential debate, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton brought up Trump not paying his fair share of taxes to which he replied, “That makes me smart.” The comment hasn’t sat well with tax-paying Americans and it demonstrated Trump’s cavalier attitude toward money and taxes.

Eric Trump has been campaigning on his father’s behalf since the elder Trump’s presidential bid began. However, Eric hasn’t always been the best ally to the Trump campaign. The son often gives tone-deaf answers including explaining that Donald’s $1 million loan was like he “started from nothing.”

Most recently, Eric Trump commented on his father threatening to sue all of the women who have lobbed sexual assault allegations against him. ABC News reports Eric said, “Quite frankly, he’s a great fighter, and he believes in calling out right and wrong,” in reference to the lawsuit allegations. Obviously, Eric didn’t have his necessary dose of free lemonade when he delivered the statement.

The viral Twitter picture of Eric swiping free lemonade from In-N-Out Burger has started a number of conversations about why a billionaire’s son would steal drinks. Many people are theorizing that Eric took the lemonade because he feels entitled, while others have speculated that the Trump son is simply dumb. However, Trump could have made an honest mistake, but based on the track record of his family, no one is believing that theory.

Most importantly, Eric Trump’s lemonade heist is the most interesting thing he’s done throughout the entire 2016 presidential election. Compared to all of his father’s blunders, Eric’s drink scam is incredibly tame.

[Featured Image by Evan Vucci/AP Photo]

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