--- title: Donald Trump's Son Eric Receives Threat in the Mail description: Eric Trump received a threatening letter in the mail at his Manhattan apartment. canonical: https://time.com/4264272/donald-trump-eric-mail-threat/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-18T15:28:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:20.669Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump's Son Receives Threatening Letter in the Mail og:description: The letter called for Donald Trump to drop out of the race—or else og:url: https://time.com/4264272/donald-trump-eric-mail-threat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1baa43ca654a948f/69888b90cf40a8b3dbc42758/gettyimages-511966898.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Hosts Nevada Caucus Night Watch Party In Las Vegas og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump's Son Receives Threatening Letter in the Mail twitter:description: The letter called for Donald Trump to drop out of the race—or else twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1baa43ca654a948f/69888b90cf40a8b3dbc42758/gettyimages-511966898.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Son Receives Threatening Letter in the Mail > Sponsored content. 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The New York businessman won his third state victory in a row in the "first in the West" caucuses. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) speaks as his son Eric Trump looks on during a caucus night watch party at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino on February 23, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The New York businessman won his third state victory in a row in the "first in the West" caucuses. Ethan Miller—Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Mar 18, 2016 3:28 PM UTC Authorities in New York are investigating [a threat Donald Trump’s son](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/threatening-letter-sent-to-donald-trump-son-eric-trump/), Eric Trump, received in the mail. Eric Trump’s wife [opened the letter Thursday night ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/03/18/police-investigating-suspicious-package-threatening-letter-sent-to-donald-trumps-son/)at their Manhattan apartment and discovered a powdery substance inside, according to the Washington _Post_. The letter had a Massachusetts postmark and a warning that if Donald Trump did not drop out of the presidential race soon, harm could come to the family’s children, according to an unnamed source cited by CBS News. A preliminary test of the substance inside the envelope indicated that it was not hazardous, but it has been sent to a lab for testing, CBS reported. Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, has been [running an anti-establishment campaign](http://time.com/4264025/no-clear-strategy-to-stop-trump/) with outspoken views on everything from immigration to the economy. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4264272/donald-trump-eric-mail-threat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4264272/donald-trump-eric-mail-threat/"},"headline":"Donald Trump's Son Receives Threatening Letter in the Mail","datePublished":"2016-03-18T15:28:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:20.669Z","description":"The letter called for Donald Trump to drop out of the race—or else","url":"https://time.com/4264272/donald-trump-eric-mail-threat/","keywords":["2016 Election","republicans","2016 Election","Donald Trump","Eric Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1baa43ca654a948f/69888b90cf40a8b3dbc42758/gettyimages-511966898.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1baa43ca654a948f/69888b90cf40a8b3dbc42758/gettyimages-511966898.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Hosts Nevada Caucus Night Watch Party In Las Vegas","caption":"Donald Trump Hosts Nevada Caucus Night Watch Party In Las Vegas","creditText":"Ethan Miller—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4264272/donald-trump-eric-mail-threat/","name":"Donald Trump's Son Receives Threatening Letter in the Mail"}}]}] ```