--- title: Republican Convention: Eric Trump to Speak Wednesday description: Donald Trump's son, Eric, will give his most high-profile comments to date at the Republican national convention Wednesday. canonical: https://time.com/4414875/republican-convention-eric-trump/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-21T00:04:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-06T09:42:37.821Z article:section: Politics og:title: Meet the Trump Son Speaking at the Convention Wednesday og:description: He manages Trump's golf courses and construction projects. og:url: https://time.com/4414875/republican-convention-eric-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10811080e6bef765/69889bb6f887dcbd6ae969b9/trump_benson_time_0014.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Trump_Benson_TIME_0014 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meet the Trump Son Speaking at the Convention Wednesday twitter:description: He manages Trump's golf courses and construction projects. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10811080e6bef765/69889bb6f887dcbd6ae969b9/trump_benson_time_0014.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meet the Trump Son Speaking at the Convention Wednesday > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=9f43e378-2fd8-4170-a3e7-977ea13d912e&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Eric Trump Speaks at the Republican National Convention Wednesday [Watch (HLS stream): Eric Trump Speaks at the Republican National Convention Wednesday](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/IKBA7jOF.m3u8) (1:06)  _Published 2016-07-21. When Donald Trump ran into trouble on convention delegates, his son Eric sprung into action, dialing delegates all over the country to lock down support for his father._ by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 21, 2016 12:04 AM UTC by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 21, 2016 12:04 AM UTC When Donald Trump ran into trouble on convention delegates, his son Eric sprung into action, dialing delegates all over the country to [lock down support for his father](http://time.com/4405825/the-apprentices/). During Wednesday’s Republican National Convention speeches, the middle Trump son will give his most high-profile comments to date, but he has been a close confidant and advisor behind the scenes for months. “Everything we’ve done, we’ve done together as a family,” Eric told TIME recently. “We’re learning together.” Eric, 32, is the youngest of Trump’s children from his first wife. Along with his older brother Donald Jr. and sister Ivanka, he has been part of Trump’s inner circle for months. Outside politics, Eric manages Trump’s golf courses and construction projects. He is overseeing the $290 million renovation of Turnberry golf course in Scotland that [Trump visited last month.](http://time.com/4380041/donald-trump-scotland-turnberry/) > [](https://twitter.com/EricTrump/status/753750108819292161) Earlier this month, Eric suggested that his sister Ivanka would make a [great vice president](http://motto.time.com/4397182/eric-trump-ivanka-vp/). **Read More:**[ _Donald Trump’s Closest Advisors? His Kids_](http://time.com/4405825/the-apprentices/) On Wednesday morning, following [plagiarism accusations against Trump’s wife Melania](http://time.com/4413098/melania-trump-speech/), Eric told ABC, “I wrote every single word of my speech myself.” He said he did not use speechwriters. “The product will be what it will be, but it will be full of love and full of emotion,” Eric said. > [](https://twitter.com/GMA/status/755729514806652928) ## Transcript 13 months ago, my father tapped my family down and told us the time had come. Without hesitation, we each committed our own way of ring support, but this time non of us could have predicted what lay ahead. The records he would break, the stadiums he would fill The movement he would start. [ APPLAUSE ] It's time for the president who has always been the one to sign the front of a check not the back. never have I been more proud to be a Trump Never have I been more proud to be my father's son. I'm incredibly honored to be part of this journey of which he's invited me, Don, Ivanka, Tiffany, Melania, my beautiful wife Lara. Our entire family. To play such an integral part. Dad, you have once again taught us by example, You are my hero. You are my best friend. 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