--- 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: 2026-02-22T23:23:51.100Z 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meet the Trump Son Speaking at the Convention Wednesday by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 21, 2016 12:04 AM UTC  Eric Trump in his office at Trump Tower in New York City on July 6, 2016. Eric Trump in his office at Trump Tower in New York City on July 6, 2016.Harry Benson for TIME 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) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4414875/republican-convention-eric-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4414875/republican-convention-eric-trump/"},"headline":"Meet the Trump Son Speaking at the Convention Wednesday","datePublished":"2016-07-21T00:04:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:23:51.100Z","description":"Donald Trump's son, Eric, will give his most high-profile comments to date at the Republican national convention Wednesday.","url":"https://time.com/4414875/republican-convention-eric-trump/","keywords":["Republican National Convention","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump","Eric Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10811080e6bef765/69889bb6f887dcbd6ae969b9/trump_benson_time_0014.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10811080e6bef765/69889bb6f887dcbd6ae969b9/trump_benson_time_0014.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump_Benson_TIME_0014","caption":"Eric Trump in his office at Trump Tower in New York City on July 6, 2016.","creditText":"Harry Benson for TIME","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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/republican-national-convention/","name":"Republican National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4414875/republican-convention-eric-trump/","name":"Meet the Trump Son Speaking at the Convention Wednesday"}}]}] ```