--- title: The GOP Asked Twitter to Sign Eric Trump's Birthday Card description: The GOP tweeted a request for the internet to sign Eric Trump's birthday card ahead of his birthday on Saturday. It didn't go well canonical: https://time.com/5091021/eric-trump-birthday-card/ author: Jamie Ducharme article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-06T14:37:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:53:46.513Z article:section: Politics og:title: The GOP Told Twitter to Sign a Birthday Card for Eric Trump og:description: It didn't go well og:url: https://time.com/5091021/eric-trump-birthday-card/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c49d2714a2ac16f/6988f749cf40a8441dc4ad5e/eric-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Trump To Return To Trump Tower In New York City For First Time Since Taking Office og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The GOP Told Twitter to Sign a Birthday Card for Eric Trump twitter:description: It didn't go well twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c49d2714a2ac16f/6988f749cf40a8441dc4ad5e/eric-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The GOP Asked the Internet to Sign a Birthday Card for Eric Trump. It Didn’t Go Well ## Video: Eric Trump suggests that Ellen DeGeneres is Part of the ‘Deep State’ [Watch (HLS stream): Eric Trump suggests that Ellen DeGeneres is Part of the ‘Deep State’](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fGhPgATF.m3u8) (0:55)  _Published 2018-01-05. Eric Trump suggested that Ellen DeGeneres is part of the "Deep State"_  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Jan 6, 2018 2:37 PM UTC  Eric Trump walks outside of Trump Tower on August 15, 2017 in New York City. Eric Trump walks outside of Trump Tower on August 15, 2017 in New York City.Spencer Platt—Getty Images  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Jan 6, 2018 2:37 PM UTC Followers of the official GOP Twitter account were met with an unusual request on Friday: Sign a birthday card for President Donald Trump’s [second son, Eric Trump](http://time.com/5087675/ellen-degeneres-on-eric-trump-tweet/). “It’s almost Eric Trump’s birthday! Make sure to sign his card and include your personal message here,” the tweet reads. > [](https://twitter.com/GOP/status/949330171319996416) But while the message got a robust 1,700 replies, most were not well wishes for the president’s son, who turned 34 on Saturday. Instead, many users were angry that the GOP was coordinating such an effort for a private citizen, as Eric Trump, [who helms the Trump Organization](http://fortune.com/2017/04/22/eric-donald-jr-trump-organization/) now that his father is in office, holds no position in the administration. Others simply used the opportunity to make a few jokes. > [](https://twitter.com/SchrodngrsTrump/status/949331234097778688) > [](https://twitter.com/allbaipage/status/949444178727010304) > [](https://twitter.com/samanthaagodwin/status/949361579694415874) > [](https://twitter.com/popcorn%5Fjane/status/949347427974250498) > [](https://twitter.com/BJSeattle1981/status/949330976420712448) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5091021/eric-trump-birthday-card/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5091021/eric-trump-birthday-card/"},"headline":"The GOP Asked the Internet to Sign a Birthday Card for Eric Trump. 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