Hunter Biden unleashed a torrent of accusations against Donald Trump and his family during America’s 250th birthday celebrations, branding them as corrupt and likening their actions to a royal family running a business.
“I hope everyone had a great 4th of July,” he stated. “I know Donald Trump and family did. 250 years ago we declared independence from a king who ran the colonies as a family business. In just 18 months the Trumps have made King George look like an amateur.”
The son of Joe Biden, Trump’s predecessor, detailed potential conflicts of interest involving Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, both executives at the Trump Organization.
Biden highlighted a $620 million Pentagon loan awarded to a company in which Don Jr. invested just three months earlier. He pointed out that a drone startup founded by the brothers secured a lucrative contract from the U.S. Air Force, while the Army ordered drone motors from another company where Don Jr. holds a board position. Additionally, he noted the Pentagon granted a $24 million robotics contract to a firm employing Eric as chief strategy adviser.
He also scrutinized Jared Kushner’s business dealings, which received substantial investments from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, emphasizing that Kushner, a key diplomat in the Trump administration, “negotiates American foreign policy with the governments that pay him.”
Biden referenced recent financial disclosures revealing the president’s wealth surge during his first year back in office, including $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency earnings.
“More than a million people bought in and lost $2.3 billion,” he wrote. “The money didn’t grow. It simply moved from the subject’s pockets to the crown’s coffers.”
He concluded his tirade by asserting that Don Jr. stands to benefit from proposed changes to firearms legislation allowing mail delivery, stating: “That’s only the fraction they’ve allowed us to see. Not one subpoena served. Not one search executed. Why hide anything when you own the investigators?”
Biden contrasted this with his own experience: “Me? They searched a laptop for six years. Federal prosecutors. Grand juries. Subpoena power. Congressional hearings. They found nothing. I made about $200k a year selling paintings when my Dad was president, and they made my paintings part of an impeachment inquiry.”
“For six years they’ve asked where’s Hunter? What about the laptop? Wrong questions. The right one is 250 years old. Does America belong to a family? They’ve given their answer. Long live the King.”
The White House and the Trump Organization were approached for comments regarding Biden's allegations.
White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly previously stated about the Pentagon loan: “All actions by President Trump and his administration are taken in the best interest of the American people – and any so-called ‘reporters’ pushing otherwise are recycling the same, tired narrative that Democrats and the legacy media have been pushing for a decade.”
Before the Fourth of July celebrations, marking the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Trump defended his family against corruption allegations in an interview with CNBC.
He claimed ignorance regarding his son’s cryptocurrency dealings and insisted that his family business operated independently from his administration.
“I could know about it,” Trump told anchor Joe Kernen. “I didn’t. There’s nothing illegal. There’s nothing wrong with it.”
When pressed about accusations of using the presidency for personal gain, he responded: “I don’t do anything having to do with my business. My kids run it.”
“I have a lot of money… I made a tremendous amount of money. I let people invest it. I don’t even know who they are. But it’s given to big firms… My son Eric handles it.”
Biden, a target for Trump’s MAGA movement and long subjected to Republican conspiracy theories and investigations, joined X in May and quickly gained traction for his sharp political jabs and self-deprecating humor regarding past substance abuse issues.
After Trump mocked him by referencing his “checkered past,” Biden shot back with: “Wait… Did he just say checkered past?” before launching into another series of scathing counter-allegations against the president.
