Eric and Lara Trump – the new US first family faces making the trip to China
The American president’s wife may be absent but his son appears in the entourage in a ‘personal capacity’
Eric and his wife Lara posed for photos with Chinese President Xi Jinping before they attended a state banquet on Thursday evening. The younger Trump and the Chinese leader were also seen chatting during a visit to the Temple of Heaven in the afternoon.
The executive vice-president of his father’s businesses, Eric oversees investments in areas including real estate and golf. More recently, he has pivoted to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, focusing on decentralised finance.
Lara Trump is a former co-chair of the Republican National Committee and now hosts the chat show “My View with Lara Trump” on Fox News.
The couple were accompanying the president in a personal capacity, the Trump Organisation told Reuters last month.
“[Eric] does not have business ventures in China nor plans on doing business in China,” the conglomerate’s spokeswoman, Kimberly Benza, was quoted as saying.