Claim:
Donald Trump, Jr., said driving through the Arlington National Cemetery reminds him of “all the victims we should make – to give up a huge short of our business and all international deals.”
Evaluation:
Evaluation: Proper attribution
Rumors that Donald Trump, Jr., the biggest son of US President Donald Trump, once claims that driving through the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia reminds him of the victims of his family have been spreading online for years.
The rumor reappeared in May 2025 after the president offered remarks about his political opponents At Truth Social on Memory Day, with some social media users noting that his post does not mention fallen soldiers. The Arlington National Cemetery website describes its area as reverence “Those who have served our nation. … This impressive landscape serves as a tribute to the service and victim of each individual, laid to rest on these illuminated grounds.“
Some posts sharing claim on x (S)archived., archived) and Facebook (S)archived) Quote Donald Trump, Jr., as he says: “As we walked past the rows of white tomb markers … I also remembered … all the victims we should make – Refusing a huge part of our business and all international deals.“
This quote is correctly attributed to Donald Trump, Jr. He wrote these words in his Book 2019., “It is triggered: How the Left flourishes on hatred and wants to silence us.“
The full passage of the book reads:
In the meantime, it took me two months to realize the enormity of what my father had achieved and the weight of the work he won. It was the day before taking office, and we embarked on the Arlington National Cemetery, where he had to place a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier. I rarely become emotional, if at all. I guess you would call me hyper-rational, stoic. Still, as we passed the rows of white tomb markers, in the gravity of the moment, I had a deep sense of the importance of the Presidency and the love of our country. I was never a gorder than my father than when I watched he stood in front of the tomb, his hand over his heart while the Baller army played “Cranes.“
At this point, I also remembered all the attacks we have already suffered as a family and all the victims we should make to help my father succeed – We voluntarily give up a huge short of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance we were “Print outside the office.“
We are not talking about business with any foreign government agencies. This was based on the idea that we could take advantage of a private business, which would then be used. First of all, I don’t think Trump Org has ever been deceived by anyone and secondly, the chances of something like this, even if they try to be quite distant. Honestly, it was a big victim that cost us millions and millions of dollars a year, a huge business book that I had personally built.
But it was a victim we were more than happy and ready to make. Of course, we did not receive any loan from the main media, which now does not surprise me at all.
(“Triggered: how the left flourishes the hatred and wants to silence us”)
Political commentators and veterans have criticized Trump’s comments at the time of publishing the book.
Vanity fair Fulfill an opinion with the title “Donald Trump, Jr., thinks he doesn’t make foreign deals the same as dying in battle.“ Thehe Bbc reported: “Arizona Democratic Congressman Ruben Galego, who fights in Iraq, replied on Twitter: “Eight men I have served with are buried in section 60 of Arlington” … “I visit them on a monthly basis. Even if Donald Jr. lived 1000 years, he would never even come close to being as good and honorable as they were.”“
SalonThe ruling editor wrote that the book “He finds the son of the most powerful person in the world who complains that his family is a victim of unfair attacks. In a passage, Don Jr. disproves critics who called his father “racist”, pointing out that Trump allowed him and Eric to play with Michael Jackson as children and put him on vacation with former NFL star Hersche Walker.“
Snops also reported Donald Trump’s comments, Jr. Question Why “D Jill Biden” missed the cancer of former President Joe BidenS
Sources:
Arlington’s cemetery dead reminds Trump Jr. of his father’s victims. November 8, 2019 www.bbc.com, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-US-Canada-503338236.
Christensen, Laerke. “Trump wished for a happy memory day to” scum “, which spent the last 4 years trying to destroy our country.” “Snow, May 27, 2025, https://www.snopes.com//face-check/trump-mmorial-day-message/.
Derish, Igor. “Don Jr. says the fallen troops of the National Cemetery Arlington remind him of” the victims of Trump’s family.
Levin, Bes. “Don Jr. thinks he doesn’t make foreign deals the same as dying in battle.” Vanity Fair, November 7, 2019, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/donald-trump-jr-rlington-national-cetery.
Member, Politics Newsweek is A. Trust Project. “The veteran tells Trump Jr. to join the military if he wants to know a victim.
Trump, Donald. It is triggered: How the Left flourishes on hatred and wants to silence us. First edition., Center Street, 2019.
“Trump distinguishes the fallen soldiers on the day of memory, while attacking Biden and judges.” AP News, May 26, 2025, https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-rlington-mmorial-eb602e8b4521BA2B7C79D2447DFEFAB.