Eric Trump has spent the past year traveling the country and appearing on media outlets alongside tour organizer Clay Clark. The “dear friend” of Eric Trump has not only recruited Hitler-praising antisemites to the tour, he’s also promoted a bizarre conspiracy theory targeting Trump’s brother-in-law — suggesting Jared Kushner has been replaced by a clone created by the Chinese government.
Clark is the co-founder of the ReAwaken Tour, which holds events across the country featuring QAnon, pro-Trump, and Christian nationalist conspiracy theorists.
Eric Trump has become the face of the tour, which has also recruited other Team Trump personalities including Lara Trump, former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, former senior Defense Department official Kash Patel, former adviser Peter Navarro, and Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes. Donald Trump recently called into the tour and told former national security adviser Michael Flynn that he would return to the White House with him in 2025.
Eric Trump and Clark’s partnership extends to media appearances: The two frequently appear together to promote the tour and the MAGA agenda on far-right programs, including the QAnon-supporting And We Know, The Mel K Show, and X22 Report.
Eric Trump has called Clark “a dear friend of mine” and praised him as having “about 100 times the backbone of the toughest person that you will see."
But Eric Trump’s relationship with Clark caused a significant embarrassment for him and his family recently when media outlets, following Media Matters’ reporting, noted that he was scheduled to speak at his father’s Miami hotel alongside Hitler-promoting antisemites Scott McKay and Charlie Ward. Both McKay and Ward have been tour regulars with Eric Trump and are good friends with Clark, who often appears on their shows.
Eric Trump initially threatened to take “legal action” against MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow for accurately reporting on the story, but then — according to Trump ally Alan Dershowitz — pushed the tour organizers to prohibit them from speaking at the event. Eric Trump also hid behind brother-in-law Jared Kushner — who is Jewish — as a defense for speaking alongside antisemites.
But Eric Trump may want to have a talk with his close friend about Kushner — if, according to Clark, that’s really him.
Clark has pushed the bizarre claim that Kushner was actually replaced by a clone, which would (somehow) explain why he has purportedly been undertaking anti-MAGA actions in recent years.
Clark helped promote the conspiracy theory on McKay’s program on September 10, 2022. The antisemitic host began by noting that Kushner “presents a real challenge for most people who are avid Trump supporters. Obviously, like we are. You have Eric Trump every month at your events.” McKay then proceeded to claim that Kushner, like numerous other people — including Joe Biden and Elon Musk — have been replaced by clones.