Trump’s Son Says He Has ‘Basically’ No Contact With President

Donald Trump Jr., son of of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, talks to reporters after his sound check before the start of the second day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Donald Trump Jr., son of of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, talks to reporters after his sound check before the start of the second day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tues... Donald Trump Jr., son of of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, talks to reporters after his sound check before the start of the second day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MORE LESS
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Donald Trump Jr., one of the two Trump sons tasked with running the family business while President Donald Trump is in office, said on Saturday that he has very little contact with his father.

“I basically have zero contact with him at this point,” he said at a Republican fundraiser in Dallas, according to NBC News.

Donald Trump Jr. also said that he had a hard time taking a step back from politics after helping his father on the campaign trail.

“I thought I was out of politics after Election Day and [would] get back to my regular life and my family,” he said, according to NBC News. “But I couldn’t.”

The President did not fully divest from his business interests, and instead put his two oldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, in charge of the Trump businesses. The President said he would not discuss the businesses with his two sons.

However, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump were both present at the nomination of the President’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.

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