Eric Trump is now a Deputy Sheriff in St. Lucie County
Eric Trump now carries a badge — and the authority to make arrests — in St. Lucie County.
On Tuesday, as Hurricane Milton bore down on Florida’s Gulf Coast, St. Lucie Sheriff Keith Pearson swore in Donald Trump’s second-eldest son as a Special Deputy.
Eric Trump posted several pictures to Instagram announcing his appointment, one of which showed him taking an oath of duty in front of a sniper rifle not unlike the one that took out his father’s would-be assassin three months ago.
“I have always wanted to become a Sheriff!” Trump wrote in the post, which by Friday afternoon received more than 122,000 likes.
“Thank you @SheriffKeithPearson and the incredible men and women of the St. Lucie Count...
