Donald Trump Jr. is proud. Minimum Wage Jobs, Getting Tipped

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Donald Trump Jr., the former president’s eldest son, bragged about holding minimum-wage jobs and suggested that members of Congress could learn a thing or two about “hustle” culture from that kind. of work experience.

“They’ve never actually had that hustle,” Trump Jr. said. to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on a Thursday episode of his “Triggered” podcast. “I understand where I come from and my background—I get it. But my dad made sure I worked minimum wage jobs….I also worked for tips, which is something that’s really important everyone should understand.”

Celebrity Net Worth estimates that Trump’s eldest son has a net worth of $350 million, with the bulk of that money coming from his salary as executive vice president at the Trump Organization.

Trump Jr. speaks often. about working as a bartender in the years following his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Finance, telling multiple outlets that he moved to Aspen, where he lives in the back of a truck, in defiance of his parents. Politico Magazine reported that he spent his high school summers working as a dock attendant in Atlantic City and at the construction site for his father’s company.

Donald Trump Jr. looks on. as former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Miami-Dade Country Fair and Exposition on November 6, 2022, in Miami, Florida. In inset, a bartender pours drinks for guests at the 2022 Bar & Restaurant Expo and World Tea Expo at SAHARA Las Vegas on March 21, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Joe Raedle/Gabe Ginsberg/Stringer

“I had a great time, but your brain starts to atrophy,” he told New York Magazine in 2003. After a year in Colorado, he returned to New York to join the family business.

On Thursday, Trump Jr. said that “so much” of the experience he gained working minimum wage jobs was “lacking” on resumes in Washington, DC

“No one’s every had to make payroll. No one’s signed the front of a check, as opposed to the back,” he said. “You always hope it doesn’t exist in these offices.”

Several members of Congress discussed their experiences working in minimum wage jobs or their history in the service industry.

Among them is Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who waited tables and tended bar at a New York City taqueria before launching her campaign in 2017. After she won her congressional seat, often that his critics doubted his work in the service sector.

Trump Jr.’s statements drew criticism from social media users who pointed to his wealthy background and his family connections.

“Pretending jobs your daddy gave you is not the same as working and struggling to get by,” Patriot Takes, an account dedicated to “fighting threats to the right,” tweeted on Friday.

“Wait. I thought former President Trump was her father,” wrote Jeff Timmer, a GOP strategist and senior adviser for the Lincoln Project.

Another user tweeted: “Trust fund baby, Don Jr. grew up in a 30,000 square foot apartment in a golden tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan next to Tiffany & Co., but please tell us the more about your minimum wage jobs.”

During his 2020 presidential campaign, the elder Trump said he would be open to raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 if he is elected to a second term but did not provide details on how, although he opposed the House legislation to raise the rate.

Newsweek has reached out to the Trump Organization for comment.

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