Eric Trump Calls Justin Sun’s WLFI Lawsuit More Absurd Than $6.2 Million Banana Purchase
Summary
- Justin Sun said he had filed a lawsuit against World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a Trump family-linked project, alleging that his tokens were improperly frozen and that his governance rights were restricted.
- Eric Trump publicly criticized Justin Sun’s lawsuit, saying it was as absurd as paying $6 million for a banana taped to a wall.
- The market is watching whether the conflict could spread beyond a legal dispute to the project’s credibility and broader governance issues.
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Eric Trump, the second son of President Donald Trump, publicly criticized Justin Sun, the founder of Tron (TRX), over his lawsuit against a Trump family-linked crypto project.
Watcher.Guru reported on April 22 that Eric Trump called Sun’s lawsuit “as absurd as paying $6 million for a banana taped to a wall.”
The remarks came after Sun filed a lawsuit a day earlier against World Liberty Financial, or WLFI, a cryptocurrency project tied to the Trump family. Sun alleges the project improperly froze his tokens and restricted his governance rights.
Eric Trump also pointed to Sun’s past actions. In 2024, Sun drew attention after buying a banana artwork taped to a wall at auction for about $6.2 million.
The market is watching whether the clash could widen beyond a legal dispute and turn into a broader challenge to the project’s credibility and governance.
Suehyeon Lee
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