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Twitter users rip Eric Trump for tweet showing Marine One at Mar-a-Lago

by Max Greenwood - 02/16/18 1:51 PM ET

Twitter users lashed out against President Trump’s son Eric Trump on Friday after he posted a video showing Marine One landing at the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

The tweet shows the presidential helicopter landing among palm trees near a swimming pool at Trump’s lavish Palm Beach, Fla., club.

.#MarineOne landing at #MaraLago. pic.twitter.com/HA89hxusA6

— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) February 16, 2018

The tweet immediately drew criticism, with the state of Florida dealing with the aftermath of Wednesday’s mass shooting at a high school.

{mosads}

President Trump was scheduled to spend the long Presidents Day weekend at Mar-a-Lago but is also traveling on Friday to Parkland, Fla., where the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School left 17 dead and 14 others injured.

CNN political commentator Ana Navarro jabbed Eric Trump for the tweet, reminding him that the first funeral for one of the victims would take place Friday.

“An entire community is grieving. 17 people are dead. The first funeral, that of a 14 year-old, is being held today down the road. But yeah, nice view,” she tweeted.

An entire community is grieving. 17 people are dead. The first funeral, that of a 14 year-old, is being held today down the road. But yeah, nice view. https://t.co/Iin6xpuYxu

— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) February 16, 2018

Author Victoria Aveyard was blunt in her criticism of Trump.

“Parents are burying their children today, Eric,” she wrote on Twitter.

Parents are burying their children today, Eric. https://t.co/I2c7X3pyWA

— Victoria Aveyard (@VictoriaAveyard) February 16, 2018

Author Nell Scovell called the “a family of sociopaths.”

“17 children and teachers died yesterday in Florida and you’re posting about a helicopter landing at a resort?” she tweeted. “You’re a family of sociopaths.”

17 children and teachers died yesterday in Florida and you’re posting about a helicopter landing at a resort? You’re a family of sociopaths. https://t.co/TeEnJ2srBW

— Nell Scovell (@NellSco) February 16, 2018

Jesse Lehrich, a former foreign policy spokesman for Hillary Clinton, also rebuked Trump for his tweet.

– 17 dead in a school shooting
– #DREAMers betrayed
– 10-day domestic abuse scandal
– massive VA Sec scandal
– IC sounds alarm on Russia/2018

but looks to be another beautiful weekend at #MaraLago https://t.co/3MXoFb112c

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) February 16, 2018