Three weeks since his father was almost shot dead, and two weeks since Joe Biden dramatically dropped out, a new Scottish golf course was a break from the extraordinary election campaign for Eric Trump. The former President's third child, and a key figure now in his father's quest back to the White House.

Come and have a seat, and we'll have a chat.

Sat down with Sky News to defend, to predict, and to reflect.

The TVs were carrying alive. I had my kids in my lap, and my wife was in the room, and And that's when we heard the shots. So I'm going to grab his ear and have all the guys dive on him.

Did you think he was dead?

He certainly think the worst, or at least presume. Sometimes the worst, right? Here's what I could tell you, it's never good when you have blood coming out the side of your ear, right? In life, that's not a good thing. The chances of a bullet just grazing an ear, it probably defies statistics.

Did it change him?

I I think that probably puts what's important in life in perspective. At the same time, he pops off that stage, and what does he do? Fight, fight, fight.

There's no denying that his reaction was extraordinary. But in the environment that America is in at the moment, does he accept that those words fight, fight, fight will have different interpretations and potentially it could be very dangerous in a country where... I see the division all the time.

That can't be a serious question. Why not? The guy just had a bullet put in his ear. You want to talk about healing division. Our country needs a fighter. Saying fight, fight, fight is symbiotic of a person who is seeing a nation that's in decline, who's seeing a Western world that, frankly, is in decline.

What about the man who might be vice president? Jd Vance was the star choice at the convention two weeks ago, but since then, Donald Trump's been forced to defend him, even dismiss his relevance. Buyers remorse?

No, I don't think so. I think my father really likes JD. I think he likes his positions. I think he likes the fact that he's youthful, he can carry the torch.

Is he the candidate that's going to attract women, though? I mean, that cat lady's comment. The country's being run by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and choices that they've made, and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too. Pretty awkward comment for the vice presidential candidate to make, You don't think I could go through Kamala Harris's comments?

There is no doubt that the election has now taken on a different post-Biden vibe. But if it feels like the momentum is with the new opponent, well, it's phony, he says, just like her.

The mainstream media in the United States has put her on this pedestal. It's a fake pedestal, right? No different than the pedestal that they put Joe Biden on.

Do you accept, though, regardless of who you blame for this, that the momentum right now is with the Democrats and with Kamala Harris?

Well, it depends on how you define the momentum.

Eric Trump, thank you very much.

Are we talking all about golf? Or was this- We're going to talk about golf?

Next time, maybe. Mark Stone, Sky News in Aberdeen.