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Donald Trump Jr. Joins Board of Online Firearms Retailer GrabAGun

President Donald Trump’s eldest son also acts as the publisher for a hunting lifestyle brand and is a partner at a conservative-leaning venture capital fund.

Donald Trump Jr. is headlining a group of conservative gun activists joining the board of online firearms retailer GrabAGrun as it plans to go public later this year, the company announced Monday. GrabAGrun is in the process of merging with a holding company led by businessman Omeed Malik, whose conservative-leaning venture fund 1789 Capital has invested in Tucker Carlson’s independent media outlet, the newsletter publisher Substack, and Elon Musk’s xAI, SpaceX, and X. Don Jr. joined 1789 as a partner last year. President Donald Trump’s eldest son is one of several prominent right-wing additions to be added to GrabAGun’s board; venture capitalist Blake Masters, a protégé of Peter Thiel and failed candidate for Senate and Congress, is also joining. So are onetime National Rifle Association (NRA) executive director Chris Cox and YouTuber, gun activist, and lawyer Collins Idehen Jr., who goes by the alias Colion Noir and has produced content for the NRA. In a filing noted by Axios, GrabAGun said it is growing fastest among the coveted Gen Z and millennial demographics, positioning it for sustained revenues. Don Jr., meanwhile, is the publisher of the hunting and outdooring lifestyle brand Field Ethos, which publishes a quarterly print journal and sells branded clothing and recreational gear.