'He’s so close to getting it': Eric Trump buried for whining about being laughed at

If Eric Trump was looking for some sympathy over his family being unable to find anyone willing to back a half-billion-dollar appeal bond by Monday, he won't find too many shoulders to cry on if he checks out X, formerly known as Twitter.

During a Sunday morning appearance on Fox News with host Maria Bartiromo, Donald Trump's middle son went on an extended rant about the unfairness of the penalty after the Trump Organization was found guilty of committing financial fraud by Judge Arthur Engoron.

Where he might have lost any shred of sympathy he was seeking was when he whined that financial institutions laughed at the half billion dollar request aimed at keeping New York Attorney General Letitia James from seizing the family's assets with a deadline set for Monday.

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Specifically, he complained, "Maria, they were laughing. They were laughing. Top executives of the largest surety companies had never seen anything of this size. And what, they're going to start seizing assets if he can't put up something that's not available in the United States?"

That opened the door for critics of the Trump family to pile on, with one commenter writing, "They wouldn’t have laughed at real Billionaires."

After that, came the deluge of snarky comments.

"I can’t imagine why no one would want to give a billion dollar loan to someone who went bankrupt in the 80s and again in the 90s then spent 20 years falsely inflating the value of everything he owned to secure fraudulent loans," wrote Pro Lib.

Darren Kaplan imagined the conversation went, "Hi, we're some of the most notorious deadbeats on the planet. Can I have a bond to stay a judgment that found us liable for defrauding our lenders for decades? Why are you laughing?"

With one X user writing, "They were laughing AT you, Eric," SnarkTank added, "Oh my God he’s so close to getting it."

"This is what happens when you stiff everyone that you do business with," Critically Independent helpfully offered.

"His daddy just said he has a half billion in cash why is out there begging for it? Why doesn’t his sister loan it to him?" another added.

Don Green suggested an alternative way to raise the money, writing, "I'd pay to watch a video of that. They should have recorded the 30 rejections. IT would be gold. Might be able to raise the $500M."

"So Eric, most people ask relatives to help with things like bonds when they get into trouble. Do you have any brothers in law who may have access to a half billion? I seem to remember one of them got hold of some Saudi money for an inexplicable reason," Roberto Gee asked.

Tom Dunn suggested the laughter was "The moment when he realized the grift was up."

Another said it all with a meme: