Eric Trump touts his father's business dealings, love of the word 'Christmas'

As his father watched from the crowd, Eric Trump showered him with praise during his speech Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention, saying that he "can't be bought, sold, purchased, bribed, coerced, intimidated, or steered from the path that is right and just and true."

Trump said his dad decided to run for president because he could "no longer sit idly by and watch our beloved country…crumble before our very eyes" or bear to see "the word 'Christmas' stripped from public use or the Pledge of Allegiance removed from our schools in an effort to be politically correct." He touted some of his father's more visible projects, sharing that he has been "repeatedly called on by government to step in and saved delayed, shuttered, and grossly over budget public projects — everything from the exterior of Grand Central Terminal in New York and the iconic old post office in Washington, D.C."

Donald Trump "understands the art of the deal and the value of a dollar," Eric Trump continued, and is "the one candidate that does not need this job." His father's decision to run for president is a "selfless act," Trump said, and he's running for a wide range of people — "the unemployed voter sitting at home…wondering how you're going to make your next mortgage payment" as well as the "schoolteacher forced to walk through metal detectors each and every day into an underfunded school" and the "laborer forced out of a job by illegal immigrants." Trump ended his speech by sharing that he's "never been more proud" to be a Trump or to be Donald Trump's son.