Eric Trump emotionally raises his fist as fans yell ‘Trump 2024’ outside his mother

Eric Trump could not help himself and subtly raised his fist when supporters gathered outside his mother Ivana Trump’s funeral yelled ‘Trump 2024.’

The 45th President’s youngest child, 38, was standing outside the Frank E. Campbell funeral home with several members of the Trump clan when a woman yelled, ‘we love you! Trump 2024,’ to the family. 

Although his face remained grieving, Eric Trump discreetly raised his fist as he rested his other hand on his four-year-old son’s shoulder. 

Meanwhile, the former president made a hand gesture to the small crowd, seemingly discouraging the praise at such a somber ceremony, and gave a disheartened half-smile. 

By his side, grief-stricken Ivanka Trump remained undisturbed and lovingly caressed her six-year-old son Theodore’s cheek. 

Melania Trump, who assisted the service with Barron Trump, 16, also remained by her husband’s side. 

Donald Trump kept a stoic demeanor and stood by the funeral home’s doors as his children and grandchildren left to the St. Vincent Ferrer Church, where he later joined them. 

In recent months, reports have emerged that Trump is preparing to launch a third campaign for the White House as soon as this summer while he faces a flurry of investigations into his efforts to cling to power in 2020. 

While polls show Trump remains the overwhelming favorite in a hypothetical GOP primary, analysts warn that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be on the ballot two years from now.

Ivana Trump was remembered by her children as the ’embodiment of the American dream’ at the New York City funeral on Wednesday. 

Donald Trump Jr, Eric and Ivanka all spoke at the service at St. Vincent Ferrer Church on the Upper East Side in front of 100 mourners, including former President Donald Trump, his wife Melania and their 16-year-old son Barron.  

‘Growing up, my mother didn’t tell me a woman could do anything she wanted to — she showed me. 

‘She was a trailblazer by men and women alike. My mother once told me there was nothing she couldn’t do in heels. She taught us how to spear fish and then cook what we caught. My mom expanded our minds,’ she said. 

‘She had brains; she had beauty. She was the embodiment of the American dream … She was a force of nature, could beat any man down the slopes, any woman on the runway.

‘She ruled the three of us [kids] with an iron fist but also a heart of gold,’ said Eric. 

After the service, the family is expected to travel to New Jersey for a private reception at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster. 

Former President Donald Trump did not speak at the service but he appeared afterwards on the steps of the church with the rest of the family. 

Extravagant arrangements of red roses met mourners as they stepped into the church entrance which was lit by clusters of votive candles housed in glass holders.

The large floral displays – pom poms of red roses – were staged at the end of pews down the length of the aisle.

Next to the casket was a blown up print-out of a Vanity Fair cover featuring Ivana.  

Earlier, he and Melanie slipped in through a side door with Barron, waving to supporters in the streets who yelled ‘we love you!’ before making his way inside. 

Before the service, Don Jr. and his ex-wife Vanessa comforted their crying eight-year-old Chloe while Ivanka kept a protective hand over her youngest son, six-year-old Theo.

Eric Trump and his wife Lara brought their two young children, Eric, four, and Carolina, two, who watched in silence as their grandmother’s casket was brought past them.

A glamorous woman with a penchant for younger men, skiing and dancing, Ivana’s ‘Celebration of Life’ service on Wednesday attracted socialites from New York City, Palm Beach and Europe. 

The well-heeled crowd gathered outside St Vincent Ferrer Church on Lexington Avenue in sweltering heat, clutching their funeral invitations to present to police officers and Secret Service agents at the doors. 

The church is a stone’s throw from the townhouse on 64th Street where Ivana lived for 26 years and where she was discovered at the bottom of the stairs last week. 

NYPD barricades wreathed round the block between Lexington Avenue and East 65th and 66th on Wednesday while trucks from Greenscape Designs unloaded by the side entrance. 

Officers and secret service agents consulted with each other and paced the sidewalk as members of the church choir began to arrive shortly after 11am.

The first came bearing ID and printed-out forms that were carefully studied by a waiting agent before the barricades were opened just enough to let the two middle aged women in.

Two large police trucks were parked directly opposite the church’s imposing front doors to house the photographers who trained their lenses on the church entrance. 

Bit by bit, small groups of people gathered intrigued by the measures designed to keep at bay all but those who had received an invitation, featuring an image of Ivana in her heyday on the slopes. Still people stood and stared, sweating in the heat of the Manhattan sun.

Earlier in the day, Ivanka and Jared were spotted in Central Park, taking a break from their morning jog to admire Bethesda Fountain.

Former President Donald Trump flew in to New York from Florida with former First Lady Melania earlier this week after announcing Ivana’s death with a heartfelt statement on behalf of the family. 

In another touching tribute to his former wife last night, he told long-term friend Cindy Adams, a columnist for The New York Post: ‘She was outstanding. Beautiful inside and out. We began all of it, our lives together, with such a great relationship.’

The funeral service was billed as a ‘Celebration of Life’ to honor Ivana, a Czechoslovakian skier turned model who moved to America at the dawn of the 70s and became one of New York’s most iconic first wives.