Tristan Thompson Reveals He Is ‘Very Close’ to ‘Big Brother Mentor’ Eric Trump: ‘I Love Him’

Tristan Thompson has a solid friendship with someone in the political fold — none other than President Donald Trump’s son.

During the Tuesday, March 31, episode of The Katie Miller podcast, the former NBA player, 35, revealed his unexpected relationship with Eric Trump.

“I’m very close with Eric,” Thompson said. “He’s been actually great for me. He’s actually been like a very big brother mentor. [He’s] been very welcoming.”

“That’s just someone I would say especially from, you know, the political government world, that’s really put his arm around me and made me, you know, just kind of helped motivate me to like want to dive into this realm a little bit more,” he continued.

Thompson added, “I love him for that.”

The dad of four — who shares daughter True, 7, and son Tatum, 3, with ex Khloe Kardashian, son Prince with Jordan Craig, and son Theo with Maralee Nichols— revealed himself as a MAGA supporter in the chat with Miller.

“What President Trump is doing, first of all, I love what he’s done so far for our country,” he said. “I think he’s helped our country a lot.”

“In terms of where he stands with [immigration], I think…I’m a firm believer because I have family members and I have people that are immigrants,” Thompson explained. “I believe for those that do the thing the right way and get the papers, I think they should be taken care of first and foremost. I think that’s the right thing. I think that’s the right way of going about it.”

Thompson, a Canadian native, first came to the States on a student visa while playing basketball for the Texas Longhorns in 2010.

A decade later, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen, which he told the MAGA podcaster was a “pretty quick” process due to the pandemic.