孫宇晨 accuse WLFI of being mocked by Eric Trump, the second son of Donald Trump: this lawsuit is more absurd than "spending 6 million dollars on a banana taped to a wall"

Trump family clashes with Sun! Tron founder Justin Sun officially sues the DeFi project supported by the Trump family, World Liberty Financial (WLFI), accusing it of freezing tokens via a “backdoor blacklist.” In response, Trump’s second son Eric Trump today (22nd) strongly defends his team, not only retweeting the CEO’s counterattack post but also mocking Sun Yuchen’s lawsuit as “more absurd than spending 6 million dollars on a banana glued to a wall.”
(Background summary: Sun Yuchen officially sues World Liberty Financial: unjustified freeze of 595 million WLFI tokens, governance proposal is a trap)
(Additional background: Sun Yuchen clashes with Trump family DeFi: WLFI is a centralized black box for governance, $75M being frozen and unable to vote)

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• Eric Trump joins the fight: lawsuit as absurd as “spending 6 million dollars on a banana”
• $75 million anger: why did Sun Yuchen sue?
• WLFI’s tough rebuttal: see you in court

The two most eye-catching figures in the crypto world — Sun Yuchen (Justin Sun) and the Trump family — have evolved from initial high-investment honeymoon to a century-long legal battle.

On April 21, 2026, U.S. time, Tron founder Sun Yuchen officially filed a lawsuit in a California federal court against the Trump-supported DeFi platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI). Facing the legal move from his former “biggest backer,” WLFI’s team did not back down but instead launched a full-scale sarcastic response.

Eric Trump joins the fight: lawsuit as absurd as “spending 6 million dollars on a banana”

After Sun Yuchen’s lawsuit, WLFI co-founder and CEO Zach Witkoff was the first to respond on X (formerly Twitter), directly dismissing Sun Yuchen’s accusations as baseless and merely a distraction from his own “misconduct,” emphasizing that the team will fully protect users.

Subsequently, Trump’s second son Eric Trump quoted Zach’s tweet today (22nd), mocking Sun Yuchen:

“The only thing more ridiculous than this lawsuit is spending $6 million on a banana duct-taped to a wall. We are incredibly proud of the @worldlibertyfi team…”

The only thing more ridiculous than this lawsuit is spending (million on a banana duct-taped to a wall. We are incredibly proud of the @worldlibertyfi team… https://t.co/ahfBKvCdwN

— Eric Trump )@EricTrump### April 22, 2026

$75 million anger: why did Sun Yuchen sue?

The roots of this conflict were planted as early as late last year. As an early and major external investor in WLFI, Sun Yuchen had promised to inject about $75 million. However, he accused that after the tokens gained trading functionality in September 2025, his holdings of WLFI were suddenly frozen by the project team without warning.

According to the lawsuit, Sun Yuchen made several serious allegations:

• Backdoor in smart contract: Accused WLFI of secretly embedding a “blacklist function” in the contract, allowing the project to unilaterally freeze or even permanently burn investors’ tokens, completely violating the decentralization spirit of Web3.
• Depriving governance voting rights: Token freeze led to loss of his rightful protocol governance rights.
• Extortion and pressure: Claimed the project team exerted improper pressure, even demanding he promote WLFI’s stablecoin USD1 on the Tron network.
• Token misappropriation and cash-out: Criticized the project team for using large amounts of WLFI tokens as collateral, lending about $75 million in stablecoins on DeFi platform Dolomite, treating investors as “personal ATMs,” and proposing unreasonable token unlock plans.

( WLFI’s tough rebuttal: see you in court

Faced with Sun Yuchen’s barrage of accusations, WLFI’s team demonstrated formidable confidence. They claimed that freezing Sun Yuchen’s tokens was a legitimate defense to “protect the project and users,” implying that his actions had already harmed the project.

Recently, the project publicly responded in the community: “We have contracts, evidence, and the truth. See you in court, pal.”

This lawsuit involving huge funds, the political aura of the Trump family, and the conflict between “decentralization and actual control” has become one of the most watched legal battles in the crypto market this year. Both sides currently stand firm, and future court disclosures of evidence are sure to stir even greater waves.