Avid hunter Donald Trump Jr. and his partners have purchased 3,900 acres of hunting land from his family. Austin TheriaultRepublican congressional candidate J lost to Democrat Jared Golden. According to records, the land sale was recorded in the Aroostook County Registry of Deeds-South on Nov. 15. The property was purchased by a Florida company that Trump Jr. and his partners formed on November 5, Trump Timberland & Wildlife Management LLC.
Donald Trump endorsed Austin Theriault in the most expensive House race in Maine history, with candidates and outside groups spending an estimated $50 million, but Austin’s rival, Golden, was declared the winner in the 2nd Congressional District contest.
The Austin family said the Trumps are a great family to work with. “We hope they enjoy the property for a long time,” father Steven Theriault said, as quoted by the Boston Globe.
“I’d say we’re pretty humble people here, so maybe we’ve gotten a little more attention than we would have liked. But again, there is a lot of land for sale here,” he said. “Maybe it’s an opportunity for people to start looking at northern Maine as a place to live. Maybe for people who have property to sell, like ourselves, it will create a different audience.”
Donald Trump Jr. has hunted in the region before, reports said. He shot a bull moose on a 2022 hunt in Staceyville that was guided by a Brownville-based service.
Maine Democrats questioned the deal, saying: “Can you imagine the outrage from the GOP if the Golden family made a $1.3 million deal with the Bidens? They’d call it grifting and corruption, but after watching Austin’s campaign it shouldn’t surprise anyone. That would sell Maine to the elite.”