The Barron Trump mystery remains unsolved

Melania Trump sometimes calls him “mini-Donald.” Except for his imposing size, Barron Trump seems very different from his father. Less demonstrative, less confident, more solitary and above all, much more discreet. Which would not prevent the young man from working hand in hand with the head of state. The 18-year-old student was also on stage, alongside Donald Trump, when the latter claimed victory in the American presidential election on Wednesday, November 6. Some even saw a (rare) smile appear on the young man's face.

A strategic role

Behind the scenes, Barron Trump would have played a strategic role with the Republican candidate. He would have indeed helped his father to understand the “new media” and to “conquer the youth vote”. According to the Washington Post, Barron Trump is said to have advised the politician on which podcasts he should speak on to win over young audiences – notably those of Theo Von and Adin Ross. Support that the student showed even at the polls. On November 5, Melania Trump shared a photo of the student, who was then voting for the first time. And of course, in favor of his father.

The tennis match

The Americans thus see the emergence of a new Barron, more responsible and strategist. But also more aware of the political issues and the dangers facing his father. During Donald Trump's campaign, Barron would have repeatedly worried about the state of health of the leader, showing a touch of anxiety. “He gives good advice,” assured Donald Trump during a meeting organized in North Carolina. “Dad: Take it easy, now. Are you okay, Dad? You don't need to do too much now.” He takes care of me – he’s very wise.”

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Especially since the student would have abruptly discovered the assassination attempt which targeted the candidate on July 13, in Butler. “Barron was playing tennis with his friends when someone came up and rushed towards him saying: 'Your father was shot,'” Donald Trump recounted in an interview with Fox News. Before adding: “He came home saying: “Mom, mom, mom, what happened?” They saw me get up, then shake my fist.”

A “radical change”

“Wiser”, but perhaps more worried, Barron Trump will in any case be better prepared than in his younger years. Eight years earlier, the little 10-year-old boy, a bit awkward and shy, became the youngest son of a president – since John John Kennedy – to live in the White House. A new beginning synonymous with multiple upheavals.

In 2016, Donald Trump further claimed that his son, then attending school in New York, found the move “scary”. A “radical change” that the little boy would nevertheless have ended up understanding. “I told him that if his dad won the election, he would help people and children like him, and that makes him happy,” the candidate said at the time. He is a young boy of 9 years old, strong and intelligent, who understood things.

Before moving into the building, Melania Trump, who would be very “protective” towards her son, would have negotiated a financial agreement with her husband. At least this is what Mary Jordan reveals in 2020, in her work The Art of Her Deal. “She wanted written proof that, when it came to financial opportunities and inheritance, Barron would be treated the same as Trump's three eldest children,” she wrote. But here it is: despite all these precautions, Barron Trump's first steps in the White House turn out to be much more stormy than expected.

«The Expert»

During official events, the boy's exaggerated blinking, small, incomprehensible gestures and indiscreet yawns earn him ridicule from Internet users. Not to mention the videos shared during Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony, which made the child the laughing stock of social networks. We see him naively playing with his 10-month-old nephew, Theodore, or even failing to high-five with his mother. In November 2016, American host Rosie O'Donnell even wondered if the boy might have a form of autism.

To the point that the White House was forced to intervene, calling for respect for the young man's private life. Incidents following which Barron Trump disappears from circulation. We barely see him, from time to time, on the lawn of the White House, with his eternal pout – and his increasingly tall height. At 14 years old, the teenager measures no less than 1.90 meters.

Appearances nevertheless sufficient for one of the young man's t-shirts, signed J. Crew and adorned with the words “The Expert», ended up out of stock in 2017. Its absences, notably in 2019, during the dinner of Donald Trump and his children at Buckingham Palace, or a political meeting in Orlando, therefore did not go unnoticed.

New life

Meanwhile, Barron Trump is building himself away from the cameras. He briefly attended Saint Andrews Episcopal College in Potomac, Maryland. Before enrolling at Oxbridge Academy high school in Palm Beach. An establishment from which he graduated in May. Over the years, the paparazzi managed to capture a few images of the teenager. In 2021, he appears at the foot of Trump Tower, two heads taller than his mother. We meet him again the following year, increasingly taller, during Ivana Trump's funeral.

And if the young man today seems to have found a new balance, it was flanked by bodyguards that he returned to the New York Stern School in September, as evidenced by photos revealed by the New York Post . Certainly, the student “loves his classes and his teachers,” as Melania Trump explains on the show “The Five.” He wouldn't remain any less lonely.

Asked about his son's love life, Donald Trump recently declared in the podcast PBD : “I'm not sure he's there yet. I don’t think he’s ever had a girlfriend.” Before adding: “He doesn’t mind being alone, but he’s someone who gets along well with people.” It remains to be seen whether the young man, now back in New York, will become more accustomed to his father's new mandate. Or if he will be content to observe his actions from the height of his 2.06 meters – and his (Trump) tower golden.