A debate raged online when Barron Trump turned 18 years old on March 20, after former NBC executive Mike Sington made an incendiary comment on X. “Barron Trump turns 18 today. He’s fair game now,” Sington wrote in the since-deleted tweet. Republicans took offense to the suggestion that a child of Donald Trump should be attacked online, while Democrats pointed out that is exactly what happened to Barack Obama’s daughters during and after his presidency.
Plenty of discussion had surrounded Barron after he turned 18 and prepared to graduate from high school. Donald famously vied for time off from his trial so he could attend Barron’s graduation on May 17. The judge granted the one-time president that time off, but it was reported on May 7 that Donald would be headlining the Lincoln Reagan Dinner for the Minnesota Republican Party that same day.
A few days after news of Donald potentially missing his son’s graduation was published, the real estate mogul spoke about his Barron’s political savvy. “And he does like politics. It’s sort of funny,” Donald said while appearing on the talk radio show “Kayal and Company” (via the New York Post). “He’ll tell me sometimes, ‘Dad, this is what you have to do,'” Donald added. Of course that anecdote came after Donald made an obligatory comment about Barron’s height. “I will tell you, he’s a tall one, but he is a good-looking guy,” Donald said.
