Barron Trump, 18, joined his father Donald Trump at the presidential inauguration on January 20, eight years after the freshman first participated in 2017.
Back in 2017, Donald Trump and Melania Trump’s son Barron Trump was just 10 years old…and not an eye-catching 6-foot-7.
However, time works in mysterious ways and the first kid is now 18. Barron made a rare public appearance on Inauguration Day Jan. 20, 2025 to see his father sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, with Trump assuming the position from No. 46 Joe Biden after having defeated Democratic challenger Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
Today, Barron is a student at New York University. However, Melania reported that she would still stop at the White House during her father’s second term.
“Anything you’d like to do,” the first girl responded in a Jan. 13 interview with Fox and Friends when asked if her son’s friends would also be allowed to come and stop over. “I feel like, when we’re kids, we have them. ” up to 18-19 years old. We teach them, we advise them and then we give them wings to fly. I respect Barron’s yes and no’s and what he likes to do, where he would like to be.
And Barron’s trail ahead – at least legally – is his own.
“He is a very determined child, very special and intelligent,” Melania told Parenting. com of her six-year-old son in 2012. “He is independent, stubborn and knows exactly what to do. he wants Sometimes I call him little Donald. He’s a mix of us in appearance, but his personality is the reason I call him little Donald.
And just a few months shy of his 9th birthday, Barron “terrific,” according to his father.
“He’s a wonderful guy,” Trump told E! News from January 2015. “He’s running hard, he’s starting school. “
In 2016, in a debate opposite Hillary Clinton, the presidential candidate marveled at her 10-year-old son’s tech skills. “He’s so smart with computers,” he said, “it’s amazing. ”
As Barron’s father heads to the Oval Office, meet the first child:
Born March 20, 2006, Barron is the only child of Donald Trump and third wife Melania Trump. The former president is also dad to Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump with his late ex-wife Ivana Trump and daughter Tiffany Trump with second ex-wife Marla Maples.
Barron, a call her father “always loved” but “never had the courage to use” when his other children were born, the Celebrity Apprentice host told The Oprah Winfrey Show in May 2006. I gave the concept to Melania and then I’m going to take it off. He took it off at the end and she said, “You can’t take it off! I called him Barron while it was on!” on my abdomen and you just can’t get it off!
Before his father president, Barron attended the personal Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School in Manhattan, where, according to the school’s website, tuition for 2024-2025 starts at $61,770 for kindergartenArray.
Once his entire family moved into the White House, Barron began attending St. Paul’s Episcopal School. John’s. Andrew in Potomac, Maryland, in the fall of 2017. A year of school at this co-ed private school currently costs $49,680.
“She is known for her diverse network and commitment to educational excellence,” Melania said in a May 2017 statement, explaining her selection. “The project at St. Andrew’s is ‘to know and motivate each and every child in an inclusive network committed to exceptional teaching, learning and service,’ which appealed to our entire family.
After Barron’s father lost his re-election bid to President Joe Biden in 2020, the Trumps moved to Florida and the teen moved to Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach.
Barron graduated from Oxbridge in May with both parents in attendance, the former president writing on his social media platform Truth Social, per ABC News, “Going to Barron’s High School Graduation. Great student, wonderful boy! Very exciting! DJT.”
In September, Barron began his school studies at New York University, where he studies at the Stern School of Business. His father and all of his brothers, Eric, who went to Georgetown, attended the University of Pennsylvania as undergraduates.
Few things about the first child captured as much public attention during his time in the White House as his height.
Every time Barron was photographed walking across the grass, he seemed to have grown a few inches, being that global dad who can’t help but marvel at his height. And it wasn’t long before he ruled over his parents.
Internet hypothesis puts the 18-year-old at a height of 6 feet 9 inches, however, the Palm Beach Post, based at the family’s home in Mar-a-Lago, puts him at 6 feet 7 inches. .
“I told him, ‘You’re going to be a basketball player,'” Trump said at a January 2024 campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa, according to the Daily Mail. “He said, ‘Well, I love football, dad, Actually. ‘I thought. . . ‘With your size, I like basketball more,’ but you can’t convince them of everything. “
Paying tribute to his mother-in-law Amalija Knavs, who had died days beforehand, the candidate said of her and Melania’s dad Viktor Knavs, “Great people, great parents to all of us, really. Great parents, but also to Barron. Boy, did [Amalija] take care of Barron. That’s how he got so tall, he only ate her food.'”
Barron, who voted in his first presidential election in November, hasn’t really expressed political sentiment one way or another while attending the 2016 and 2020 Republican National Conventions at his father’s house.
He was presented with the possibility of serving as an at-large delegate to the 2024 conference in Milwaukee, but his mother’s office said in a statement that while he was “honored to have been selected as a delegate for the Republican Party of Florida,” he ” regrets” declined to participate “due to prior commitments. “
But, as the 2024 presidential candidate told Philadelphia’s WHPT radio station in May, Barron “loves politics” and has given advice.
“It’s kind of funny,” the 78-year-old added. “He tells me, ‘Dad, this is what you have to do. ‘”
On your Barron-approved to-do list? Apparently, The Joe Rogan Experience, Trump spent 3 hours chatting on October 25th.
“He tells me about all the hot guys,” Trump told Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo a couple weeks before he headed to Joe Rogan’s Austin studio. “People I never heard about.”
And although Barron was not noticed at the 2024 RNC with the rest of the family, he first attended a Trump crusade rally on July 9 in Doral, Florida, where his father encouraged the young man to make his name known. presence.
“Where is Barron?” the candidate from the stage, according to the New York Times. “Stand up! Look at him!”
As the crowd began chanting Barron’s name, his father commented, “You’re pretty popular,” adding, “He might be more popular than Don and Eric! Welcome to the stage, Barron. “
Here’s a guide to the whole Trump family, including kids and grandkids:
Ivana Trump
Ivana Trump was the first wife of President-elect Donald Trump. Born in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia (now Zlín of the Czech Republic) in 1949, she rose to fame as a competitive skier. And thanks to her marriage to the Austrian ski instructor Alfred Winklmayr. In 1971, Ivana was able to travel to Czechoslovakia. According to her book Raising Trump, the model met Donald three years after their divorce in 1973 during a vacation in New York, where she had traveled for a Canadian fashion exhibition before the Montreal Olympics. They married in 1977 and had 3 children: Donald Trump Jr. born in 1977, Ivanka Trump born in 1981 and Eric Trump born in 1984.
The couple’s divorce was finalized in 1992 after his affair with Marla Maples, whom he later married. However, Ivana (who later married Riccardo Mazzucchelli for two years and followed Rossano Rubicondi for less than a year) and Donald maintained a good relationship.
“Donald during the divorce was brutal,” she told ABC News in 2017. “He took the divorce as a business deal, and he cannot lose. He has to win. So he took about two years. And after the final situation was straightened up, we would just talk and we are friends.”Ivana died in 2022 at age 73. According to NBC News, the New York City Medical Examiner said she died of “blunt impact injuries” and that her manner of death was an accident. A senior NYC official with direct knowledge added the circumstances were consistent with a fall on the stairs in her New York apartment.
Donald Trump Jr.
In 1977, Ivana and Donald welcomed their eldest son Donald Trump Jr. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in finance and real estate from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 2000 and began working for his father’s company The Trump Organization in 2001, where he now serves as the executive vice president. Don Jr. is also a director for both Trump Media & Technology Group Corp and PublicSquare Holdings and part of 1789 Capital firm. In addition, he’s been involved in his dad’s political campaigns, including speaking at rallies and the Republican National Convention during his father’s presidential runs.Don Jr. shares five children with his ex-wife, model Vanessa Haydon: Kai (who also made a speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention) Donald III, Tristan, Spencer and Chloe.Don Jr. was previously engaged to Fox News alum Kimberly Guilfoyle. However, he recently confirmed their split.”Kimberly and I will never stop caring for each other,” he told Page Six Dec. 13, “and will always keep a special bond.”Don Jr. has been sparking romance rumors with socialite Bettina Anderson; however, they have not publicly commented on the dating speculation.
Ivanka Trump
Four years after Don Jr. ‘s arrival, Donald and Ivana have become parents to a daughter, Ivanka Trump. Before her father’s presidency, the University of Pennsylvania alumna worked at the Trump Organization. But after being elected in 2016, the founder of the fashion brand, who had her own eponymous line, took on the role of advisor to the president. After her father announced that he would run for president in 2024, Ivanka revealed that she would be stepping down from office. the political arena to focus on her circle of family with her husband, former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and their children Arabella, Joseph and Theodore. “I love my dad so much,” she said in a 2022 message received via NBC News. “This time, I choose to prioritize my young children and the privacy we create as a family. I have no goal of getting involved in politics.
Eric Trump
Born in 1984, Eric Trump is the third child of Ivana and Donald. He graduated in Finance and Management from Georgetown University. Like his brother, Eric works as executive vice president of the Trump Organization, which he joined in 2007. He is also president of Trump Winery. Eric is married to Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump, with whom he shares the young Luke and Carolina.
marla arces
Marla Maples is Donald’s second wife, whom he met while he was still married to Ivana.
In Raising Trump, Ivana wrote the actress approached her about the affair during a trip to Aspen in 1989. Still, Marla said on a 2018 episode of the ABC podcast Journeys of Faith with Paula Faris that she “never considered” herself a mistress. “My intention was to never bring hurt,” she continued. “Do I wish more than anything that we could have had this relationship after his divorce papers were signed? Absolutely. I mean, with all my heart. How much heartache would it have saved so many people if I had seen that piece of paper before we got involved? But it didn’t happen that way.” Marla and Donald welcomed daughter Tiffany Trump in 1993, and the couple wed later that year. However, the Dancing With the Stars alum and the 47th commander in chief announced their separation four years later and finalized their divorce in 1999.
Tiffany Trump
After her parents’ breakup, Tiffany Trump relocated with her mother to California. “She moved us out of New York to get out of the spotlight and let me grow up and find my own identity versus being in the shadow of a name or growing up very young with all that pressure,” Tiffany told People in 2016. “So, she wanted me to have a chance to have a normal childhood. As normal as possible. I think that she did well in that.” She released her 2011 single “Like a Bird” and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016 with a B.A. in sociology, focusing on law and society. She then went to Georgetown Law School, where she graduated with a JD in 2020. In 2022, Tiffany wed Michael Boulos. Her father announced they’re expecting their first baby during an October 2024 speech at the Detroit Economic Club. “She’s an exceptional young woman,” he said during his remarks. “And she’s going to have a baby. So that’s nice.”
melanie trump
Melania Trump is Donald’s third wife and the new First Lady of the United States. Born in Mesto, Slovenia, in 1970, she is the second First Lady born outside the United States and the only First Lady to become a naturalized American citizen. Melania met Donald in New York in 1996 while working as a model. “It was a big fashion party that my friend organized, fashion week, and he invited me,” she recalled in a 2016 episode of On the Record With Greta Van Susteren. that we met Donald. ” Melania and Donald married in 2005 and welcomed their son Barron Trump the following year. In 2024, Melania published her memoirs and will appear in a documentary. Melania also spoke about where she plans to spend her time. her husband’s second presidency.
“I will be in the White House,” she told Fox & Friends in an interview that aired Jan. 13. “When I need to be in New York, I will be in New York. When I need to be in Palm Beach, I will be in Palm Beach. My first priority is to be a mom, to be a first lady, to be a wife. And once we’re in on January 20, you serve the country.”
Barron Trump
Born in 2006, Barron Trump is the only child of Donald and Melania. Although she lived a more personal life (she moved with her parents from New York City to Washington, D. C. and then to Florida), it seemed that he could enter world politics. after being elected in May 2024 as Florida’s delegate to the Republican Party. However, Barron rejected the offer. While Barron is revered to have been selected as a delegate through the Florida Republican Party,” said one of Melania’s workplace shared with NBC News at the time: “Unfortunately, he refuses to participate due to past commitments. “Like studying, perhaps, with Barron starting his freshman year at New York University in 2024. “He was accepted into a lot of colleges,” his father told the Daily Mail in an interview published on Sept. 4. “He’s a very wise guy and he’s moving on to Stern, the business school, which is a wonderful school at New York University. “However, Melania told Fox
(Originally July 27, 2024, four a. m. Pacific Time)
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