An adorable resurfaced clip of Donald Trump’s son Barron as a toddler shows him confessing that he wants to be a “businessman” like his father when he grows up.
After staying out of the spotlight for most of his life, the 18-year-old, who Donald shares with his wife Melania, has become an online sensation in recent months.
And he recently made headlines again after the six-foot-nine teenager stood by his father at his victory rally following his 2024 election victory, with fans ‘obsessed’ with him online and trying to find out. every detail of his life.
Amid this resurgence of interest, an old video of the NYU student who appeared on his father’s show, The Apprentice, when he was just 18 months old is making the rounds again.
And though he’s notoriously private now, Barron seemed like a natural in front of the cameras back then.
He adorably announced in the clip, which aired in March 2008, that he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a powerful real estate mogul like him when he grew up.
“To my left is Melania and this is Barron,” Donald told the contestants as he introduced them to his family. “Barron, greet the group.”
The little boy, who was in the arms of his mother, Melania, said excitedly: ‘Hello.’
An adorable clip of Donald Trump’s son Barron as a child showed him confessing that he wants to be a “businessman” like his father when he grows up.
The NYU student appeared on his father’s show The Apprentice when he was just 18 months old.
“Hopefully Barron will one day be a great businessman,” Donald continued. ‘Melania, what do you think?’
‘Barron, what do you want to do when you grow up?’ He then asked the boy, who replied, “Business.”
“A businessman, that’s right, like your dad,” Melania said. ‘And what is Dad building?’
“House,” said little Barron, as the contestants applauded him.
‘That’s quite surprising. I’m only 18 months old,” Donald gushed, proud. “Hopefully he does well like (my daughter) Ivanka and (my son) Don Jr. have done.”
Donald and Melania welcomed Barron in 2006, and unlike the other children of the future 47th president of the United States, he stepped away from the spotlight.
He grew up in a luxurious New York City penthouse and attended an elite private school on the Upper West Side before moving to Washington, D.C. after his father was elected president.
When Donald left the White House, Barron moved with his parents to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
‘Barron, what do you want to do when you grow up?’ his mother, Melania, asked the boy, who responded, “Business.” And he added: “A businessman, that’s right, like your dad.”
Donald and Melania welcomed Barron in 2006, and unlike the other children of the future 47th president of the United States, he stepped away from the spotlight. He is seen with his parents in 2007.
He graduated from high school in 2024 and now attends New York University.
He graduated high school in 2024 and his famous father was in the crowd cheering him on during the big moment.
He now attends New York University and was previously described by his mother as an “incredible young man.”
‘I’m very proud of who I became when I grew up. His strength. His intelligence. His knowledge, his kindness. “It’s admirable,” he gushed.
Barron was noticeably absent for much of Donald’s campaign in 2016 and 2020, but was said to have begun to show some political talent by urging his father to appear on several popular podcasts during his most recent campaign.
And after Donald’s victory in 2024, the teenager took the stage with his parents at a victory rally.
Immediately after his appearance at the event, the public’s fascination with the teenager skyrocketed online and he soon became one of America’s most eligible bachelors.
Earlier this week, another video of him as a child went viral on X, with social media users shocked by the fact that he used to have a Slovenian accent.
The clip was filmed for a 2010 special on Larry King Live that Donald and Melania did, and It showed Barron, then four years old, preparing to go to school for the first time.
After staying out of the spotlight for most of his life, Donald’s youngest son, 18, has emerged as an online sensation in recent months.
Earlier this week, another video of him as a child went viral on X, with social media users shocked by the fact that he used to have a Slovenian accent.
‘Do I have to go to school now?’ he asked his mother, speaking with a thick Slovenian accent.
Melania then told the young man: ‘Yes, you will have lunch first and then go to school.’
“You can read, write and do arithmetic,” his father interjected.
“This obsession with Barron is hilarious…” the X user captioned the clip, which has already been viewed nearly a million times.
“He had a Slovenian accent,” responded one stunned user.
‘Does Barron speak with a Slovenian accent even though he was born and raised in New York because of Melania? “That’s so funny,” someone else wrote.
“The fact that he has a Slovenian accent puts me off,” another user added.
“That’s so adorable,” read a fourth comment. ‘She sounds like her mom. You can tell that she was a very involved mother.
A fifth said: “My respect for Melania was that of a mother who has just shot herself.”
“She had all the money in the world to give to a babysitter, but she spent so much time with him that he sounded like her and not like anyone else in her life.”
It appears Barron no longer has an accent, as someone else responded with a more recent clip of him speaking, and it’s gone.