Barron Trump voted for the first time, supporting his father’s bid to return to the White House.
Melania Trump shared a photo of Barron, 18, at the polls Tuesday night. He was noticeably absent when his parents cast their votes in Florida later that day.
“He voted for the first time… for his father,” Melania, 54, wrote alongside the photo in a post shared with X.
Melania added that she was “proud” of the teenager. Barron was seen heading from New York to Florida on Sunday before his father’s election party at Mar-a-Lago.
Melania Trump shared a photo of Barron, 18, at the polls Tuesday night.
Barron was notably absent when his parents cast their votes in Florida later that day.
Barron, a student at New York University’s business school, looked dapper in a jacket and dress pants as he cast his vote.
As of Tuesday night, Trump leads Harris in the polls, but this election is shaping up to be one of the closest in history. His home state of Florida has already been called in his favor.
Melania and Trump arrived at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center polling station in Palm Beach early Tuesday to cast their votes.
Trump told reporters outside the voting booth that he felt “very confident.”
Barron Trump was absent when his parents Donald and Melania Trump cast their votes in Florida on Tuesday.
The Trumps came out to vote in Palm Beach before an election night party they plan to host at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump, sporting a red MAGA hat and an “I Voted” button, said, “It looks like conservatives are voting very strongly.”
“It seems like the Republicans have come out in force.”
When asked if he had any regrets about his campaign, Trump responded: “I can’t think of anything.”
“I ran a great campaign. I think it was perhaps the best of the three.
“We did very well in the first one. We did much better in the second but something happened. I would say that this is the best campaign we have ever had,” he said, standing next to his wife.
Barron has played an integral role in his father’s campaign by helping connect with Gen Z voters.
The couple was seen voting at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center polling station.
The former president wore a red MAGA hat and a button that said ‘I voted’ during a television appearance.
The former president’s youngest son has not regularly appeared alongside his father at his rallies across the country, but he has played a behind-the-scenes role in getting former President Donald Trump to appear on podcasts favored by Generation Z and millennial men. ABC News reports.
Barron first suggested that his father appear on YouTuber and wrestler Logan Paul’s podcast, Impaulsive. This ended up being the first one Trump appeared in in June, a campaign source told the outlet.
Trump, 78, has since appeared on several other podcasts and even sat down with popular host Joe Rogan on Friday.
Their efforts seemed to pay off: Every podcast Trump appeared on garnered millions of views, not counting clips viewed on social media.
Barron was last seen heading from New York to Florida with his mother Melania Trump on Sunday before his father’s election party at Mar-a-Lago.
The family was seen with a large amount of Louis Vuitton branded luggage and suit covers with the presidential emblem as they left Trump Tower on Sunday.
The presidential candidate revealed that his son had been advising him in the final days of the elections.
‘Dad: take it easy, now. Take it easy dad, okay? You don’t have to go too far here. “It’s good for me, it’s very wise,” Trump said Barron told him.