Social media exploded after news broke that Barron Trump is officially entering politics, as he will serve as his father’s delegate to the Republican National Convention later this year.
Barron, who just turned 18 in March, was elected as one of Florida’s 41 at-large delegates to the national Republican meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in mid-July.
He will be one of an estimated 2,429 delegates expected to officially nominate his father as the Republican candidate for the 2024 race.
This led many on social media to worry and delight in the fact that they felt this meant that Trump’s youngest son was now an “easy target” for attack and that his mother would let her son open himself to such criticism.
Rob Vorcek wrote: “I firmly believe this is going to end very badly. Now he’s easy prey for the media. I’m actually surprised. I thought [Barron’s mother] Melania would do everything she could to prevent it, but if the now-adult Barron personally made the decision to participate in his father’s circus, so be it.
Social media exploded after hearing the news that Barron Trump will officially enter politics, as he will serve as his father’s delegate to the Republican National Convention later this year.
Barron, who turned 18 in March, was elected as one of the state’s 41 at-large delegates to the national Republican meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in mid-July.
Others compared Barron’s treatment to that received by the children of Presidents Clinton and Obama.
“Barron Trump is easy prey,” wrote one X user. ‘I repeat fair play. I don’t mind. You came for Chelsea when you were 13. You went after the Obama girls when you were a kid and you’re still going after them. This anchor baby deserves nothing less. It’s a lab experiment gone wrong.
“Before Republicans clutch their pearls about whatever Barron Trump is trending again, maybe they should apologize to Malia and Sasha Obama, Chelsea Clinton, David Hogg, Greta Thunberg and every single girl who forced give birth,” wrote another.
Tristan Snell joked: “Later this year, maybe Barron Trump will be a fake Trump voter in Florida, after Biden wins Florida in November.”
Barron has largely stayed out of the public eye, but rose to prominence this week after a judge delayed his father’s hush money trial in New York so he could attend Barron’s high school graduation. Barron on May 17.
Regardless of age, the first child has often been treated harshly on social media by liberals and even some members of the mainstream media.
Former NBC News executive Mike Sington said Barron was “fair game” after the birthday that marks the adulthoot. He later deleted the tweet after facing harsh backlash and criticism online.
Sinton said news week: ‘I published that I was now ‘easy prey’, that is, as an adult, I am ‘easy prey’ for criticism from the press.
This led many on social media to worry and delight in the fact that they felt this meant Trump’s youngest son was now a “fair target” for attack.
‘Someone pointed out to me that ‘fair play’ could mean that fair play was undermined.
‘I don’t wish physical harm on anyone, so I removed it. I listen to the comments and criticism I receive.’
Trump has been the subject of death threats from those who opposed his father’s actions as president.
He currently lives in Florida with his parents and is considering which college to attend with the help of his mother Melania.
Barron has stayed almost completely out of the spotlight for much of his childhood, as much of his adolescence took place during his father Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House.
He was the first child to grow up in the White House since JFK Jr in 1963, and Barron has lived through many of his family’s scandals as a teenager.
In January 2018, she was not yet 12 years old when the media was engulfed by porn star Stormy Daniels’ explosive claims that she had an affair with Donald just four months after Barron’s birth.
During his presidency, Trump’s staunchest critics even resorted to criticizing the young man as a way of attacking his father.
Barron, who turned 18 in March (pictured, center) was elected as one of the state’s 41 at-large delegates to the national Republican meeting in Milwaukee.
A judge delayed Donald Trump’s (pictured) hush money trial in New York so he can attend Barron’s high school graduation on May 17.
A Saturday Night Live writer who made a tasteless joke about Barron Trump on Twitter has apologized for her “inexcusable” actions after she was suspended from the show.
On Inauguration Day 2017, Katie Rich tweeted that the 10-year-old would become “this country’s first homeschool shooter,” but she deleted it three hours later.
She then received an avalanche of criticism from Twitter users, who called her “scum,” called for her account to be blocked, and urged NBC to fire her.
Rich was not fired, but she was suspended indefinitely from working on the show after the furor did not calm down over the weekend, a source said. Deadline Monday.
The same day, he tweeted: ‘I sincerely apologize for the insensitive tweet. I am deeply sorry for my offensive actions and words. “It was inexcusable and I am very sorry.”
Rich left the show in 2019 and now works as a writer on various projects.
Trump’s adult children from previous marriages have faced criticism because of their public profiles, but Barron’s young age has shielded him from much of the attention.