Barron Trump is rejecting Florida’s offer to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention this summer, citing “prior commitments,” according to his mother’s office.
Melania Trump’s office made a statement to DailyMail.com on behalf of her son.
“While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate for the Republican Party of Florida, he regrettably declines to participate due to prior commitments,” Melania Trump’s Office said.
No further details were given.
“While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate for the Republican Party of Florida, he regrettably declines to participate due to prior commitments,” Melania Trump’s office told DailyMail.com.
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It is now unclear whether he will attend the convention, which will be held in Milwaukee from Monday, July 15 to Thursday, July 18.
Other family members, Don Jr. and his fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle, Eric Trump, Tiffany Trump and her husband Michael Boulos, are also Florida state delegates at large.
Ivanka Trump, who served as a senior adviser in her father’s White House, was the only Trump daughter not on the delegate list.
Unlike his half-siblings, Barron Trump was rarely seen during his father’s years in the White House, mainly at the request of his mother Melania, who is known for being protective of her son.
The announcement comes after Donald Trump revealed that Barron likes politics and likes to give advice to his father.
‘He really has been a great student. And he likes politics. It’s kind of funny,” the former president told ‘Kayal and Company’ on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT in Philadelphia.
“Sometimes he tells me, ‘Dad, this is what you have to do,'” he added.
Trump also revealed that the 18-year-old, who will graduate from high school next week, is weighing which college he might attend. But, he noted, protests on campus have been a factor in that decision.
‘He is now a senior in high school and will go to college. And you know, a lot of these college options are changing because you see what’s happening in the last month,” Trump said.
Trump has criticized the pro-Palestine protests that have appeared on college campuses across the country. He told Time magazine that he would call in the National Guard.
Barron is considering New York University, the Daily Beast reported, but the school has seen its share of protesters and arrests by the NYPD. The Trump family has not made any announcements about where Barron will go.
The former president also praised his 6-foot-7 son’s appearance.
It’s a bit tall. “I’ll tell you he’s tall, but he’s a handsome guy,” Trump said.
‘He likes politics. It’s kind of funny,” Trump told ‘Kayal and Company’ on Philadelphia’s Talk Radio 1210 WPHT about his son Barron.
Then-President Donald Trump, center, waves as he walks with first lady Melania Trump, right, and their son Barron Trump on the South Lawn in November 2019.
The Florida Republican Party on Wednesday night tapped Barron to join his older brothers for the event.
The only requirement to be a delegate is to live and vote in the state. Barron, who turned 18 in March, will be able to cast his first votes in the August primary and November election.
Barron graduates from Oxbridge Academy in suburban West Palm Beach next week. That day, May 17, will be a very busy day for Donald Trump.
He is also scheduled to be the keynote speaker at Lincoln Reagan’s dinner in Minnesota.
Barron’s graduation ceremony is in the morning, so it’s feasible that Trump could attend both events.
It is unclear what his plans are for after high school.
But sources told DailyMail.com that the 6ft 7in teenager, who has never uttered a word in public, is a strong supporter of the Trump 2024 campaign behind the scenes.
Barron was at his father’s presidential announcement in 2016 and attended the Republican National Conventions in both 2016 and 2020.
He was not at his father’s 2024 announcement at Mar-a-Lago.
Barron Trump, seen walking from Marine One in August 2020, has developed a taste for politics and will be a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention.
Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr.’s then-wife, Vanessa Trump, Tiffany Trump, Eric Trump, Jared Kushner and Lara Trump at the first presidential debate in September of the 2016 election
Barron Trump (center) with his mother Melania (left) and siblings Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany as Donald Trump is sworn in as president in January 2017.
President Donald Trump and his son Barron Trump exit Air Force One in February 2020
Barron Trump with his parents Donald and Melania on the South Lawn of the White House on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention in August 2020.
In Trump’s last two White House campaigns, Don Jr., Eric and Ivanka were heavily involved, speaking at their father’s rallies and campaigning for him. Tiffany joined her brothers in the 2020 campaign, but Barron stayed out of sight.
He was only 10 years old when his father became president.
Barron, who turned 18 last month, returned to the spotlight with Donald Trump’s secret trial when the former president argued that he should be allowed a break from the trial to attend Barron Trump’s high school graduation on may 17th.
Judge Juan Merchán agreed to allow the trial to be interrupted.