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no_hypocrisy

(54,884 posts)
Sat May 11, 2024, 06:41 AM May 2024

Barron Trump

I know that he's usually off limits, but hey, he's 18 now, about to graduate from high school. And I think it's appropriate to ask some questions about him.

Like why isn't there anything on the record of him talking, privately and/or publicly? Is there anything wrong with him?

Why doesn't he announce that he won't be a delegate? Why his mother?

Why hasn't it been announced where he's going to college? (My guess it's like Gia Giudice of RHONJ: Her enrollment in law school hasn't been announced b/c she ain't going.)

What are his plans for the future?

I know, I know. Small potatoes when we have a democracy crisis with his father. Yet, I get the feeling there's a secret being kept about him.

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Barron Trump (Original Post) no_hypocrisy May 2024 OP
Is there a reason "we" have to know? Can't he just be? Srkdqltr May 2024 #1
What has he done to hurt you? NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 #2
Long as he dont samplegirl May 2024 #3
Until he presents himself to the public in some way... Think. Again. May 2024 #4
His father is intensely hated by half the population, I don't blame him for not going out in public Walleye May 2024 #5
I want to know if gibraltar72 May 2024 #6
He's been kept out of the spotlight Dorian Gray May 2024 #7
There has been speculation that Barron Trump is Autistic. ProudMNDemocrat May 2024 #8
 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
4. Until he presents himself to the public in some way...
Sat May 11, 2024, 06:58 AM
May 2024

...I consider him a private citizen whose life details are none of business.

Walleye

(44,741 posts)
5. His father is intensely hated by half the population, I don't blame him for not going out in public
Sat May 11, 2024, 07:01 AM
May 2024

However if he goes on junior’s podcast and opens his mouth about anything, he’s fair game. You don’t really see him hanging out with his older brothers, though

Dorian Gray

(13,850 posts)
7. He's been kept out of the spotlight
Sat May 11, 2024, 07:23 AM
May 2024

probably Melania's decision, and it's one of the best decisions she could make for him.

I'm not comfortable talking about him bc he hasn't sought the spotlight (much like Tiffany). The other three (Ivanka, Eric and Jr.) have all been surrogates, in positions at the White House, or go out on social media/actual media and say stupid shit. They're open game. But Tiffany and Barron have avoided the spotlight, they're saddled with a narcissistic shithead as a dad, and until they actively make the country a worse place, I'm happy to ignore them/leave them alone.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,881 posts)
8. There has been speculation that Barron Trump is Autistic.
Sat May 11, 2024, 07:36 AM
May 2024

Being shielded from the public is perhaps the better choice. The few times he has been seen, he appeared very aloof, unresponsive, no expression of emotion on his face.

If that be the case, then I say, leave him alone. Once he voices an opinion that is viewed as extreme in a Trumpian manner counter to the institutional norms, then Barron becomes fair game.

I read an article yesterday that Melania has pulled him out of being a Delegate from Florida.

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