Barron Trump declines to be RNC delegate because of 'prior commitments'

[riversedge]

Source: The hill


by Brett Samuels - 05/10/24 4:47 PM ET


Barron Trump, the youngest son of former President Trump, has declined the offer to serve as a delegate for Florida at this summer’s Republican National Convention (RNC).

“While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due to prior commitments,” former first lady Melania Trump’s office said in a statement.

The Florida GOP earlier this week said Barron Trump, who is 18, would join three of the former president’s other children — Eric, Tiffany and Donald Trump Jr. — as delegates, with Eric Trump serving as the state’s delegation chair.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4657094-barron-trump-declines-rnc-delegate/

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I have to wonder if Melania had something to do with his dropping out???

Link to tweet

[elleng]

1. ' Melania Trump's office said in a statement.'

[bahboo]

31. exactly.....oy, wanna hear the backstory on this....

[LeftInTX]

36. Probably because some commentators decided he was fair game.

I saw an episode of the Young Turks and they decided that he was no longer off limits, so they immediately, "went there" and said he had "developmental issues"

Maybe becoming political fodder just isn't in his comfort zone.

&ab_channel=TheYoungTurks

[samnsara]

56. if an 18 yr old man needs his moms office to issue a statement about...

...him participating in anything.. then the 'kid aint right'

[jimfields33]

63. I feel the same. Sadly our country has decided that mommy and daddy can even keep their kids on medical,

Cell phone plans and other adult issues. It’s sad that we don’t let kids grow up on their own. The results of this are not good.

[DiceK]

68. Seriously?

I know you’re referring to trump, but I’m keeping my kids on my health insurance as long as legally possible, or till they get jobs that provide it. Are you suggesting parents take their 18 year old children off of their medical insurance? Im also paying for their cell phones till they graduate college. It’s certainly gives me comfort to know I can get in touch with them. and they can call for assistance if needed.

[jimfields33]

70. What if something happens to you?

Then they are really screwed. It’s best to let them make it on their own. I got my last 20 from my parents at 18. We did the same. It’s better for them.

[DiceK]

71. Nah

Cost of health care is crippling people. I’ll keep my kids on my plan as long as possible/needed. An 18 year in college is still a kid. I plan on helping my kids. They work their butts off for good grades and have worked part time jobs since 14. They understand the value of hard work and I understand the crippling effects of debt.

[DownriverDem]

83. Some parents

are in total control. I know a young man in his 20s who went for a job interview. When it was over he said he would have to talk to his mom about the offer. Some parents keep their kids too tightly held.

[58Sunliner]

86. I don't think it has anything to do with being "right".

Mom has a publicist, probably, and while it may seem strange to us, it might be better for him. I would worry about the blow back from maggats. This way he doesn't have to directly interface with a public over this issue.

[Oopsie Daisy]

2. 😂🤣😂🤣😂

😂🤣😂🤣😂

[Doodley]

3. Well done to Barron!

[BlueKota]

32. I think his Mother made the decision for him

[Dulcinea]

81. Agreed.

It appears Melania loves her son very much. Good thing Barron has a parent who loves him. I doubt Dolt 45 does.

[BlueKota]

82. Think you are right on both counts. She loves him

where I don't think Donald is capable of loving anyone but himself and he looks at his children more as his legacy than as individuals in their own right. Probably pretty much like Donny's father saw him.

Melania may not care about much either but it's at least a point in her favor she does love her son.

[FreeForm73]

4. Sad

I'm going to need a tissue

[Rocknation]

92. Cue the official DU "Cry Me A River" String Quartet!

Rocknation

[TomSlick]

5. It's a small thing. But I wonder why his mother submitted the regrets.

He's an adult.

[Think. Again.]

7. Apparently he is very busy with an 18 year old's commitments.

[TomSlick]

11. Surely he could sign the letter if mommy drafted it for him.

He's a grown man.

[Think. Again.]

14. no no no, way too busy.

[getagrip_already]

8. I wonder why the rnc announced he would do it

Without asking him first.

[LeftInTX]

38. He probably did agree to it and didn't think it would turn into a big deal.

He's on the list from the Florida Republican Party and likely changed his mind (or his mother did) once shows like the Young Turks piled on him. Probably thought it was no big deal, until they started saying things about him having "developmental disabilities" etc.

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https://assets.nationbuilder.com/floridagop/pages/3224/attachments/original/1715217305/delegates_-_2024_Final.pdf?1715217305


https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3238866

[Irish_Dem]

9. Exactly. Looks like it was her decision.

Trump must have talked Barron into the delegation thing.
Melania learned about it and said hell no.

[TomSlick]

12. Or, Trump told to Florida party to appoint Barron without consulting either his son or wife.

[Irish_Dem]

13. Yes that could be what happened.

Of course Trump loves to brag so maybe he mentioned it to Barron.

Or maybe one of Trump's minions did it.

[Captain Zero]

26. Trumps idea then they did as they were told

Except for Melania.
She has the Red Sparrow Veto.

[Irish_Dem]

28. Yep I think you nailed it.

[BlueKota]

34. Donny can't even remember how old Barron is?

So probably just forgot to ask him.

[former9thward]

16. Does he have a press office?

I didn't know that.

[CaptainTruth]

33. I think she was the one who stepped in & said no way.

She doesn't like Cheeto Benito & I'm sure she doesn't want her son to be seen as working with or supporting that orange traitor.

[NH Ethylene]

48. 18 is too young to expect him to defy his powerful bully of a dad.

He is likely terrified of him.

[samnsara]

57. maybe he really is non verbal...

[twodogsbarking]

6. Maybe he will be a, well, Democrat.

[Jose Garcia]

19. Or just stay out of politics, like his sister Bianca Trump

[niyad]

24. Do you mean ivanka? or tiffany?

[Rebl2]

25. Never heard

of Bianca. Where has he been hiding that child. Do you mean Ivanka?

[pwb]

10. Yeah Your Dad Fucked up the name Trump kid.

Change your last name and move on and away from that awful name.

[Think. Again.]

18. He could go back to the original 'Drumpf'.

[calimary]

50. Or he could take his mother's name original last name, Knaus, before she married the donald.

[sop]

15. I don't blame her, Melania's only protecting her son.

She doesn't want Barron getting mixed up with the Trump Crime Family, she sees the kind of dicks Don Jr. and Eric turned out to be. Sort of like how Don Corleone didn't want Michael to follow in Sonny's and Fredo's footsteps.

[hlthe2b]

17. He should go to Europe*, have his eyes opened to opinions of "normal people" and HOPEFULLY

come home with a far less PREPPY hairstyle.

TSF would "lose it."

(or most anywhere else throughout the world)*

[Aussie105]

20. I'd still like to see/hear Barron speak in public.

Just to see who he is.

Those cold, dead eyes in that picture, creates shivers!

Is he really that tall? If his dad is 7', he must be 10' !!!!
(Numbers may not be accurate.)

[ShazzieB]

22. I think Barron's 6'8" or thereabouts.

Towers over his father and older brothers. I'm sure Donald hates that!

EDITED TO ADD: The pic in that tweet was taken at the funeral of Melania's mother. Those aren't "cold, dead" eyes, just sad ones. He was mourning the loss of his grandmother, who I believe he was very close to.

[johnnyfins]

29. yeah

He has sad/bored eyes. Annoyed with his pig of a father...

[intheflow]

51. Looks like a Slytherin extra

from Harry Potter. Def in league with Voldemort.

[jimfields33]

72. I can't believe I'm seeing this on a liberal site.

Since when is it cool to bash looks of an 18 year old especially when he has done nothing at all to deserve it. This is gross and don’t tell me it’s a joke. It isn’t. It’s absolute shameful.

[SweetT]

75. In politics

attacking a dictator-wannabe's family is considered appropriate. I am saddened by Barron being used by his nasty orange spermdonor more than that he is in the crosshairs of election politics. I actually believe that this is all for the best. Barron needs to be an independent person, it is good that he is being targeted so he can understand what his father has done to America. TYT did not call him names, did not get anywhere near the famous palsy joke on a journalist...there seem to be many more ways to be mean, but letting Barron and his mom realize that THEY ARE ALL FAIR GAME helps balance the field.

I also wish to add that if Barron chose this, then he may have needed his mom to help him. Melania is formidable parent and she may be doing all she can to keep him from the clutches of political ignominy and dRumpfian disgrace. Barron will be fine.

[intheflow]

89. 18 is an adult.

At least in terms of politics. If you can vote, work anywhere, and be a delegate for Evil, you are fair game.

[jimfields33]

90. Yes. But he turned it down or his mom did.

It’s like some are disappointed.

[MadameButterfly]

21. I'm happy for Barron that there's a sliver of a chance

for him to be himself. I'm sure he needed Melania to intervene for him to even have a choice about this.
Or maybe he has no choices, just a pawn between mom, dad, and the RNC.

Both Melania and Barron are probably praying for Dad to lose so they don't have to pretend to sign on to everything Donald does.

I'm not saying I would like these two if I knew them personally, but I have sympathy for the prison they find themselves in, not of their own making, or at least on Melania's part a deal with the devil which she realized too late.

[JoseBalow]

23. Mamma's boy can't speak for himself?

So brave!

[dflprincess]

39. He's only just turned 18

I'll cut him a little slack on this - especially as he's made the right decision

[Woodwizard]

58. Right?

Not his fault who his parents are. It would be nice for people to wait to pass judgment when he actually does something to criticize.

It would be my worst nightmare to be in the public eye without a choice in it. He has the legacy of his father stuck to him for life.

[jvill]

27. Lurch Trump?

Weird.

[IronLionZion]

30. Yep, so many commitments

[dflprincess]

40. He's washing his hair

then sorting his sock drawer.

All better activities than pretending he & Pops have a relationship.

[jmowreader]

35. "What prior commitments, Barron?"

“Being as far from Donald Trump as it’s possible to get.”

And I don’t know here, but maybe they just went a bit heavy on his contour?

[oldsoftie]

55. Probably trying to find his real Dad.

I'm sure Melania has been getting some REAL attention from SOMEONE.

[intrepidity]

76. Lol, there's no doubt he is Donald's son

Just look at his face! His mouth, his hair. No doubt.

[womanofthehills]

84. If you are a kid who just graduated from high school

Hanging with friends or doing something fun before college might be a priority esp if wherever you go people will hound you & you need big time security. He definitely is not an outgoing kid - he might hate the spotlight. The Obama girls were always chatting & outgoing - he’s the opposite- he could even have a touch of autism for all we know.

[LudwigPastorius]

37. Barron was planning on getting the silver spoon in his mouth gold-plated that week.

[RussBLib]

41. Good-looking kid

...too bad about his father.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

[More_Cowbell]

42. He's started doing the thumbs-up thing with Trump

So someone probably just figured he'd want to be a delegate. It is a little surprising to me that he didn't do his own refusing, now that he's 18 (don't tell his father).

[LeftInTX]

45. His mom is likely protecting him. Being a national delegate isn't that big of a deal, until it is

The Young Turks had an episode last night and all of a sudden he's "fair game". They started discussing his "developmental disability", his height, his genes. And that's what I saw. I'm sure he was the subject of lots of other shows out there.

Seriously, national delegates don't normally become political fodder. He probably thought it would be a cool thing until it wasn't.

[duckworth969]

43. Mom says no

That boy should do his best to steer clear of his dad’s shit.

Give him a fighting chance to have some sort of decent life, silver spoon or not.

[SunSeeker]

44. Melania is protecting her son. nt

[Prairie Gates]

46. OC at Conner and Parker's

No cap

[bmichaelh]

47. Sounds like a PR release

Sounds like a PR release as so not to offend his father.

[hay rick]

49. His sock drawer.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

53. What has he done to hurt you? NT

[hay rick]

65. This is not a putdown of Baron at all.

"I have to tidy up my sock drawer" is a stock sarcastic evasion used to avoid other presumably boring commitments. If anything, I'm giving Baron credit for finding something better to do than participating in his father's sideshow.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

66. Oh, I get it now. I hadn't earlier. Thanks. NT

[whathehell]

52. Yes..like to his sanity!

[lanlady]

54. He seems so sad in every photo I've seem of him

Sad and morose, like his mother. I feel bad for him. His father seems to have nothing at all to do with him - which is probably a good thing given that his father's a sociopath. If he does have a "developmental issue" (I heard he has Aspergers) that would explain why Trump keeps his distance from him, because Trump as we all know can't tolerate anyone in his family being less than the perfect Trumpian 1950s-era masculine or feminine ideal. Daddy dearest would probably blow a gasket if Barron got so much as a pimple.

I hope Barron gets to live a normal young adult life, independent of his parents, carving out his own path and forging his own relationships. Is he going to college, does anyone know?

[William Seger]

59. Ya know, looking at Barron, maybe Donnie should have gotten a paternity test

[Farmer-Rick]

61. Well, at least we know

He's not Putin's child.

[intrepidity]

77. You really can't see the resemblance?

He is most definitely a Trump. Of course, there are other Trump males besides Donald....yikes....

[William Seger]

80. I think he looks a bit like Justin Trudeau

[crim son]

60. Perhaps Barron is the black sheep of his family

i.e. maybe he's not an ass.

[LiberalArkie]

62. I always figured he was on the spectrum. He may have said no but then recanted. We have a hard time saying no.

I only found that out myself in my 70's. Caused me to loose everything more than once.

[Timeflyer]

64. I know he's a hyper-privileged rich kid, but with those parents, I pity him.

And if he does have developmental challenges, he deserves a break until he does something awful in his own name.

[myohmy2]

67. smart move...

...Barron Von Trump...

...

[True Dough]

69. I laughed...

[kimbutgar]

73. I wonder if he registered for the draft ?

And if Melania planning on leaving the country with him when TFA gets convicted and then loses in a landslide election!

[tonekat]

74. I'd like to think he had a premonition

...of a future in which all those associated with the shitstain are lined up against a wall with blindfolds.

[calguy]

78. And he was so qualified and well-positioned to briing the youth vote to daddy's column.

[DownriverDem]

79. Just a diversion

from trump not going to Barron's graduation. Barron doesn't seem ready for pime time since his mom is doing his talking.

[58Sunliner]

85. Good for the kid.

[JenniferJuniper]

87. Do we know if Barron is verbal?

[twodogsbarking]

88. Mom said no.

[Rocknation]

91. TRANSLATION: Barron Trump Declines To Be RNC Delegate Because Of 'Prior Commitments'

To Getting A Slice Of His Mother's Recently Renegotiated Prenuptial Agreement


Rocknation

[Rabrrrrrr]

93. "Prior Commitment" "Having decided to not get sucked into the shit storm that is my father" perhaps

I'd like to think that Trump has produced maybe one decent human being, and that it's Barron.

[melm00se]

94. Barron, I am sure,

already carries some taint from being the son of Trump.

Mom, on the other hand, is probably trying to shield her son from damaging his reputation by overtly supporting his father in this election.

[NanaCat]

95. Not a surprise

Most 18 y/os would rather spend their time on video games and wanking.