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39. I have heard rumor he's named for one of Trump's pseudonyms

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 01:31 PM

Aug 2017

Trump used to call the media pretending to be "John Barron," and a couple of NY papers believe that's who his son is named after. I'm going to insist on my ignorance here and believe Trump named him after Clarence Barron, who started the financial newspaper Barron's.

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Chelsea Clinton defends Barron Trump after conservative website bashes his clothes [View all] Shrek Aug 2017 OP

It's just Breitbart and Bannon. Just ignore them. haveahart Aug 2017 #1

Why can't these jerks just let a kid be a kid? raven mad Aug 2017 #2

They will blame the liberals anyway marylandblue Aug 2017 #3

We're a lot tougher than those closet Nazis. raven mad Aug 2017 #4

Agree. The world's advances prove that definitively. Hortensis Aug 2017 #16

LOL! I didn't mean that in that sense - raven mad Aug 2017 #21

Isn't that really the same? You were just thinking of Hortensis Aug 2017 #22

Of course - civil civis (latin, citizen) raven mad Aug 2017 #23

The media was not very kind to Amy Carter either. TexasTowelie Aug 2017 #6

Absolutely true. I lived in Alabama during that Presidency - raven mad Aug 2017 #7

they can't help themselves. They are bullies hiding behind the barrier of the Internet Raven123 Aug 2017 #14

Raven123, welcome to the insanity that is DU - you'll love it. raven mad Aug 2017 #15

It started well before then karynnj Aug 2017 #32

Because they're just that - jerks! Initech Aug 2017 #35

FFS, he's just a little kid!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2017 #5

Then the Daily Caller should run Submariner Aug 2017 #8

Oh heck, we could go to town on that one. raven mad Aug 2017 #10

Don't get me started. mwooldri Aug 2017 #26

Michelle literally rolled 'em up, too - raven mad Aug 2017 #27

Oh yeah! :) mwooldri Aug 2017 #37

Absolutely raven mad Aug 2017 #47

Leave him alone! Dulcinea Aug 2017 #9

He's gonna be taller than either of his parents from the looks of things Rob H. Aug 2017 #11

I agree that the children of politicians should be off-limits cyclonefence Aug 2017 #12

No media should be commenting at all about Barron. However, it would be nice chelsea0011 Aug 2017 #13

Hope springs eternal..... aka-chmeee Aug 2017 #18

What about junior? Shrek Aug 2017 #17

You'd be better off bashing him what what he does and says politically mythology Aug 2017 #19

LOL! You'd be bashing me, too, except my hiking boots are better......... raven mad Aug 2017 #24

We can bash Uday and Qusay for other things. Initech Aug 2017 #34

Poor lil Stumpy Trumpy SoCalDem Aug 2017 #45

I believed that Barron's father was the one who insisted on him dressing no_hypocrisy Aug 2017 #20

I'd like to see trump mainstreetonce Aug 2017 #25

He's been attacked right here on DU. cwydro Aug 2017 #28

Barron is off limits, however, the grown up offspring joeybee12 Aug 2017 #29

Extremely horrible human beings? Initech Aug 2017 #42

That's too nice joeybee12 Aug 2017 #44

He's just a kid, they should leave him alone. Luciferous Aug 2017 #30

Let the 11 year old kid be a kid IronLionZion Aug 2017 #31

It is intrusive. Whoever did it needs to remember he's 11. PatrickforO Aug 2017 #33

What a Horrible Name videohead5 Aug 2017 #36

I have heard rumor he's named for one of Trump's pseudonyms jmowreader Aug 2017 #39

and I thought he was named after barron hilton, whom trump would really lke to be. niyad Aug 2017 #41

It's not Barron's fault that his father is an asshole NastyRiffraff Aug 2017 #38

hey, consos, how about talking about daddy, and saying, "it's high time he started acting like niyad Aug 2017 #40

The Daily Caller? DFW Aug 2017 #43

He is a little boy ellie Aug 2017 #46