Of all the Trump children, Barron is arguably the most low-key. As the youngest, born in
2006, he mostly stays out of the spotlight. However, as he grows up and gets noticeably
taller - almost towering over his famous parents - it's becoming more difficult for Barron
to remain in the background.
As the only child President Trump shares with his current wife, he's clearly the apple of
his mother's eye, with Melania telling the Palm Beach Daily News back in 2006, following
her very first Mother's Day,
"The love. It's unconditional love."
Melania described being a new mom as "wonderful," explaining, quote, "It's a miracle almost,
I could say, that two people can create. It's very, very special." With Barron growing into
a young man, though, he's making a name for himself in his own right, too.
As his mother told the Palm Beach Daily News, Barron wasn't just an easy pregnancy for her.
But once he arrived, he was a dream come true. Melania described little Barron as,
"A very happy baby. He's a very, very calm baby; he doesn't cry a lot. He's up throughout
the day and has a good appetite. He's very curious. He wants to see [what's going on],
and he loves company."
As for which family member the little guy looked like, Melania shared her perspective,
saying,
"He reminds me of Donald. And a little bit of my dad. The baby looks like Donald. He
has my eyes, and beautiful brown hair. He has long fingers and long legs."
In 2009, Melania bragged to People that Barron, who was just three at the time, was already
multilingual. The future First Lady explained to the outlet,
"He speaks my language - Slovenian - English and French."
"I have to go to school now?" "Yeah. You have lunch, and then you go to school." "Now I'm
gonna go?" "Yes, you have lunch, and then you go to school."
Barron subsequently attended the exclusive Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School on
the Upper West Side of Manhattan. As Vanity Fair reported at the time, parents at the
elite, $45,000 per year school panicked when President Trump got elected and he and Melania
decided to keep Barron in NYC to finish the school year, due to the increased security
required to protect the suddenly super-high-profile student.
Speaking to Us Weekly, Melania explained that uprooting her 10-year-old son wasn't an option.
She noted,
"At that age, it's hard to explain to them ... If they love school, if they love friends,
they don't want to lose that."
It also makes sense that Barron wouldn't be eager to leave his New York home, as in an
interview with Parenting, Melania noted her son had a whole floor to himself in their
lavish Trump Tower apartment, including his own living room.
The decision for Barron and Melania to remain in New York, rather than immediately joining
the president in Washington, led to raised eyebrows. Regardless, the family eventually
united in the White House. As CNN reported, the January 2017 move was especially notable
because it marked the first time in more than 50 years that a presidential son lived there.
All three of the preceding presidents - Obama, Bush, and Clinton - only had daughters. While
other presidents since JFK had sons, they were adults and didn't live in the White House,
making Barron the first presidential son to call the White House home since JFK Jr.
The youngster made history again as the first presidential child to attend St. Andrew's
Episcopal in Potomac, Maryland [puh-TOH-mick]. The independent school enrolls 580 students
from preschool all the way up to twelfth grade while the annual tuition sets parents back
close to $40,000.
As he grows up, Barron's interests are coming to the fore. Melania told a forum at Liberty
University that Barron doesn't use social media, but is very into sports.
Soccer appears to be his go-to, as the teenager was spotted wearing an Arsenal F.C. ["F-C"
or "football club"] jersey, while he also met D.C. United players during the White House
Easter Egg Roll in April 2017.
He even plays the game himself, having been selected to join the U-12 team as a midfielder
for D.C. United's Development Academy for the 2017-2018 season, according to Soccer
America. Barron then joined the Arlington Soccer Association U-13 for the 2018-2019
season, per the U.S. Soccer Development Academy site.
Barron is also a major sneaker-head, with Footwear News reporting the New Balance 574
Cores are his favorites. The growing young man continues to get taller, too. His exact
height is unknown, but The Sun notes certain commentators speculate Barron could be as
tall as 6'6", which has even prompted comment from his presidential father.
"My Barron! My tall Barron. He's very tall. My beautiful Barron. Handsome. He is handsome."
Over the four years since first arriving in the White House, Barron Trump has grown up
before America's eyes, stepping out of the background to forge a future of his own.
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