In general, we’re all hearing way too much from the Trump family these days. Even if you try to avoid political news, Donald Trump and his kids are everywhere, politicizing your canned beans, beefing with your favorite pop stars, and ruining your Home Alone 2 rewatch. But there’s one Trump most Americans probably should know more about: Barron Trump. The president’s youngest son may be one of the most influential figures in U.S. politics, but he’s been keeping it quiet — literally. While the 18-year-old has been credited with helping craft his father’s winning 2024 election strategy, the public has never heard him say a word.
Naturally, people have a lot of questions about the most mysterious Trump family member, from Okay, exactly how tall is he? to, weirdly, Does Barron have a beautiful singing voice? I will answer to the best of my ability below.
How old is Trump?
Barron was born on March 20, 2006. He is Melania Trump’s only child, and Donald Trump’s fifth child. (His eldest step-sibling, Don Jr., is 28 years older and his youngest, Tiffany, is 12 years older.)
Barron turned 18 in 2024, during his senior year of high school, which partly explains why he’s the least well-known Trump child. While the elder siblings were all adults during the first Trump administration, Barron was 10 when his father was sworn in and 14 at the end of his first term. Here’s video of Barron walking in the 2017 inauguration parade with his parents:
How tall is Trump?
We don’t know for sure, but he obviously has a few inches on his mother (who is five-foot-11) and his father (who is six-foot-three). If you’re willing to believe Google search results that have been repeated many times by legitimate news outlets, Barron’s height is somewhere between six-foot-seven inches and six-foot-nine. (For comparison, LeBron James is six-foot-nine.)
Did Trump really help his dad win the 2024 election?
Maybe! Barron’s parents credited him with helping Donald Trump win over younger voters, and particularly young men, by getting him to do interviews with various podcasters and influencers.
“He was very vocal” in advising his father, Melania Trump told Fox & Friends in December. “He knew exactly who his father needs to contact and to talk to.”
Donald Trump gave his “very tall son” Barron a shout-out for devising his bro-focused strategy during his second inauguration.
“He knew the youth vote. You know, we won the youth vote by 36 points,” the president said, falsely. “And he was saying, ‘Dad you’ve got to go out and do this one and that one,’ and we did a lot of them. And he respects them all. He understood them very well. And he said, ‘Dad, you’ve got to got out, do Joe Rogan, do all these guys,’ and we did … he understood the market.”
Where is Trump attending college?
New York University. Barron graduated from Oxbridge Academy, a private school in Palm Beach, Florida, in May 2024 and started at NYU’s Stern School of Business in the fall.
Does he live on campus?
No. He lives in Trump Tower, according to People. He was recently spotted arriving on campus “with a five-SUV motorcade while the Secret Service and NYPD monitored the area,” per “Page Six.”
Melania seemed to confirm that Barron is living in Trump Tower in a September interview with Fox News.
“It was his decision to come here that he wants to be in New York and study in New York and live in his home, and I respect that,” she said, adding, “I hope he will have a great experience because his life is very different than any other 18-, 19-year-old child.”
Does have a girlfriend?
During an October podcast appearance, Donald Trump said of his youngest son, “I don’t think he’s had a girlfriend yet.”
While Barron has not publicly debuted a significant other, there have been various rumors about his love life. Someone claimed to be his ex-girlfriend on social media, but I’m not going to dig around on a high-schooler’s TikTok account to confirm that.
An anonymous “insider” told People Barron is doing okay socially at NYU.
“He’s a ladies’ man for sure. He’s really popular with the ladies,” the source said. “He’s tall and handsome. A lot of people seem to think he’s pretty attractive — yes, even liberal people like him.”
Did Trump sing on America’s Got Talent?
What? No, of course not. Where would you get such an idea?
There’s video.
That’s an incredibly bad AI deepfake. According to the Daily Dot, lots of people have been falling for these videos in recent months, though they clearly don’t show the First Son, or even a real human:
Watching any single video should make it obvious that it’s fake. In some, Trump’s mouth doesn’t match the audio. In all of them, his image falls into uncanny valley territory—something that doesn’t quite look human, even to those who can’t articulate exactly why that is.
Snopes.com reported that fake videos of Barron singing “about his support for his father, and with heavy Christian faith-based references” started circulating in late 2024. The latest iterations show him performing on a singing competition show, with some actual footage from America’s Got Talent and American Idol spliced in.
To be clear, Barron has never appeared on a reality singing competition, or even delivered a speech in public like his siblings.
Have we ever heard Trump’s voice?
Barron has only been heard speaking in a few rare videos. The first two are from his childhood. In this interview with Entertainment Tonight he talks about playing the drums:
There’s some more footage of little Barron at a photoshoot with his parents here:
And in this clip that aired in 2010 on Larry King Live, Barron declares, “I like my suitcase!” as he plays with a Louis Vuitton briefcase in his father’s office. After the clip aired, King noted that Barron had an accent. “He does; he spends most of his time with me,” Melania answered. Donald added, “I think it’s great.”
The “I like my sootcase” audio went viral when the clip resurfaced last summer. But apparently Barron has lost his Slovenian accent — though it’s a bit hard to tell since, incredibly, there are only two recent videos of him speaking.
In November, TMZ posted an eight-second video of Barron making small talk during a party at Mar-a-Lago, in which his voice is barely audible. A month later, we got another clip of Barron greeting UFC founder Dana White on Election Night in a preview of the documentary series Art of the Surge.
“It’s very nice to see you,” Barron says to someone off-camera, before shaking White’s hand and saying “Hello, how are you? It’s very nice to finally meet you.” Thrilling stuff!
Did an obscure 1889 book predict Trump’s entire life and prove time travel is real?
Uh, maybe? Between 1889 and 1893, Ingersoll Lockwood published a collection of three stories — Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump and his Wonderful Dog Bulger, Baron Trump’s Marvelous Underground Journey, and The Last President — about a rich, time-traveling lad named Baron Trump. People summarized the plot:
The character is introduced as a wealthy boy who lives in Trump Castle, similar to the president, who has a penthouse in Trump Tower. In the first two books, the character travels through time with his dog Bulger and meets various people from different cultures.
The final book, however, focuses on the rise of a controversial U.S. president. According to a synopsis, the country is “torn by division and dissent” and there are “references to a hotel on Fifth Avenue in New York,” where Trump Tower is located.
The president-elect is described as “an outsider” who causes a “chaotic atmosphere.”
Politico wrote about the book series’ newfound popularity in 2017. The titular character was described as someone who “can’t stop talking about his brain” and, once, successfully sued his tutors, “alleging that they owed him money for everything he had taught them.”
After reading the books for a 2017 Politico piece on the series’ newfound popularity, Jamie Fuller concluded: “The cherry-picked Lockwood titles might seem revelatory, but when seen among the rest of his work, he doesn’t look terribly prescient.”
So, I guess that’s reassuring? Honestly, I’m too spooked to read anything else about this subject, but feel free to do your own research.
