For someone who’s played the parenting game four times with three different women, you’d think Donald Trump would know more about his youngest child, Barron Trump. Including whether or not his son has had a girlfriend or even dated anyone.
That’s kind of a big deal, you know?
But apparently it’s not a big deal for the former president, who appeared on the PBD Podcast with MAGA-supporting interviewer Patrick Bet-David earlier Thursday, according to The Independent. Barron, you may recall, began attending New York University last month, and Bet-David asked Trump if his son is “good with the ladies.” Dear old Dad remarked that he didn’t know if the young man has even been with a partner.
“I’m not sure he’s there yet,” the man who would be president again told the podcaster on Thursday. “I don’t think he’s had a girlfriend yet.”
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“He doesn’t mind being alone, but he’s somebody that gets along with people,” Trump explained later.
But I don’t think it’s that unusual that Trump doesn’t seem to know much about his youngest son. The man is so completely self-absorbed that he has little time for anyone else — except his simpering fans. And whenever he does talk about Barron, he keeps things pretty generic, as in:
“He’s very smart. He’s a good student and all that. He goes to a great school and does really well. And he’s a very nice guy,” Trump said.
Yep, like I said — quite generic.
But then Bet-David brought up Melania’s somewhat ironic nickname for Barron, who’s a towering 6’8.” And it’s a nickname I think she came up with to flatter her husband, not her son. In a 2012 interview with Parenting.com in 2012, Melania said “his personality” is like his dad’s.
“Melania, I think, called him ‘Little Donald’. I think, if I’m not mistaken, she gave that nickname to him,” the interviewer asked Trump, who quipped “He’s not so little because he’s a pretty tall guy .”
Barron is now attending NYU’s Stern Business School, where hopefully he’ll learn not to do the dumb things his father has done (you know, go bankrupt a whole bunch of times, and maybe don’t violate the RICO Act and inflate the prices on your properties. Things like that.)
Just sayin.’
And while we hope this doesn’t turn into a case of “like father, like son,” Trump told Bet-David that Barron is helping him learn how to attract young voters by using “hot” influencers and content creators.
“He tells me about all the ‘hot’ guys; people I’ve never heard of,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo last Sunday. “‘Dad, that guy is hot.’”
Barron has even purportedly gone so far as to help set up a so-called “power banquet” for his dad at Mar-a-Lago in April, which was attended by Bet-David. The young man also reportedly helped his dad garner a 90-minute interview with Kick influencer Adin Ross in August and Trump was given a golden Rolex and a Tesla Cybertruck.
I had hoped Barron would step away from his father, but it sure looks like I’m wrong here. It looks very much like Barron is turning into a chip off the old cow chip here.
Ugh.
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