Barron Trump, the president’s youngest child, is something of a mystery. He has spoken out loud in public very rarely. The public hasn’t gotten to know him in the way they have his older siblings.
A new book on the second Trump presidency offers some color on the president’s relationship with his youngest son, including a nickname he uses for him.
According to the Daily Beast, in Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, the new book by reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, the president refers to his 20-year-old son as “Honey.”
There’s some other color revealed in the book as well.
Trump may be known for the nicknames he gives his opponents, but the pet name he has for his youngest son is unexpectedly tender.
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“The book claims that Barron was the first person to inform Trump about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on September 10 last year,” the Beast reported, citing the upcoming book. “Barron called his father in a panic, fearing that his father could also be targeted, the authors claim.”
In response, the president said, “Calm down, honey, calm down.”
Trump has been known to refer to Barron as “Little Boy,” while Melania Trump is said to refer to Barron as “Little Donald.” Eric Trump, however, has said that the president calls him “honey” as well.
CNN obtained a copy of the book, which comes out next Tuesday, and shared some details:
“When President Donald Trump sat down for an interview in March with New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan for their new book, he showed them a document arguing he was more powerful than some of the most feared and treacherous leaders in history — including Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler,” the CNN report said.
“Trump had been asked by Haberman and Swan about the power he wielded as president in his second term and his place in history, which prompted him to tell the story of a two-page document he had received from “a historian” during an event honoring the hall of fame golfer, Gary Player,” CNN said. However, the “historian” turned out to be Player’s longtime caddy.
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