Trump's youngest son Barron. Trump clan: what do we know about the large family of the new US president

By the age of 70, Donald Trump had acquired not only an impressive fortune, but also big amount heirs. In particular, the current President of the United States has five children from three wives and already eight grandchildren. All the details about the most popular family in America are in the ELLE material.

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Donald Trump Jr.

The future president decided to name his firstborn after himself. Donald Trump Jr. was born on December 31, 1977. He became the first of three children of the entrepreneur and his wife, Czech model Ivana Zelnichkova, with whom he lived for 15 years.

Currently, Donald holds the post of executive vice president in his father's company and is actually his right hand. In addition, of all Trump’s children, Donald Jr. participated most in his election campaign, so it would not be surprising if the president wants his son to continue working in politics and, perhaps, repeat his “feat.”

By the way, Donald is like his famous parent even in terms of the number of family members - Trump Jr. and his wife, model Vanessa Haydon, have five children: 9-year-old Kai Madison, 7-year-old Donald John III, 5-year-old Tristan Milosz, 4-year-old Spencer Frederick and 2-year-old Chloe Sofia.

Ivanka Trump

The second child of Donald and Ivana was Ivanka Marie Trump. As a teenager, the daughter of the future president decided to follow in her mother’s footsteps and try her hand at modeling business. But the girl quickly got bored with posing for glossy publications, and she decided to devote herself to studying and writing books. Needless to say, as a true representative of the Trump family, whose members always try to achieve the maximum result, Ivanka graduated economic school from the University of Pennsylvania with honors.

IN this moment eldest daughter Donalda is the vice president of the Trump Organization and also produces a collection jewelry under your own brand Ivanka Trump Collection.

As for Ivanka’s personal life, for the last seven years she has been married to businessman Jared Kushner and has three children with him - 5-year-old Arabella, 3-year-old Joseph and 7-month-old Theodore, who was born in the midst of the election race.

Eric Trump

Trump's third child and last from his first wife Ivana is Eric. Like his brother and sister, he works in his father's empire. In particular, he holds the post of executive vice president for development, mergers and acquisitions of the company. True, unlike the rest of his relatives, Eric does not really like to appear in public and give interviews.

Two years ago, Trump's third child married TV producer Lara Yunaska. It is worth noting that the groom’s father did not skimp on the celebration and organized a grand celebration in honor of the newlyweds, which was attended by more than 400 guests.

Tiffany Trump

Tiffany is the only child from Donald's marriage to actress Marla Maples, with whom he lived for 6 years and divorced in 1999. Like elder sister, with whom Tiffany is very close, she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. But, unlike Ivanka, after graduation the girl is in no hurry to start building a career in the company famous father. Tiffany spends most of her time on social networks and dreams of conquering Hollywood.

Donald Trump's 10-year-old son Lately became the object of malicious ridicule from Internet users. Many people find his behavior strange social events, in connection with which some bloggers diagnosed the boy with autism in absentia.

Let's try to figure out what he really is, Barron Trump.

1. Barron was born on March 20, 2006 to Donald and Melania Trump. By standard standards it can be considered late child. At the time of the boy’s birth, his father was almost 60 years old and his mother was 36.
2. Close surroundings Trump believes that of the president’s five children, Barron is the most like him, not only in appearance, but also in habits.



Trump's former butler recounted how he once served 2-year-old Barron breakfast. The boy looked at him from the height of his high chair and said sternly:

“Sit down, Tony. We need to talk"

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3. Unlike many other rich people, Trump and his wife refused the services of nannies. Trump commented on it like this

“When you have a lot of outside help, you hardly know your children.”

Melania is raising her son herself:

“I'm a full-time mom. This is my main job. I make him breakfast, take him to school, pick him up and spend the rest of the day with him."


4. Melania Trump calls her son "Little Donald." She believes Barron is as “strong-willed,” “independent,” “stubborn,” and “sure of what he wants,” just like his father.


5. The boy speaks fluent Slovenian, which is his mother’s native language. From the very birth of the boy, Melania spoke to him in her native language.

6. Barron attends a prestigious New York school, where tuition costs $45,000 a year. However, for Trump this is mere pennies.


7. Barron is not moving into the White House yet. He will remain with his mother in New York for at least another 6 months to finish the school year.

8. Barron will cost New Yorkers $1 million a day. That's how much it costs to ensure the safety of the president's son. Taxpayers will, of course, pay for security.

9. Barron is a computer genius. His abilities amaze his father: “He’s so good with these computers... it’s incredible!”


10. In Trump's New York apartment, the boy has an entire floor at his disposal, where he can do whatever he wants, even paint the walls and floor. Melania Trump explains it this way:

"We let him be creative, let his imagination fly... When he was younger, he started drawing on the walls... One day he was playing bakery and he wrote 'Barron's Bakery' on the wall with crayons." He's very creative. If a child is forbidden all the time, then how can he develop? Creative skills?»


11. Barron doesn't like sportswear. He prefers business suits and ties.


12. The boy prefers mathematics and natural Sciences .

13. Barron enjoys having dinner alone with his father and playing golf with him. The boy is also partial to tennis and baseball. Trump proudly calls his youngest son an "athlete."

14. The boy likes to play alone. He can spend hours assembling huge structures from a construction set, approaching this matter thoroughly and thoroughly. He never complains about being bored and always finds something to do.


15. He was subjected to cruel public ridicule. Barron’s “strange” behavior is actively discussed on the Internet. Thus, it seemed abnormal to many that during his father’s speech after winning the election, the boy did not express joy at all, yawned and struggled with sleep (this was at 3 a.m.).

Barron Trump during his father's speech after winning the election

During Trump's inauguration, the child smiled inappropriately, swayed and behaved rudely with his mother.

Trump's son during the inauguration

When Trump signed his first presidential decrees in the presence of journalists, the boy, not paying attention to anyone, played with his six-month-old nephew, the son of Ivanka Trump, which also caused a heated discussion on social networks.

Barron Trump plays with Ivanka Trump's son during the signing of documents.

Barron got the first number: he was called both “autistic” and “the school shooter on homeschooling", and a "vampire" (due to his pallor), and Joffrey Baratheon (a negative character from "Game of Thrones"), and a "freak", and even a future maniac. However, many were outraged by such abuse of the child. Monica Lewinsky and Chelsea Clinton spoke in his defense.

Models from Slovenia. Although his mother and father carefully protect Barron’s life from intrusive reporters, his photos, like those of the rest of America’s first family, appear on the pages of secular publications. Since the rapid development political career The boy's father's interest in the biography of Barron himself increased.

Childhood and family

Barron was born a year after Melania and Donald's wedding, on March 20, 2006. Parents refused the services of hired nannies. Melania herself prepares him breakfast, gets him ready for school and meets him after school, studies with him in the evenings, and Donald is much more loyal to his son than he once was. own father, an authoritarian and tough businessman.

Trump believes that a child should not be limited in his hobbies and scolded for the slightest offense. He believes that he is raising a creative and imaginative son.

Donald Trump's family is large and surprisingly friendly, although all of his children were born from different wives. The eldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, work in the corporation of the head of the family. The daughter is also involved in business and produces her own line of jewelry. The girl is married to and friends with younger sister from his father's second marriage - .

Barron himself shows friendly and related feelings towards his older brothers, sisters and nephews. For example, during the ceremonial signing of the first documents by his father as president, the boy played with the younger six-month-old son Ivanka, which caused dissatisfaction among part of the audience.

Until 2016, there was no suggestion from anyone in the press that Trump's youngest son was sick. However, the boy’s behavior during the ceremonial events dedicated to his father’s inauguration as president seemed inadequate to many. One journalist even suggested that Barron was autistic, which caused a storm of indignation from his parents and the public. Melania promised to sue the blogger who first started the rumor about her son's autism.

The reason for such statements was strange behavior Donald Trump's son during his presidential speech after winning the election. The boy yawned desperately and fought against sleep (by the way, it was three o’clock in the morning in New York at that time). Another episode occurred at the inauguration: Barron swayed, smiled inappropriately and behaved rudely with his mother, which was again mistaken for an illness.

However, this behavior can also be attributed to the child’s fatigue and age: how much can you ask from a ten-year-old boy, even if he were the son of the president at least three times?

Melania Trump had another conflict with the press in August 2017. Appearing at the Morristown airport wearing a T-shirt with a children's slogan, Barron caused indignation among a number of members of the press, vigilantly following every step of the president and his family. Melania responded to the criticism by noting in her Twitter profile that interference in the internal affairs of any family is unacceptable. Trump's wife was also supported by the daughter of the former US President, who noted that the child has the right to do as he pleases. Barron also came out in defense. The girl called on reporters to be kinder.

After this incident, Barron began to draw criticism from journalists less often, although previously the boy was accused of being unsmiling and stiff. Trump Jr.'s favorite clothes are shorts, short jeans, and bright T-shirts. To school, Barron wears New Balance sneakers, which cost no more than $150. Only for official events, according to the rules of etiquette, Barron wears business suits and ties.

Personal life

Before his father's presidency, Barron attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in New York. At one time, Herman Melville, the author of the novel “Moby Dick, or White whale", and actress. The boy spent most of his free time in his father's mansion, Trump Tower, where he had an entire floor at his disposal.

In an interview, the mother noted that the boy looked like his father both in appearance and in character. He is just as stubborn, independent and purposeful, it is impossible to convince him, so his mother even gave him the nickname “little Donald.”

For now, Barron’s personal life consists of his mom, dad and numerous relatives. Barron's grandparents, Melania's parents Victor and Amalia Knavs, periodically become guests of the Trump family in the White House.

Barron Trump has an official profile on "Instagram", which was created in December 2016. Photos of the boy with his family and friends appear on the page.

IN free time Trump Jr. builds entire cities and skyscrapers using construction sets. He plays quietly by himself and enjoys watching movies, which worries Trump Sr. The President believes that modern films contain a lot of violence and aggressive scenes that have a harmful effect on the psyche of the younger generation.

Unlike his father, who communicates with the people he needs, Barron is friendly. First of all, after moving to Washington, the boy invited his school friends from New York on a tour of the White House. The party was fun, the guys were allowed to stay overnight.

Barron Trump now

At the beginning of 2017, Barron was still living with his mother in his father's mansion, as his parents decided not to bother the child with moving to the White House before the end of the school year. But in the summer, Barron had already settled in the White House and became the second boy after his son to live in this building. The boy had several rooms at his disposal, as well as a swimming pool, a basketball court, and a home theater.

The boy's place of study also changed. His school was St. Andrewʼs Episcopal School, where tuition costs $40 thousand. Classes in this private educational institution are small - only 10-15 people. Before Barron Trump, presidential offspring traditionally attended Sidwell Friends. But Trump disrupted the usual course of things. The boy arrives at school in a government car with security. Barron moves around the city separately from his parents’ cars, which journalists have repeatedly noticed.

Now the boy speaks fluent Slovenian, his mother’s native language, studies French, and loves mathematics and natural sciences. His father believes that Barron is a future computer genius because he can easily understand modern programs. The boy shares his father’s hobby of golf and often goes out on the field with Donald Trump.

Barron is also interested in other sports. He is partial to baseball and tennis. Barron Trump is a London Arsenal fan. The boy himself is not averse to kicking the ball. After an amateur game with the players of the American club DC United, the boy himself became a player in the youth team and took part in 24 matches during the 2017/2018 season.

Thanks to active preparation, Trump Jr. is becoming taller every day and is about to catch up with his parents in terms of growth parameters. The boy's weight does not exceed average: Barron does not suffer from extra pounds.

The youngest son of the new US President Donald Trump, Barron Trump, is the first boy to live in the White House since the son of John Kennedy in the 1960s.

Barron is the only child of Donald Trump and his current wife Melania.

The boy was born in 2006 and is closer in age to his 8 nieces than to his brothers and sisters. His age difference with his older brother Donald Trump Jr. is 28 years.

“Little Donald” - this name was assigned to the boy due to his very strong resemblance to his father.

Melania Trump, in an interview with ABC News in 2013, noted: “He is a very energetic, smart, special boy. He is independent and stubborn and knows exactly what he wants. In appearance he looks like both of us, but it is because of his personality that I sometimes call him “Little Donald.”

Barron studies at a private school in New York (Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School), where a year of tuition costs 45 thousand dollars. Among famous alumni school, founded back in 1764, is the author of the novel “Moby Dick, or the White Whale” Herman Melville, as well as actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, famous for her image of the vampire slayer.

Barron spends his free hours in his father's Trump Tower, where he has an entire floor at his disposal. According to Melania Trump, the boy loves order, but sometimes he indulges in drawing on the walls. Since a separate floor was transferred to his use, he is not forbidden to draw on the walls.

At 10 years old, Barron Trump speaks English and Slovenian, his mother’s native language. Melania Trump, in an interview with ABC News, also mentioned the boy’s passion for assembling large construction models.

Despite such a positive description, the youngest son of the US President recent months became the object of universal attacks and ridicule on the Internet.

The latest was the boy's behavior at his father's inauguration ceremony last Friday, where he appeared sleepy, absent and completely disinterested in what was happening.

NBC writer Katie Rich posted in her Twitter post about Barron becoming the first homeschooled school shooter. She later deleted the message, as subscribers began to reproach her for cruelty.

Critics returned to talk about Barron having autism and his parents hiding the fact. This possibility was first discussed online in November 2016, after Trump won the presidential election. First Lady Melania Trump then promised to sue the blogger who first published a video on this topic.

The 36-year-old daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, stood up for the boy. She wrote on her Facebook page: “Barron Trump deserves, like all children, the chance to just be a child.” To this, Chelsea added a couple of lines criticizing Donald Trump, calling his policies towards children harmful.

Also the day before, Monica Lewinsky spoke out in defense of the boy. She tweeted under the hashtag #barrontrump: “All children should be protected from bullying. Let's be kinder."

However, this is not the first time Barron Trump has surprised audiences with his atypical behavior at major events. Last November, during Donald Trump's first speech after his election, the boy almost fell asleep. This also did not escape the eyes of the audience. It is worth noting, however, that when Trump made his speech, it was three o'clock in the morning in New York.

Among user comments social networks there are the following sayings: “Someone put Barron Trump to bed. Or give him Red Bull"; "When your own son doesn't want you to become president"; “Don't worry, Barron Trump. I also dozed off during your father’s speech.”

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The statement posted on whitehouse.gov 4 days after the inauguration is impersonal and laconic (“According to a long-standing tradition, the children of presidents are given the opportunity to grow up without political attention. The White House fully expects it to continue." But you don’t understand what, and most importantly, about whom we're talking about, impossible. The hysteria about Barron Trump's inadequacy is beginning to take mass form, and two days earlier Chelsea Clinton, daughter of the 42nd US President Bill Clinton, tried to stop her on Twitter, writing: “Barron Trump, like all children, deserves the chance to be just a child.” The well-known Monica Lewinsky, thanks to Clinton, also spoke out in defense of the boy. Her tweet with the hashtag #barrontrump reads: “All children should be protected from intimidation and bullying. Let's rise above this."

Among the reasons why President Trump's son is so at a young age became an Internet star, there is one curious thing: this is the first boy who will finally appear in the White House since 1963 (for a second, that’s more than half a century!). The previous one was John F. Kennedy's first-born son, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. He was born 16 days after his father was elected head of the country and spent the first three years of his life in the presidential mansion in Washington. The baby grew up almost in front of the entire country, thanks to which he earned the nickname “son of America.”

What's the matter

Barron Trump was also awarded the title, although much less flattering - he is called “rain man” (by analogy with the character in the film of the same name - a genius and... an autist). It is not entirely clear where the prerequisites for this came from, because the younger Trump was quite rarely in sight during his father's election campaign ─ Melania tried to keep him in the shadows. He appeared in public three times: during Trump's campaign trip to South Carolina, at his speech at the Republican National Conventionand during a speech after winning the presidential election.

The latter was won back by the media community in full. On November 11, that is, almost immediately after the results of the presidential race were announced, the TV presenter of the popular American show The View, comedian Rosie O’Donnell posted on her Twitter a link to a video and a question: is the president’s son autistic? In fact, O'Donnell's message was a retweet - she was replicating a video that blogger James Hunter had posted on YouTube a little earlier. It was a compilation of “weird” and “unusual” (such as closed facial expressions and uncoordinated movements of arms and/or legs) behavior of Barron Trump, supported by statements about him from his father and mother, which were taken from interviews different periods family life. The video promoted the author's assumption that Donald Trump's youngest son is autistic. Melania, taking control of the situation, ensured that the video was removed from the portal. The development of this episode was not particularly successful: firstly, all Americans are aware that O’Donnell quarreled with Trump ten years ago, and secondly, since one of her own daughters has autism, why shouldn’t Rosie do it? What's going on at her house?

New impetus to hundreds of thousands of comments on Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #barrontrump was the inauguration of President Trump. A video of Barron Trump sharply withdrawing his hand from Melania during the inauguration parade (and then even choosing to walk next to his father rather than his mother) excited social networks. But they were blown up by a tweet from a certain Katie Rich (as it turned out later, the screenwriter of another beloved TV show, Saturday Night Live) - biting, cold and, in general, even cruel. Ms. Rich wrote that the younger Trump would apparently be “the first homeschool shooter” (“Barron will be this country’s first homeschool shooter”), implying that the president’s son, in his appearance and behavior, resembles typical troubled American teenagers who run to solve problems sadly in a way known to the country. Later a short time after the recording, the account was blocked, after which only one entry remained on it, informing that Katie Rich “sincerely regrets the thoughtless and offensive words” (later it became known that the apology did not help ─ NBC terminated the contract with her).

Daddy's boy

A little earlier, the media did not fail to note Barron’s absence from the Trump family at the pre-inauguration concert. The parents did not explain why their son was not with them, saying only that he was at home. But Sasha Obama, for example, was not at the event on January 10, when her father gave his farewell speech as President of the United States! In general, it is difficult to imagine the amount of rumors and gossip that Barron Trump’s absence from the White House, even if temporary, will generate.

Barron, 10, is in school, so he and Melania will continue to live in New York in a luxurious penthouse on the 66th floor of Trump Tower at least until the end of the current school year. Mrs. Trump herself insisted on this - she did not want to expose the boy to unnecessary stress associated with moving, changing classmates, teachers, etc. Rumor has it that the Trump family tower on Fifth Avenue will become a “branch” of the White House in New York, because it will have to be strengthened many times over security. Barron will be put in an armored car, special agents will be assigned to him, and the school will be inspected every day before the start of classes to rule out the possibility of an assassination attempt or terrorist attack.

Today, everything that concerns Barron Trump is subject to crazy criticism. Although, if you look at it, there are not many reasons for ironic attacks. He is bilingual (speaks English and, thanks to his mother, speaks fluent Slovenian). IN early childhood managed to appear on television (including The Oprah Winfrey Show). He loves baseball and never misses the opportunity to play golf with his father (for which he takes lessons specifically). He does not have a single official account on social networks, and those that are registered in his name belong to fans.

In general, Barron behaves like a normal child, and Melania herself contributed to the creation of an aura of ambiguity and “specialness” around him. It was just before Barron Trump became the son of the US President. For example, in an interview with Parenting, she described him as a “smart but very specific boy” who “loves to play alone and can do it for hours” and said that, unlike his peers, he does not decorate the walls of his room with drawings and posters, but prefers clean White color, and also loves to wear suits to look like dad. The baby is so similar to his father that she often calls him “mini-Donald,” the current first lady admitted. Barron was 6 years old at the time of the revelations...

Who else?

However, no matter how hard the White House administration tried to appeal to political correctness, ridicule and mockery of high-status children took place much before Barron Trump appeared here. What were the presidential youth accused of?

Malia and Sasha Obama: lack of style and good manners
The result of criticism of the daughters of the 44th US President Barack Obama by an employee of the National Committee of the US Republican Party, Elizabeth Lauten, was sad - the American had to resign from her position. In 2014, she posted a plea on Facebook to the Obama girls, asking them to remember that they were part of the family of the first person of the state, and to dress accordingly, and not as if they were “going to hit the bar” (an event attended by her daughters President was held at the White House). Madame supplemented the satirical post with a valuable remark that “you shouldn’t roll your eyes like that, even if you’re frankly bored.” Sasha was 13 years old at that time, and Malia was 16. Later, Lauten deleted the topic (though not before third-party commentators told her that speaking in such a tone was generally indecent) and apologized for her notation, but to save the situation It did not help.

Jenna and Barbara Bush: scandals and brawls
Jenna and Barbara Bush became the first twins to appear in the White House. They were 19 when their father, George W. Bush, became the 43rd president of the United States. Not the youngest age, but not old enough to do whatever you want, especially if you are the daughter of the head of state. In April 2001, the girls were caught at the scene of a “crime” - Jenna treated herself to strong alcohol in one of the night bars in Austin. Everything would be fine, but she violated the law written by her own father when he was the governor of Texas, which prohibited the use of alcoholic drinks persons under 21 years of age. Despite the fact that the case received publicity in the press, after some time the sisters repeated the feat, presenting someone else’s driver’s license as identification... While tolerant Europeans laughed at the situation, and Americans excitedly discussed it, the president’s daughters ─ by that time they were awarded the funny nickname “nightmare of the special services” ─ they were given lectures about the dangers of alcohol and sentenced them to public works. The antics of Jenna and Barbara were analyzed in detail on the specially created website firsttwins.com: after describing the next delicate situation in which the twins found themselves, its traffic doubled. By the way, the presidential administration and George W. Bush personally always reacted to these scandalous cases in the same way: “No comment.” It was Jenna and Barbara, who knew firsthand how cruel journalists can be when leaving The White house in 2009, wrote in a letter to Sasha and Malia Obama about how difficult it is to be the president's children.

Chelsea Clinton: unsightly appearance
Life in the White House occurred in my teens only daughter 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton. Chelsea Clinton was 13 years old in 1993. She grew up as an ordinary girl who spent more time with books than with cosmetics. The Clinton couple also tried their best to protect their daughter from contacts with the media, but they always found a reason to pay attention to the presidential daughter and tease her for appearance. Jokes with political implications were particularly nasty. So, in 1998, Republican Joe McCain publicly asked: “Do you know why Chelsea Clinton is so scary? Because her father is Janet Reno (78th US Attorney General, who served throughout Bill Clinton's administration). At that moment, Bill Clinton’s excerpt changed: “You know, when they laugh at me, I find it funny myself. But you'd have to be an insensitive idiot to make fun of a teenage girl. We're trying to help her learn to ignore it, so I think it'll be okay." The lessons were not in vain: over time, Miss Clinton became prettier, acquired the prefix “Mrs.” and two children, and made a career. She's really okay. But the memory of the painful stings that strangers can make just because you are nearby in the frame remained, and she was the first to defend the younger Trump.