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When Donald Trump moved into the White House successful January 2017, archetypal woman Melania Trump continued to unrecorded chiefly astatine Trump Tower successful Manhattan truthful their lad Barron Trump could finish retired the schoolhouse year before they relocated to Washington, D.C.
And that fundamentally acceptable the code for the full Trump presidency: Melania famously prioritized keeping her lone child—who was 11 erstwhile his dada was elected president for his archetypal term—out of the spotlight.
Not that determination wasn't plentifulness of curiosity astir what Barron's beingness astatine 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was like. After all, helium was lone the 2nd president's lad to walk portion of his puerility determination since John F. Kennedy Jr. successful the aboriginal 1960s. But for the astir part, the information that helium was a kid kept him off-limits from the benignant of scrutiny directed astatine his parents. Every erstwhile successful a portion he'd inclination connected Twitter (now X), usually due to the fact that a caller photograph had travel retired showing however darn gangly Barron was getting.
However, clip works successful mysterious ways and the archetypal kid is present 18 (and 6-foot-7!), meaning that erstwhile his begetter returns to the White House successful January, having defeated Democratic challenger Vice President Kamala Harris, he'll beryllium successful assemblage astatine New York University and his way forward—at slightest legally speaking—is his own.
"He is simply a precise strong-minded, precise special, astute boy," Melania told Parenting.com of her then-6-year-old successful 2012. "He is autarkic and opinionated and knows precisely what helium wants. Sometimes I telephone him small Donald. He is a substance of america successful looks, but his property is wherefore I telephone him small Donald."
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And a mates months shy of his 9th birthday, Barron was "terrific," according to his father.
"He's a large boy," Trump told E! News successful January 2015. "He's moving hard, he's starting the schoolhouse thing."
In 2016, during a statement against Hillary Clinton, the statesmanlike campaigner marveled astatine his 10-year-old's tech-savvy. "He is truthful bully with computers," helium said, "it's unbelievable."
With Barron's dada headed for the Oval Office again, get to cognize the former—and future—first son:
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Who is Barron Trump?
Born March 20, 2006, Barron is the lone kid of Donald Trump and 3rd woman Melania Trump. The erstwhile president is besides dada to Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump with his late ex-wife Ivana Trump and girl Tiffany Trump with 2nd ex-wife Marla Maples.
Barron was a sanction his dada "always loved" but "never had the courageousness to use" erstwhile his different kids were born, the Celebrity Apprentice host said connected The Oprah Winfrey Show successful May 2006. "I gave the thought to Melania and past I was going to instrumentality it distant astatine the precise extremity and she said, 'You can't instrumentality it away! I’ve been calling him Barron portion he’s been successful my tummy and you conscionable can't instrumentality it away!'"
Where did Barron Trump spell to school?
Before his dada became president, Barron attended the backstage Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School successful Manhattan, where, according to the school's website, tuition for the 2024-2025 word starts astatine $61,770 for pre-K.
Once the full household had moved into the White House, Barron started going to St. Andrew's Episcopal School successful Potomac, Md., successful the autumn of 2017. A twelvemonth of mediate schoolhouse astatine the backstage co-ed instauration currently costs $49,680.
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"It is known for its divers assemblage and committedness to world excellence," Melania said successful a May 2017 statement, explaining their choice. "The ngo of St. Andrew's is 'to cognize and animate each kid successful an inclusive assemblage dedicated to exceptional teaching, learning and service,' each of which appealed to our family."
After Barron's dada lost his bid for re-election to President Joe Biden successful 2020, the Trumps moved to Florida and the teen started astatine Oxbridge Academy successful West Palm Beach.
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Barron graduated from Oxbridge successful May with some parents successful attendance, the erstwhile president penning connected his societal media level Truth Social, per ABC News, "Going to Barron's High School Graduation. Great student, fantastic boy! Very exciting! DJT."
In September, Barron started assemblage astatine New York University, wherever he's a pupil astatine the Stern School of Business. His begetter and each of his siblings—except for Eric, who went to Georgetown—attended the University of Pennsylvania arsenic undergraduates.
How gangly is Barron Trump?
Few things astir the archetypal lad caught the public's attraction much during the clip helium lived successful the White House than his height.
Whenever Barron was photographed walking crossed the tract it seemed arsenic if he'd grown a fewer inches, the full satellite serving arsenic that comparative who can't halt marveling implicit however large he'd gotten. And it wasn't agelong earlier helium towered implicit some parents.
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Internet speculation has enactment the 18-year-old arsenic gangly arsenic 6-foot-9, but the Palm Beach Post, which enjoys person proximity to the family's location astatine Mar-a-Lago, has him astatine 6-foot-7.
"I said, 'You're gonna beryllium a hoops player,'" Trump said astatine a January 2024 run lawsuit successful Des Moines, Iowa, per the Daily Mail. "He said, 'Well, I similar soccer, Dad, actually.' I thought...'At your tallness I similar hoops better,' but you can't speech them into everything."
Paying tribute to his mother-in-law Amalija Knavs, who had died days beforehand, the campaigner said of her and Melania's dada Viktor Knavs, "Great people, large parents to each of us, really. Great parents, but besides to Barron. Boy, did [Amalija] instrumentality attraction of Barron. That's however helium got truthful tall, helium lone ate her food.'"
Is Barron Trump into politics?
Barron—who voted successful his archetypal statesmanlike predetermination successful November—hasn't truly voiced immoderate governmental sentiment 1 mode oregon different speech from attending the 2016 and 2020 Republican National Conventions successful enactment of his father.
He was offered the accidental to service arsenic an at-large delegate to the 2024 normal successful Milwaukee, but his mother's bureau said successful a statement that, portion helium was "honored to person been chosen arsenic a delegate by the Florida Republican Party," helium "regretfully" declined to enactment "due to anterior commitments."
But, arsenic the 2024 statesmanlike campaigner told Philadelphia vigor presumption WHPT successful May, Barron "does similar politics" and has offered advice.
"It's benignant of funny," the 78-year-old added. "He'll archer maine sometimes, 'Dad, this is what you person to do.'"
On his Barron-approved to-do list? Apparently The Joe Rogan Show, wherever Trump spent 3 hours chatting connected Oct. 25.
"He tells maine astir each the blistery guys," Trump told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo a mates weeks before helium headed to Joe Rogan's Austin studio. "People I ne'er heard about."
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And portion Barron wasn't seen astatine the 2024 RNC with the remainder of the family, helium did be a Trump run rally for the archetypal clip connected July 9 successful Doral, Fla., wherever his dada encouraged the teen to marque his beingness known.
"Where is Barron?" the campaigner called from the stage, per the New York Times. "Stand up! Look astatine him!"
As the assemblage started chanting Barron's name, his dada noted, "You’re beauteous popular," adding, "He mightiness beryllium much fashionable than Don and Eric! Welcome to the scene, Barron."
Here's a usher to the full Trump family, including kids and grandkids:
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Ivana Trump
Ivana Trump was the archetypal woman of President-elect Donald Trump. Born successful Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia—now Zlín of the Czech Republic—in 1949, she roseate to fame arsenic a competitory skier. And, acknowledgment to her matrimony to Austrian skis teacher Alfred Winklmayr in 1971, Ivana was capable to question often extracurricular of Czechoslovakia.
According to her publication Raising Trump, the exemplary met Donald 3 years aft her 1973 divorcement during a New York trip, wherever she'd traveled for a Canadian manner amusement up of the Montreal Olympics. They wed successful 1977 and welcomed 3 kids: Donald Trump Jr. calved successful 1977, Ivanka Trump calved successful 1981 and Eric Trump calved successful 1984.
The pair's divorcement was finalized successful 1992 pursuing his matter with Marla Maples, whom helium aboriginal married.
However, Ivana—who past joined Riccardo Mazzucchelli for 2 years followed by Rossano Rubicondi for little than a year—and Donald remained connected bully terms.
“Donald during the divorcement was brutal,” she told ABC News successful 2017. “He took the divorcement arsenic a concern deal, and helium cannot lose. He has to win. So helium took astir 2 years. And aft the last concern was straightened up, we would conscionable speech and we are friends.”
Ivana died successful 2022 astatine property 73. According to NBC News, the New York City Medical Examiner said she died of “blunt interaction injuries” and that her mode of decease was an accident. A elder NYC authoritative with nonstop cognition added the circumstances were accordant with a autumn connected the stairs successful her New York apartment.
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Donald Trump Jr.
In 1977, Ivana and Donald welcomed their eldest lad Donald Trump Jr. He began moving for his father’s institution The Trump Organization successful 2001 and present serves arsenic the enforcement vice president. Don Jr. has besides been progressive successful his dad’s governmental campaigns, including speaking astatine rallies and the Republican National Convention during his father's statesmanlike runs.
He shares 5 children with his ex-wife, exemplary Vanessa Haydon: Kai (who made a code astatine the 2024 Republican National Convention) Donald III, Tristan, Spencer and Chloe. Don Jr. is present engaged to Fox News alum Kimberly Guilfoyle.
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Ivanka Trump
Four years aft the accomplishment of Don Jr., Donald and Ivana became parents to girl Ivanka Trump.
Before her father’s presidency, the University of Pennsylvania alum worked astatine The Trump Organization. But aft helium was elected successful 2016, the manner marque founder—who had her ain eponymous line—took connected the relation of Advisor to the President.
After her dada announced helium would beryllium moving for president again successful 2024, Ivanka revealed she would beryllium stepping retired of the governmental arena to absorption connected her household with husband, erstwhile White House elder advisor Jared Kushner, and their children Arabella, Joseph and Theodore.
“I emotion my begetter precise much,” she said successful portion of a 2022 connection obtained by NBC News. “This clip around, I americium choosing to prioritize my young children and the backstage beingness we are creating arsenic a family. I bash not program to beryllium progressive successful politics.”
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Eric Trump
Born successful 1984, Eric Trump is the 3rd kid of Ivana and Donald. Like his brother, helium works arsenic enforcement vice president of The Trump Organization, which helium joined successful 2007.
He is joined to Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump, with whom helium shares kids Luke and Carolina.
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Marla Maples
Marla Maples is Donald’s 2nd wife, whom helium met portion inactive joined to Ivana.
In Raising Trump, Ivana wrote the histrion approached her astir the matter during a travel to Aspen successful 1989. Still, Marla said connected a 2018 occurrence of the ABC podcast Journeys of Faith with Paula Faris that she “never considered” herself a mistress.
"My volition was to ne'er bring hurt," she continued. "Do I privation much than thing that we could person had this narration aft his divorcement papers were signed? Absolutely. I mean, with each my heart. How overmuch heartache would it person saved truthful galore radical if I had seen that portion of insubstantial earlier we got involved? But it didn't hap that way."
Marla and Donald welcomed girl Tiffany Trump successful 1993, and the mates wed aboriginal that year. However, the Dancing With the Stars alum and the 45th commandant successful main announced their separation 4 years aboriginal and finalized their divorcement successful 1999.
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Tiffany Trump
After her parents’ breakup, Tiffany Trump relocated with her parent to California.
"She moved america retired of New York to get retired of the spotlight and fto maine turn up and find my ain individuality versus being successful the shadiness of a sanction oregon increasing up precise young with each that pressure,” Tiffany told People successful 2016. “So, she wanted maine to person a accidental to person a mean childhood. As mean arsenic possible. I deliberation that she did good successful that.”
She released her 2011 azygous “Like a Bird" and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania successful 2016 with a B.A. successful sociology, focusing connected instrumentality and society. She past went to Georgetown Law School, wherever she graduated with a JD successful 2020.
In 2022, Tiffany wed Michael Boulos. Her begetter announced they're expecting their archetypal baby during an October 2024 code astatine the Detroit Economic Club. "She’s an exceptional young woman," helium said during his remarks. "And she’s going to person a baby. So that’s nice.”
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Melania Trump
Melania Trump is Donald’s 3rd woman and incoming First Lady of the United States. Born successful Mesto, Slovenia successful 1970, she is the 2nd First Lady to beryllium calved extracurricular of the U.S. and the lone First Lady to go a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Melania met Donald successful New York successful 1996 portion she was moving arsenic a model.
“It was a large manner enactment that my person organized, manner week, and helium invited me,” she recalled connected a 2016 occurrence of On the Record With Greta Van Susteren. “That’s however we met with Donald.”
Melania and Donald joined successful 2005, and they welcomed lad Barron Trump the pursuing year.
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Barron Trump
Born successful 2006, Barron Trump is Donald and Melania’s lone child. While helium has lived a much backstage life—relocating with his parents from New York to unrecorded successful Washington, D.C. and past Florida—it looked similar helium mightiness participate the governmental satellite aft helium was selected successful May 2024 arsenic a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention. However, Barron declined the offer.
"While Barron is honored to person been chosen arsenic a delegate by the Florida Republican Party,” a connection from Melania’s bureau shared with NBC News astatine the clip said, “he regretfully declines to enactment owed to anterior commitments.”
Like studying, perhaps, with Barron starting his freshman twelvemonth astatine New York University successful 2024. "He was accepted to a batch of colleges," his begetter told the Daily Mail in an interrogation published Sept. 4. "He's a precise astute guy, and he'll beryllium going to Stern, the concern school, which is simply a large schoolhouse astatine NYU."
(Originally published July 27, 2024, astatine 4 a.m. PT)
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