Barron Trump is all grown up: A have a look at the primary son’s transformation from 2017 to 2025

President Trump’s youngest son Barron, 18, stepped into the highlight at his father’s inauguration on Monday.  

Standing at a towering 6’9″, many attendees and viewers remarked about how mature the youthful Trump has turn out to be since his father first took workplace again in January 2017.

At 10 years outdated, Barron Trump was usually the sufferer of merciless jokes and rumors from his father’s critics. His mom, Melania Trump, tried to protect him from undesirable scrutiny, although typically to no avail.

On Monday, the primary son commanded respect from onlookers as he stood by his father’s aspect through the inaugural ceremonies. Here’s a have a look at how Barron Trump has grown up since 2017.

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2017

At 10 years outdated, Barron Trump grew to become the primary son to reside within the White House since John F. Kennedy, Jr. in 1961.

Barron, who turned 11 in March of 2017, additionally lived at Trump Tower in New York on the similar time, attending Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School on the Upper West Side.

Beginning in 2016, rumors swirled about Barron Trump presumably having autism, which comic Rosie O’Donnell amplified. In 2024, Melania Trump mentioned that the rumors deeply impacted her son, who was bullied at college.

“I used to be appalled by such cruelty,” Melania Trump wrote in her memoir. “It was clear to me that she was not eager about elevating consciousness about autism. I felt that she was attacking my son as a result of she didn’t like my husband.”

“There is nothing shameful about autism (although O’Donnell’s tweet implied that there was), however Barron is just not autistic,” she added. “Barron’s expertise of being bullied each on-line and in actual life following the incident is a transparent indication of the irreparable harm triggered.”

2018

Barron turned 12 years outdated in March 2018 and continued to be a typical goal for Trump’s enemies.

Actor Peter Fonda known as for officers to “rip Barron Trump from his mom’s arms and put him in a cage with pedophiles.” He later apologized for the remarks.

“I tweeted one thing extremely inappropriate and vulgar in regards to the president and his household in response to the devastating photos I used to be seeing on tv,” Fonda mentioned within the assertion shortly after. “Like many Americans, I’m very impassioned and distraught over the scenario with youngsters separated from their households on the border, however I went method too far.”

2019

Barron was 13 years outdated when his household completely relocated to Mar-a-Lago in 2019. That yr, Trump mentioned he would have a “laborious time” permitting his son to play soccer.

“I simply do not just like the studies that I see popping out having to do with soccer — I imply, it is a harmful sport and I feel it is actually robust,” Trump mentioned on the time. “I assumed the tools would get higher, and it has. The helmets have gotten much better, however it hasn’t solved the issue.”

During a 2019 House Judiciary Committee impeachment listening to, Stanford legislation professor Pamela Karlan remarked that then-President Trump might “identify his son Barron, he can’t make him a baron.”

Melania Trump was upset that her younger son was talked about on the listening to.

“A minor baby deserves privateness and ought to be stored out of politics,” the primary woman tweeted on the time. “Pamela Karlan, try to be ashamed of your very offended and clearly biased public pandering, and utilizing a baby to do it.”

2020

As Trump was preventing for his re-election bid in 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the United States, Barron Trump continued to attend college and stayed out of the general public highlight. In 2020, “Jeopardy” host Ken Jennings apologized for a joke he instructed about Barron in 2017. 

“Barron noticed a really lengthy necktie and a heap of expired deli meat in a dumpster,” Jennings tweeted on the time. “He thought it was his dad & his little coronary heart is breaking.”

“Hey, I simply needed to come clean with the truth that through the years on Twitter, I’ve positively tweeted some unartful [sic] and insensitive issues,” Jennings wrote in 2020. “Sometimes they labored as jokes in my head and I used to be dismayed to see how they learn on display screen.”

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2021

Barron Trump was 14 years outdated when his father left workplace in January. He lived together with his mom at Mar-a-Lago full-time and stayed out of the highlight.

In July 2021, he was seen leaving Trump Tower with Melania Trump.

2022

Barron Trump was 16 when FBI brokers raided his father’s Florida property. He stored a low profile throughout this yr, however he was seen in public with each of his dad and mom on the funeral of Ivana Trump, Trump’s first spouse, in July 2022.

In November 2022, his father introduced his bid for the presidency.

2023

As President Trump’s marketing campaign kicked up once more in 2023, Barron was nonetheless absent from the general public highlight. In August of that yr, his father’s mugshot was launched.

2024

Barron Trump matriculated at New York University (NYU) within the fall of 2024. He graduated from Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach in May, and was seen attending courses at NYU’S Stern School of Business.

In November, he additionally voted for the primary time, casting a poll for his father in Florida.

2025

Barron appeared sharp as he attended his father’s inauguration on Jan. 20. Later through the day, he waved to the group after his father talked about his function within the 2024 marketing campaign.

“I’ve a really tall son named Barron. Has anybody ever heard of him?” Trump mentioned to cheers, as the primary son waved at attendees.

“He knew the youth vote. You know, we gained the youth vote by 36 factors… He mentioned, ‘Dad, you bought to exit, do Joe Rogan, do all these guys,’” Trump recalled. “We did, we did. And Joe Rogan was nice.”

The 18-year-old additionally wowed attendees when he shook arms with President Biden and then-Vice President Kamala Harris, with some social media customers speculating that he might pursue a political profession sooner or later.

“Barron Trump simply shook arms with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,” one X consumer wrote. “This child will probably be our President at some point. Bet on it.”

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“Barron Trump is a pure,” one other mentioned of Barron. “Totally owned the second.”

Fox News Digital’s Brooke Curto and Kyle Schmidbauer contributed to this report.