Barron Trump to cast vote as Florida delegate at GOP convention nominating his father
Barron Trump, the sole child of Donald and Melania Trump, will reportedly step into the political arena, and national spotlight, as a Florida delegate at this July's Republican National Convention.
Barron's older half-brother, Eric Trump, will serve as the state delegation's chairman, according to the Republican Party of Florida. Kimberly Kimberly Guilfoyle, fiancé of Donald Trump Jr., will be on the platform committee.
“We are fortunate to have a great group of grassroots leaders, elected officials, and members of the Trump family working together as part of the Florida delegation to the 2024 Republican National Convention," said state party chair Evan Power in a statement.
The state GOP announcement did not mention Barron Trump.
Barron Trump's participation was reported on Wednesday evening by NBC News. The network said his name appeared on a list of delegates compiled by the Republican Party of Florida. Barron, who turned 18 two months ago, is scheduled to graduate from Oxbridge Academy in suburban West Palm Beach on May 17.
He will be eligible to cast his first votes in the August primary and in the November election. Before then, he will apparently cast a ballot as an at-large Sunshine State delegate to officially designate his father at the RNC confab as the GOP's presidential nominee for the third time.
Barron, a minor throughout his father's political career, has been kept out of the public arena even as his adult half-siblings have played prominent roles.
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Donald Jr. has been a fixture at his father's campaign rallies, Ivanka Kushner and her husband, Jared, were White House advisers and Eric's spouse, Lara, now serves as vice chair of the Republican National Committee.
Another Trump daughter, Tiffany, has also become more involved in her father's political life, too, and spoke on his behalf at the Republican convention in 2020.
Barron Trump has been kept out of the spotlight by his parents
But Barron has been guarded by his parents, and thus not a lot is known about the current high school senior at the private school just west of West Palm Beach.
He is the tallest of his half-brothers and half-sisters, reportedly about 6 feet, 7 inches, which makes him taller than his father at 6-3.
Donald Trump once noted in a Super Bowl Sunday interview while he was president that Barron enjoyed playing soccer. At the Conservative Political Action Committee, or CPAC, meeting in Orlando in 2022, Trump boasted about what he said was Barron's prowess with technology.
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"I have a young son, Barron. He can make his computer sing," according to The Independent.
This spring, a one-time NBC News official posted a social media comment saying the newly-turned-adult youth was "fair game" for media coverage, eliciting sharp blowback, including from former first daughter Chelsea Clinton.
“I think he’s a private citizen,” said Clinton, who also grew up in the glare of a White House childhood, when asked about the matter during an appearance on the ABC TV network’s “The View” talk show. “I feel so strongly that if you are a private citizen, you have an unimpeachable right to privacy, and I think the media should leave him alone.”
Antonio Fins is a politics and business editor at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach him at [email protected]. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.
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