Barron Trump

About

Barron William Trump is the youngest child of United States President-elect Donald Trump. Following the 2016 United States presidential election, Barron became the subject of various internet memes.

Online History

Trump's 2016 Presidential Election Victory Speech

On November 9th, YouTuber Kribst uploaded footage of Barron during Trump's speech, along with the song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" playing in the background (shown below).

The following day, the @Worldstar Twitter feed posted a similar clip with the caption "Even Barron Trump don't believe in his dad Donald Trump," garnering more than 4,600 likes and 2,500 retweets in two weeks (shown below).

On November 13th, Redditor darkriptide123^[1] submitted a post titled "Barron Trump memes are on the rise," along with a photoshopped picture of Barron thinking about Minecraft during his father's speech (shown below).

Autism Speculation

On November 11th, 2016, YouTuber James Hunter uploaded a video titled "Is Barron Trump Autistic?", speculating that Barron may have autism spectrum disorder (video has since been removed, shown below is a re-upload from a different channel).

On November 23rd, Redditor iqbalsnugraha posted a screenshot of a green text story on 4chan about Barron helping his father win the election with "a small loan of a million dollars" and "autism" (shown below).

Bishonen Fan Art

On November 19th, 2016, the Japanese news blog Rocket New 24 published an article about bishonen fan art featuring Barron Trump (shown below).^[2]

Inauguration Memes

Barron Trump drew attention for his behavior during the Inauguration of Donald Trump. For example, a GIF of Barron rejecting his mother Melania's attempt at a high five (shown below) drew some media attention^[3] and was spread on Twitter in the following days.^[4]

An image of Barron holding his head in his hands in apparent disbelief grew popular; for example, an image posted to /r/MemeEconomy on January 24th^[6] using the image of Barron as a reaction image related to Minecraft (shown below, left) gained over 15,900 upvotes.

Also on January 24th, an image of Barron staring out the window of a limousine was posted on Reddit's me_irl,^[5] where it gained over 26,000 points in less than one day.

SNL Writer Tweet Controversy

On January 20th, Saturday Night Live writer Katie Rich sparked controversy when she tweeted "Barron Trump will be this country's first homeschool shooter." The tweet (edited version shown below) has since been deleted.

The fallout from Rich's tweet sparked debate on whether Barron Trump was off-limits for mockery. Saturday Night Live immediately indefinitely suspended Rich for her tweet.^[7] Rich later apologized for the tweet.

"The Expert" Shirt

On June 11th, during his first homecoming to the White House for summer break, Barron was photographed walking across the White House lawn wearing a T-shirt with "The Expert" printed on the front (shown below).

Shortly after, various image macros using the photograph appeared on Reddit and 4chan (shown below).

Peter Fonda Tweet

On June 19th, 2018, actor Peter Fonda posted a tweet written in all capital letters saying that Barron should be taken from his "mother's arms" and placed in "a cage with pedophiles" in response to controversies surrounding the separation of families at the United States border (shown below).

That day, Donald Trump Jr. replied to the tweet, calling Fonda a "sick individual" and asking him to "pick on someone a bit bigger" (shown below). Within 24 hours, the tweet gained over 21,300 likes and 6,900 retweets.^[8]

Meanwhile, Melania Trump's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham released a statement condemning Fonda's remarks as "sick and irresponsible" and revealing that the Secret Service had been notified.^[9]

The tweet was subsequently deleted, and Fonda subsequently released a statement through his manager and publicist apologizing for posting the message the following day:

"I tweeted something highly inappropriate and vulgar about the president and his family in response to the devastating images I was seeing on television. Like many Americans, I am very impassioned and distraught over the situation with children separated from their families at the border, but I went way too far. It was wrong and I should not have done it. I immediately regretted it and sincerely apologize to the family for what I said and any hurt my words have caused."

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