Barron Trump Reemerges For Mar-A-Lago Thanksgiving & The Internet Is Going Wild

By Shreya Mali
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Throughout 2025, Barron Trump has avoided the limelight with the same intensity that his father avoids picking a foundation shade that actually matches his skin tone. The last time that we saw Donald Trump's youngest son at a public event was all the way back in January, when he attended his father's inauguration ceremony. In the following months, he was a no-show at important events like Donald's address to Congress, as well as his ego-serving military birthday parade. 

 

The timeline of Barron's disappearance from the public eye halted in November, as he was spotted at the Trump family's Mar-a-Lago Thanksgiving dinner with both his parents. Although Barron did politely greet a person or two, he ultimately disappeared from view as Donald's ego took center stage, reveling in the attention. However, much to the president's dismay, all social media commentators could focus on was Barron and his head-turning height transformation. "The room is ELECTRIC! Barron is TALL!!" someone posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Notably, only a couple of days prior to the Thanksgiving event sighting, a PR expert told us that Barron only needed a soft touch to move past his 2025 public disappearance. Exclusively chatting with The List, Amy Prenner, the communications expert and founder of The Prenner Group, shared that from a PR perspective, it would be best if the elusive NYU student slowly and steadily waded back into the spotlight. The expert elaborated, "If we lean into that — let him show up at family events, White House holidays, maybe a state dinner here and there — people generally respond well. It's relatable." And Barron seems to have done just that with his low-key yet noticeable public appearance.

What has Barron Trump been up to during his prolonged disappearance?

Barron Trump standing with Melania Trump Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

In August 2025, a source shared with People that Barron Trump had quietly spent his summer making big business moves. According to the insider, Donald Trump's youngest son had been in talks with potential business partners who could help him with a tech venture. Given that Barron reportedly made millions before even entering his 20s, it's safe to say that he might know a thing or two about the art of the deal. 

In September, a New York Post source offered a major update on Barron, revealing that he had moved into the White House and intended to spend his semester at NYU's DC campus. Notably, when the president appeared on "The Ingraham Angle" and gave Fox News' Laura Ingraham a tour of the White House in November 2025, he claimed that Barron was in the building. However, Barron's hush-hush life at the White House reached a new level of strange as the days passed, as he was never spotted around the premises, leaving many to question if he was there at all. 

During Amy Prenner's exclusive chat with The List, she offered several plausible explanations for why we almost never see Barron in public. The PR expert shared that the President's son was in a unique position with millions of eyes on him, elaborating, "One awkward moment at a college party, one bad photo, and it's everywhere. He doesn't get the luxury of making typical college-kid mistakes in private." Additionally, Prenner believed that a low-key life would help Barron figure out who he was without all the external noise. 

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