Barron Trump's Dramatic Transformation Through The Years

Of all the Trump children, Barron Trump is arguably the most low-key. As the youngest, born in 2006, he mostly stays out of the spotlight. However, as he grows up and gets noticeably taller — almost towering over his famous parents — it's becoming more difficult for Barron to remain in the background. Particularly following his COVID diagnosis, which Barron's mother Melania Trump (the only child Donald Trump shares with his current wife) shared on the White House's official website.

He's clearly the apple of his mother's eye, with Melania telling the Palm Beach Daily News back in 2006, following her very first Mother's Day: "The love. It's unconditional love." Melania described being a new mom as "wonderful" and explained: "It's a miracle almost, I could say, that two people can create. It's very, very special." With Barron growing into a young man, though, he's making a name for himself in his own right, too. 

As his mother told Palm Beach Daily News, Barron Trump wasn't just an easy pregnancy for her, but a dream once he arrived, too. Melania Trump described little Barron as a "very happy baby. He's a very, very calm baby; he doesn't cry a lot. He's up throughout the day and has a good appetite. He's very curious. He wants to see [what's going on], and he loves company." Even back then, Barron knew how to let his mother know what he wanted, getting super excited when he saw the bottle coming. 

As for which family member the little guy looked like, clearly, there was only one choice. Melania proudly shared: "He reminds me of Donald. And a little bit of my dad. The baby looks like Donald. He has my eyes, and beautiful brown hair. He has long fingers and long legs" (via Palm Beach Daily News).

In 2009, Melania Trump bragged to People that Barron Trump, who was just 3 years old at the time, was already multilingual. "He speaks my language — Slovenian — English and French," she advised. Barron subsequently attended the exclusive Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. As Vanity Fair reported in 2016, parents at the elite, $45,000 per year school panicked when Donald Trump got elected as president and he and Melania decided to keep Barron in New York City to finish the school year, due to the increased security required. 

Speaking to Us Weekly, Melania explained that uprooting her 10-year-old son wasn't an option. She noted: "At that age, it's hard to explain to them ... If they love school, if they love friends, they don't want to lose that." It makes sense that Barron wasn't eager to leave New York as Melania noted her son had a whole floor to himself in their lavish Trump Tower apartment, including his own living room (via Town & Country).

Although the decision for Barron Trump and, more pressingly, Melania Trump to remain in New York City rather than joining the president in Washington, D.C., led to raised eyebrows, the family eventually united in the White House in June 2017. The move was especially notable because it marked the first time in more than 50 years that a presidential son lived there (via CNN). All three of the preceding presidents — Obama, Bush, and Clinton — only had daughters. While other presidents since JFK had sons, they were adults and didn't live in the White House. Therefore, Barron was the first son since JFK Jr.

The youngster made history again as the first presidential child to attend St. Andrew's Episcopal in Potomac, Maryland, as confirmed by Town & Country. The independent school enrolls 580 students from preschool all the way up to 12th grade while the annual tuition sets parents back close to $40,000. The Obamas, Clintons, Nixons, and Roosevelts all sent their kids to Quaker school Sidwell Friends.

As he grows up, Barron Trump's interests are coming to the fore. Town & Country notes that Melania Trump told a forum at Liberty University that Barron doesn't use social media, but is "all into sports." Soccer appears to be his go-to, as the teenager was spotted wearing an Arsenal F.C. jersey, while he also met D.C. United players during the White House Easter Egg Roll in April 2017, according to The Washington Post. He even plays himself, having been selected to join the U-12 team as a midfielder for D.C. United's Development Academy for the 2017-2018 season, according to Soccer America. Barron then joined the Arlington Soccer Association U-13 for the 2018-2019 season.

Barron is also a major sneaker fan, with Footwear News reporting the New Balance 574 Cores are his favorites. The growing youngster continues to get taller too as he's becoming a man in his own right and soon won't be able to hide in the background at all anymore.

Former President Donald Trump's final day in office was January 20, 2021. His adult children were all present at his final speech as leader, but his youngest son Barron Trump was noticeably absent from the day's events. Barron was also not photographed walking with his father and mother, Melania Trump, when they left the White House for the last time as residents of the home (via People).

People magazine chalked up Barron's absence to his mother's preference for keeping him away from cameras and photographers during their tenure at the White House and noted that Barron was onboard the flight that the rest of his family took to Miami, Florida, following the speech.

It's believed that Barron spent time in his family home Mar-A-Lago following the end of his time in the White House (via People). Unlike his adult siblings and his mother, Barron also did not make any kind of statement following the Trump exit.

Barron Trump had a lot to look forward to following the end of his family's time in the White House. Likely at the top of that list was his first post-White House birthday in March 2021, when he turned 15 years old. Barron's mother Melania Trump tweeted a short message to note her son's birthday, writing on Twitter: "Happy birthday BWT." Melania also shared a photo of two balloons, a number one and a number five. 

Twitter users were a little surprised by the photo that Melania shared, particularly as the balloons were solid black. One user wrote to Melania: "You could have found a more cheerful pic. This looks quite morbid" (via Twitter).

Barron's older sister Tiffany Trump also shared her own birthday tribute to her little brother to mark the day. As noted by the Daily Mail, Tiffany shared a photo of herself and a much younger Barron smiling together and wrote: "Happy 15th Birthday B! I love you!" Barron's other siblings did not note his birthday on social media, but that isn't out of the ordinary for them. As the outlet also noted, the precedent is that the older Trump siblings celebrate the birthdays of their parents and of their partners online.

It became clear that the Trump family intended to stay in Florida when Barron Trump enrolled at the Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach. The school's Director of Advancement, Scott Siegfried, made a short announcement confirming Barron's impending attendance at the private school. Siegfried said: "We look forward to welcoming him into our school and community" (via People).

Siegfried also noted that Barron's attendance at the school presented a unique opportunity, as this was the first time the academy had to account for the presence of Secret Service agents on school grounds. As he said: "They want to have little impact on our day-to-day operations. They've done this for other former presidents' kids. They're fantastic" (via People).

The private school was founded in 2011 by William Koch and provides education for students in grades 6-12. According to the Oxbridge Academy website, the school boasts 54 acres and "fosters the development of young adults into learners, thinkers, and problem solvers." 

It seems that leaving the White House might have given Barron Trump and his father Donald Trump the opportunity to grow closer together. In a lengthy April 2021 article about Donald Trump's life and the lives of his family since leaving the presidential residence, People noted that several locals in the Mar-A-Lago area had spotted Barron and Donald playing golf together. 

As a source told the outlet that this wasn't a common occurrence and it certainly garnered a lot of attention from onlookers. The source told the magazine: "Donald actually played golf with Barron at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach over the weekend. ... This was a big deal and surprising." The source also made sure to note the rarity of the moment and added: "For those who see Donald playing golf so frequently they have rarely seen him with Barron."

Barron has also spent plenty of time with his mother Melania Trump. A spokesperson for the family told the outlet that Barron remains Melania's top priority and that she "is enjoying life at Mar-a-Lago. She is focused on being a mother and putting her family first, while working on various projects that will take time to finalize" (via People).

Because public photos of Barron Trump are pretty rare, many were surprised in July 2021 when the New York Post shared several photos of the teenager with his mother in New York City. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the photos is that Barron had grown to a seemingly unbelievable 6 feet, 7 inches tall — nearly a foot taller than his mother who is 5 feet, 11 inches, and taller than his father who is 6 feet, 3 inches.

Only a month earlier, Donald Trump spoke about how much Barron had grown at a political event in North Carolina. He revealed that at 6 feet, 7 inches, his youngest son had now eclipsed the formerly tallest member of the family, Eric Trump. Donald said: "Barron is 6-foot-7, can you believe it? And he's 15. ... Eric is short — he's only 6-foot-6."

Barron was photographed again in July 2022 at the funeral of Donald Trump's ex-wife Ivana Trump, and people were again surprised by his height. As noted by Showbiz CheatSheet, while Barron's height is surprising, both of his parents are taller than average.

When Melania Trump delivered the eulogy at her mother Amalija Knavs' funeral in January 2024, she briefly mentioned how close Barron Trump had been with his late grandmother. "She showered her grandson Barron with affection, illuminating his world with love, tender care, and unwavering devotion," the first lady said (via Fox News). Barron had almost vanished from the public eye in 2023, but he joined his family to say goodbye to Knavs. He even posed with them for photos outside the Palm Beach church where the memorial service was held, allowing fans to again see just how much he towered over his parents.

Barron had grown so tall that Donald Trump couldn't even build his signature bristly bouffant high enough to be eye level with the first son. Barron's stature was also living rent-free in his father's head, as Donald let slip at a campaign event in Iowa a few days after the funeral. Speaking of Knavs' close bond with her grandson, he said, "Boy, did she take care of Barron. That's how he got so tall, he only ate her food," (via the Daily Mail). Donald also confessed that he had tried to talk Barron into giving up soccer for a different sport, but it seems that his son is immune to his art of the deal schtick. "I thought ... at [your] height I like basketball better but you can't talk them into everything," he said.

While he largely kept a low profile in early 2024, Barron Trump did pop up in social media posts shared by Mar-a-Lago guests from time to time. Days after he celebrated his 18th birthday that March, he joined his parents for Easter brunch at the seaside resort, where he was filmed channeling his dad by flashing a thumbs up at onlookers outside. He also had his hair styled in a flatter, less brassy version of Donald Trump's crispy combover. But when Donald began doing his fist-waggling dance indoors, Barron didn't join in — he covertly drifted away in the opposite direction.

Luckily, Barron wasn't forced to spend all his time at Mar-a-Lago hanging out with his parents. He befriended teen influencer Bo Loudon, a hardcore MAGA enthusiast whose parents are members of Donald's beach club. Unfortunately, their wild antics sometimes resulted in accidents. According to the Daily Mail, a dip in the club's pool ended badly for Loudon when he fell and suffered a broken arm. The two teens also crashed one of Donald's golf carts, but a source assured the Daily Mail, "It was all very minor, a fender bender. It just shows that these boys are rambunctious."

If Barron wanted to wind down in his room after a long day of keeping the Secret Service busy, it seems that his dad sometimes made this difficult. In an April 2024 episode of the "PBD Podcast," Vincent Oshana recalled a conversation he had with Barron about Donald assuming DJ duties at Mar-a-Lago. "Barron's like, 'Guys, I'll be in my room, and the house is shaking. My dad plays the music loud,'" he said. But at least he wasn't there to watch his dad bust a move to it.

May 2024 was a chaotic month for the Trump family. Donald Trump was busy with his hush money trial in Manhattan, while Barron Trump was preparing to graduate from high school in Palm Beach. Because Barron's graduation took place while his dad was supposed to be in court, Donald had to get the judge's permission to attend the ceremony. Melania joined him to watch their stony-faced son accept his diploma, but all of Barron's siblings skipped his graduation.

As soon as Barron had that diploma in hand, his former classmates seemed eager to spill the tea on what he was like. They told the Daily Mail that science was one of his best subjects, and while he remained a fan of soccer, he wasn't on the Oxbridge Academy's team. He also did not eat the school's food. "He would wait until he got home to eat, It was a little unusual," a source revealed. Skipping lunch apparently had nothing to do with trying to avoid his classmates, as he went to the cafeteria with everyone else at lunchtime. He was even described as being "sociable" and fun to talk to. However, the insider added, "He never attended football games or dances. I don't think he met up with anyone outside of school or went on dates."

Days after his graduation, Barron was spotted in Manhattan with Melania. Donald had been found guilty in his hush money trial, but a father with 34 felony convictions wouldn't remain Barron's only poor male role model.

When Donald Trump did an interview with Adin Ross in August 2024, he told the streamer, "My son Barron says hello. ... He's a big fan of yours." Ross has a history of platforming controversial guests, including Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist who once professed his love for Hitler. Then there's Andrew Tate, whom prosecutors in Great Britain have charged with crimes including human trafficking and rape. Tate is a popular manosphere influencer with views on women that most people would find abhorrent. On X, he's argued that they shouldn't be allowed to vote and declared that he wouldn't have sex with Taylor Swift because she's too old. He concluded that real gem of a post by writing, "If you're a girl, why even live past 30 unless you have kids?" All of this is relevant to Barron's life because Tate claims that he has a close relationship with the first son.

While speaking to reporters in February 2025, Tate claimed that he was allowed to speak to Barron after what was undoubtedly one of the most harrowing experiences of the teen's life: the July 2024 assassination attempt on his father. "I'm very close with the Trump family. I know them well," he said. One of Tate's business associates, Justin Waller, posed for a photo with Barron in April 2024 and later explained to the Daily Mail, "Bo [Loudon] reached out to me and told me that Barron watches my content and would like to invite me to dinner at Mar-a-Lago."

That November, Barron was spotted chatting with another divisive figure of a slightly different flavor during Thanksgiving dinner at Mar-a-Lago. "I was discussing consciousness & video games with Barron," Elon Musk later revealed on X. 

Even though he didn't make his first appearance at a political rally until July 2024, Barron Trump was more involved in Donald Trump's campaign than many people realized. He was working hard for his father behind the scenes by giving him advice, including telling him which podcasts to appear on. "He tells me about all the 'hot' guys, people I've never heard of," Donald revealed during an October 2024 appearance on Maria Bartiromo's Fox News show.

In addition to Adin Ross, whom Donald referred to as Barron's "friend" on Truth Social, the then-presidential-hopeful chewed the fat with a few other podcasters and streamers popular with young men, including Logan Paul and Theo Von. During a speech in Qatar, Donald recalled to members of the U.S. military, "[Barron] said, 'Dad, you got to do an interview with a guy named Theo Von.' I said, 'Who the hell is Theo Von?' He said, 'Dad, he's such a big guy. You got to do an interview,'" (via the New York Post).

On Fox News, Melania Trump also praised her son for helping his dad make inroads with young male voters. "He was very vocal, and he gave advice to his father, and was incredible how he brought in success," she said. At that aforementioned rally, Donald also learned that Barron himself was a big boon for his campaign when the crowd went absolutely wild for the first son. Barron's half-brothers even seemed in danger of being supplanted as campaign surrogates. "He's pretty popular. He might be more popular than Don and Eric," Donald quipped (via X).

Instead of attending his father's alma mater, Barron Trump decided to enroll in the business school at New York University, which is known for having a student population of a more liberal persuasion. There were also at least two other celeb kids who started their freshman year at NYU at the same time he did: Matt Damon's daughter Isabella Damon and Sean "Diddy" Combs' daughter Chance Combs.

Unfortunately for Barron, his height made it difficult for him to keep a low profile, and some of his classmates occasionally played paparazzi by filming and photographing him covertly. He did, however, avoid being gawked at by dorm dwellers by moving back into Trump Tower while attending classes. On campus, fellow students soon noticed that he was always trailed by his Secret Service detail, which likely made him a rather intimidating target for other freshmen looking to strike up friendships. According to TMZ, Barron did start trying to make friends, albeit in an unconventional way: by asking classmates for their Xbox gamertags so they could hang out in their favorite virtual worlds. Unsurprisingly, the soccer fan is reportedly fond of the FIFA game.

One source told Radar, "Barron is a typical geek." They added that the gaming crowd was one of the only groups willing to welcome the first son with open arms, in part because of his father's unpopularity. "They are the geekiest crowd around — but he has no choice," the insider said. However, according to another student, he was somewhat popular before the novelty started to wear off. "Some people were trying to talk to him and take pictures of him when they first saw him," they told the Daily Mail. "He's been quiet in class so far."

Barron Trump is a tech genius — in Donald Trump's mind, at least. In a March 2025 appearance on "The Ingraham Angle," Donald seemed mystified by his son's ability to turn a laptop on. "I turn off his laptop. ... I go back five minutes later, he's got his laptop. I say, 'How'd you do that?'" Donald marveled. "Pharma bro" Martin Shkreli also once bizarrely claimed that Barron created a crypto coin with him, which Shkreli exchanged DMs with Andrew Tate about. The jury's still out on whether or not this is true, but Barron was supposed to help his family tout their cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, during a September 2024 X Spaces livestream.

Donald boasted about his son's cryptocurrency knowledge, saying, "Barron knows so much about this. ... He talks about his [crypto] wallet, he's got four wallets or something, and I'll say 'what is a wallet?'" (via the Independent). Clearly, Donald desperately needed the teen to join in and offer some insight into the Trumps' crypto project, but because the interview went so long, Barron decided to leave his dad and older brothers hanging. "Damned teenagers! I'm like the old boomer now — the grumpy old man with a white beard," Donald Jr. quipped.

In a May 2025 "PBD Podcast" episode, Patrick Bet-David revealed that he had a conversation with Barron about his reticence to sit down for an interview. "He says, 'I haven't won at anything. Why would I go do an interview? Let me go win something, then I'm gonna go do an interview,'" Bet-David recalled. Apparently, winning the war with his dad over the laptop remaining on doesn't count.

For Donald Trump's inauguration in 2025, Barron Trump debuted a new look. He channeled Christian Bale's "American Psycho" character, Patrick Bateman, with slicked-back hair and an impeccably tailored suit, which was the work of Nathan Pearce. The tailor told Women's Wear Daily that he has designed pieces for Justin Waller before, and the podcaster referred Barron to him. Pearce also offered some rare insight into what Barron is like. "He's this super-bright kid," he said. "He's well beyond his years in terms of experience, knowledge, history. He's just very fascinating to talk to." The designer added, "He's hilarious. ... He's witty, smart and has a dry sense of humor."

By the time of the inauguration, Barron was 6-foot-9, so he definitely stood out in photos from the event. Fans got to see a lot more of him than usual, as he was filmed and photographed often. That sense of humor Pearce mentioned was on display when the teen photobombed Ivanka Trump, Tiffany Trump, and Lara Trump. However, Barron's sister-in-law didn't seem to find his prank very amusing. Barron also gave his father a lesson in civility by politely shaking the hands of Donald Trump's former rivals, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The behavior supported what Pearce said about Barron. "He is down-to-earth, nice as can be, and hospitable," he revealed.

While he was well-mannered at the inauguration, there was also a flash of Barron Trump's ego when he stood up and held his hand up beside his ear to indicate that he wanted the crowd to cheer louder for him. And according to one report, he had a legit reason to have a big ego. "He's a ladies' man for sure," an insider told People in December 2024. "He's really popular with the ladies." The source added that Barron had even won over classmates on the opposite side of the political spectrum from his father.

People's reporting contradicted what a source told Radar that same month. "Most of the girls there won't go near him because they see his dad as a fascist monster," they said. "He's got no chance of landing the types of girls he likes." However, according to NewsNation, Barron was neither being shunned by the opposite sex nor using his supposed ladies' man rep to play the field. "Barron has a really nice girlfriend and hangs out with her a lot," the outlet's insider claimed. This had to be devastating news for the TikTokers who are totally obsessed with Barron.

By June 2025, the Trump family's cryptocurrency business had likely netted Barron Trump around $25 million after taxes, according to Forbes, and it wasn't the only money-making venture he undertook. Months earlier, one of Barron's former Oxbridge Academy classmates, Cameron Roxburgh, told Newsweek that they had partnered up to create their own real estate company called Trump, Fulcher & Roxburgh Capital Inc. However, after Donald Trump's election victory, they decided to dissolve the business, with plans to relaunch it at a later date.

While Barron would carry on his father's legacy by getting involved in the real estate business, he might not follow him into the political realm. "That's not what he's interested in," said NewsNation's source of Barron's feelings about politics. After the college student turned 19 in 2025, another insider told People, "Barron is anxious to form his own companies and make money." They also praised his respectful behavior and attentiveness, describing him as "an old soul who is smart, well-spoken and well-read." From the sounds of it, Barron might have what it takes to find success in any project he decides to take on. And if ever changes his mind about politics, many of the MAGA faithful are already clamoring for him to run for president someday.