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Melania Trump’s Son Barron’s Height Sparks Paternity Speculations, ‘I Wonder Whose Son He Is?’

Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron was pictured with his dad and mom, Melania, on Friday, and there’s only one thing people on the internet can focus on: how incredibly tall he is.

Photos and videos of the 13-year-old walking with his parents to board Marine One Friday show him towering over his father, who stands around six feet, three inches tall, according to the president’s physician.

It isn’t known exactly how tall Barron is, but he appears to be at least an inch or two taller than his father.

As he is rarely seen in public, social media users were quick to express shock at Barron Trump’s seemingly extensive growth spurt since Trump’s inauguration in 2017.

Many joked that if he keeps growing, he could end up as a pretty good prospect in the NBA.

Others speculated that Barron’s father might not be Donald Trump.

CNN reporter Betsy Klein noted on Twitter that the youngest Trump seemed to have grown “half a foot since Thanksgiving.”

Others made the leap that Donald Trump couldn’t be Barron’s father, but obviously that is pure speculation:

It’s been reported that Donald Trump is annoyed by Barron’s height, since The Donald always wants to be the tallest person in the room.

According to the book Siege: Trump Under Fire by Michael Wolff, Donald Trump seems to have a fetish about height, and once complained that his son Barron was taller than him.

Trump had a “fetish” about being the tallest person in the room and when Barron hit 12 and had a growth spurt, he joked: “How do I stunt his growth?”

Wolff claims that Trump responded to the perceived challenge from his son with “hostility” and “went out of his way” to avoid him.

Barron Trump, who is the only child from Trump’s marriage to Melania, is not the first of the president’s sons to tower above their father.

Eric Trump, the president’s second son from his marriage to Ivana Trump, is around six feet, four inches tall.

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