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Barron Trump Turned 18 on Wednesday and His Entire Family Ignored His Birthday — Despite Wishing Him Happy Birthday in the Past

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Barron Trump, the youngest of Donald Trump’s children, and his only child with Melania Trump, celebrated his 18th birthday on Wednesday, March 20. But based on social media, Barron’s big day went totally ignored by his entire family.

Because he’s been a minor until now, Barron has not been in the news much during his father’s one term as president, or after Trump left office. Melania is reportedly very protective of Barron, keeping him out of the spotlight, and allowing him to live a seemingly normal childhood. However, she has wished his happy birthday on social media in previous years.

Donald Trump has four other adult children: Donald Trump Jr., 46, Ivanka, 42, and Eric, 40, all with his first wife, Ivana; and Tiffany, 30, with his second wife, Marla Maples.

So while we don’t know much about Barron, judging from what his father has said about him, and various reports, we know a little about the youngest Trump. Obviously, he is the tallest Trump. Barron is reportedly about 6″, 7″ tall, the tallest of the Trump siblings. While his father is reportedly 6’3″ (his license says 6’2″ and photos show him shorter than people who are 6’3″), his mother, a former model, is 5’11”. The next-closest in height among Barron’s half-brothers and half-sisters is Eric, who is 6’5″, then Don Jr. at 6’1″, Ivanka at 5’11” and Tiffany at 5’8″.

We know that Barron Trump is expected to graduate high school in West Palm Beach. When Barron and Melania moved to DC, he attended St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland, about 14 miles from the White House. Barron was the first president’s child over the past 35 years to attend St. Andrew’s. The others attended Sidwell Friends. Melania praised St. Andrew’s for “its diverse community and commitment to academic excellence.”

In August of 2021, Barron enrolled at Oxbridge Academy, a fairly new school (founded in 2011) located off Military Trail just west of West Palm Beach, about eight miles from Mar-a-Lago. Oxbridge was founded by William Koch, brother of the famous Koch brothers, Charles and David. Barron is expected to graduate this May.

A young Barron attends a fundraiser with mother Melania.

Barron is apparently looking at colleges and some reports suggest Melania may consider moving to the area where that college is located. Obviously we have no idea where Barron is going to college, but it wouldn’t be surprising if he attended the University of Pennsylvania, where his father, sisters, and brother Don Jr. attended. Penn is an excellent school, a member of the Ivy League. We don’t know what kind of grades Barron received, but if Charles Kushner could buy Jared into Harvard for $100 million, I am sure Donald could buy Barron into Penn.

Sadly though, it doesn’t seem like any of Barron’s family wished him a happy birthday online. Obviously they could have done it privately, and I am sure they are having a private party. But usually the Trumps love to brag and they wish their father and other siblings a happy birthday, but so far…nothing for Barron.

Thus far, Trump has said nothing, and has posted nothing on Truth Social. Thus far Trump has posted over 30 times, posting about “Sleepy Joe Biden” and slamming Letitia James and Judge Engoron, but nothing about his youngest son.

Melania has also posted nothing. Which is strange because one, what else does she have to do, and two, she has posted birthday wishes in the past. When Barron turned 15, Melania posted this:

Melania posted this when Barron turned 14:

And when he turned 13, Melania posted this:

I guess you can see the theme…balloons lol. And there are no posts on her Instagram either.

Then Barron’s siblings…Tiffany has often wished Barron a happy birthday, but so far she hasn’t said anything this year. Ivanka hasn’t posted a thing, and neither have Don Jr. or Eric. Heck, not even a post from Lara Trump or Kimberly Guilfoyle. The kid was truly ignored by his family on social media.

And of course, social media isn’t everything. I hope that every family member called him and wished him a happy birthday. I am sure Melania is throwing him an amazing birthday party, as Melania has thrown her life into raising her son into a good man. Let’s hope that she raised him to be the complete opposite of his rotten father. And I am sure Barron is missing his beloved grandmother, Amalija, who passed of cancer in January.

Barron with his father during a 2015 photo shoot at Trump Tower

Anyway, happy birthday Barron. Here’s to a wonderful year, and hopefully you’ll vote for Biden!

And here is a cute video of a young Barron, who spoke with a Slovenian accent. I am not sure whether he still has an accent, I would assume not since at the time in the video he only spent time with his mother and grandparents, who all spoke Slovenian with him. By now, having friends, going to school, I am sure he now has an American accent. That said, Barron is a dual-citizen of Slovenia and the United States.

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