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MAGA Kid Wants EVERYONE to Know That Barron Is His Best Friend — And That Trump Approves of Their Friendship

Donnie seems desperate, especially the way this kid says it.

Bo Loudon is a rising Gen Z political influencer from a family well-steeped in conservative politics.

Aside from his 200,000 Instagram followers — and more than half that many on X as well — Loudon boasts a mother who’s a conservative commentator and former Trump campaign worker and a father who’s a former GOP Missouri state senator.

Oh, and he’s Barron Trump’s “best friend.”

It’s hard to imagine the hermit-like Barron even having a best friend, as sheltered as his life has been. His mother has famously kept him out of the limelight for as long as possible. He’s only recently become a part of his father’s political machine.

But if Bo Loudon has already amassed that kind of following on social media by only age 17, it seems that he was born ready to take his place on the dais next to Barron’s dad.

Bo tweeted on Monday after an encounter with the former president, and he was ecstatic:

“It’s always an honor getting a photo with my FAVORITE PRESIDENT, but this was time was different and much more special. Trump asked how I was doing, double checked about 5 times if I got a photo, made sure everyone knew that I’m best friends with his son Barron, and told them all how great my mom @RealDrGina and I are.”

Bo doesn’t stop at just pictures. He posts daily about the “rightful president” and praises him nonstop, which is sure to be a tremendous boost to Trump’s tremendous ego.

Joe Biden wasn’t really doing that great with the younger crowd, but his successor has tightened the race for Gen Z support considerably. For many in this age group, it will be their first time voting in a presidential election. It stands to reason, then, that each campaign would work to get those who would influence “their” kind of voter to appear on their behalf.

Kamala hasn’t had to do much work. Unbidden, pop stars Taylor Swift and Charli XCX have come out strong in favor of Harris, with Swift doing massive voter registration drives and Charli associating Kamala’s style with the ethos of her latest record, “Brat.”

Meanwhile, Trump has resorted to interviews with  white supremacist alt-right types who appeal to young conservative males. His interview with Adin Ross, the self-proclaimed “butt sniffer” famous for smelling the chairs of celebrities after his guest gets up, was controversial to say the least.

Polls show Harris in the lead nationally among all age groups. But the battle for Gen Z votes remains tight.

We’ll have to wait and find out if the Swifties are more influential than Barron’s best friend Bo.

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Andrew is a dark blue speck in deep red Central Washington, writing with the conviction of 18 years at the keyboard and too much politics to even stand. When not furiously stabbing the keys on breaking news stories, he writes poetry, prose, essays, haiku, lectures, stories for grief therapy, wedding ceremonies, detailed instructions on making doughnuts from canned biscuit dough (more sugar than cinnamon — duh), and equations to determine the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow. A girlfriend, a dog, two cats, and two birds round out the equation, and in his spare time, Drewbear likes to imagine what it must be like to have spare time.

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