Posted by Alumni from Wired
September 19, 2024
Donald Trump's youngest son, and his only child shared with Melania Trump, has largely remained out of the public eye to the degree any former president's child could. Well, until recently. Newly 18, Barron Trump is now a freshman at NYU and a burgeoning political adviser to his father. For the past two weeks, my TikTok For You page has been filled with posts from New York University students posting clips of Barron Trump attending classes as if he were Sasquatch: the videos are all blurry and taken hurriedly, and mostly feature fellow students trying to track down the once-elusive Trump. These cryptic videos, complete with shaky camera angles set to songs like Chamillionaire's 'Ridin,'' are all over, taken from 'day in my life'-style student videos and reposted to the dozens of Barron stan accounts across TikTok and Instagram. These posts have garnered millions of views and look like paparazzi shots. You can tell from the camera angle that the people filming are trying to hide... learn more