The Education—and Anointment—of Barron Trump

Barron Trump , an 18-year-old , 6’7 ” freshman at NYU’s Stern School of Business , does not speak publicly nor operate a public social media account.

Despite his outsize profile, his campus life has proven too vaporous, a notable distinction at a school that counts Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and a handful of other former child stars as alumni.

Barron has long made for a blank canvas, a field of blank canvas or battle.

Rosie O'Donnell apologized to Melania in 2016 for speculating that Barron was autistic.

The fervor for Barron has taken on an uncommonly dedicated dimension in the last year or so .

After TMZ reported in December that Barron ’s peers knew him as a low-key video game enthusiast, a source quickly emerged to tell People that he was in fact a “ladies’ man.

Theo Von is one of the leading personalities in the loose media space that became a focal point of Trump ’s campaign last year .

In this ecosystem, Barron is often understood as a behind-the-scenes operator as well as an aspirational figure.

Von has described himself as feeling like a “secretary sometimes for Joe Rogan ”.