Barron Trump, the youngest child of former President Donald Trump, has stayed largely out of politics — which is understandable, as he was only 10 when his father was elected president in 2016.
This time around, however, it’s different. Barron Trump turned 18 in March and will graduate from high school on May 17, and is set to take his first steps into the fray later this year at the Republican National Convention.
Barron Trump will serve as one of Florida’s at-large delegates to the convention in Milwaukee in mid-July, according to NBC News, which said in an exclusive report that it had obtained a list of the Florida delegation after it was finalize by the state’s Republican Party Wednesday.
And while he’ll be the youngest Trump to serve in the delegation, he certainly won’t be the only one.
Tiffany, Eric, and Donald Trump Jr. were also chosen to travel to Milwaukee to vote for Trump to become officially what he already is for all practical purposes — the Republican nominee in November’s presidential election.
Eric Trump, in fact, will serve as the delegation’s chairman, NBC reported.
“We have a great delegation of grassroots leaders, elected officials and even Trump family members,” Florida GOP chairman Evan Power told NBC.
“Florida is continuing to have a great convention team, but more importantly we are preparing to win Florida and win it big,” he added.
Donald Trump, 77, won Florida in both of the last two elections, beating former first lady Hillary Clinton by a little over 1 percent in 2016 and then besting Democratic nominee Joe Biden by a more significant 3.3 percent margin in 2020.
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Other at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention include a number of what NBC called “the former president’s top supporters.”
“Others include Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.’s fiancée; Michael Boulous, Tiffany Trump’s husband; former state Attorney General Pam Bondi, a longtime Trump ally who has run pro-Trump super PACs; longtime Trump adviser Sergio Gor; former Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter, a prominent Trump donor; and a series of state-level Republican politicians who took the risk of endorsing Trump over [Gov. Ron] DeSantis,” NBC reported.
The mainstream outlet made much of the former rivalry between Trump and the Florida governor, who ran against each other for the Republican presidential nomination, pointing out that the Florida GOP “largely lined up behind” Trump even their governor was still running in the Republican primary.
“In September, party leaders voted to remove a loyalty pledge requirement that would have required GOP presidential candidates to support the eventual Republican nominee to be on the state’s March 19 primary ballot,” NBC reported late Wednesday. “The proposal was supported by Trump but openly opposed by DeSantis’ campaign.”
NBC reached out to the Trump campaign for comment — as did Axios — but received no reply.
Barron Trump has been in the news lately as his father has sought a break from his Manhattan trial to attend his high school graduation next week, a request Judge Juan Merchan granted.
The trial — which NBC and other mainstream outlets continue to insist revolved around so-called “hush money payments to an adult film star” but is actually more accurately described as having to do with the falsification of business records — is expected to continue into at least late May and perhaps even into June.
Axios noted that of all of Donald Trump’s children, only Ivanka Trump — who announced her retirement from political activities in 2022 — will not serve in Florida’s delegation to the convention.
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George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English as well as a Master’s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma.
