20 Facts About Donald Trump's Youngest Son, Barron

Publish date: 2024-05-09

In September 2019, then-President Donald Trump announced that the US Food and Drug Administration would soon issue what he called "some very strong recommendations" related to flavored e-cigarette use (via CNN). This ban followed multiple deaths due to lung diseases thought to be related to vaping, as well as another reported 450 lung illnesses seemingly related to the product.

Earlier that week, Melania Trump tweeted, "I am deeply concerned about the growing epidemic of e-cigarette use in our children." She concluded, "We need to do all we can to protect the public from tobacco-related disease and death, and prevent e-cigarettes from becoming an on-ramp to nicotine addiction for a generation of youth." During a follow-up press conference discussing the dangers of vaping with Melania sitting quietly by his side, Donald explained (via Vox reporter Aaron Rupar) that this issue first came to his attention because of the first lady's involvement. Then, without mentioning Barron Trump by name, Donald referred to his and Melania's 13-year-old son in a peculiar way: "She's got a son, together, that is a beautiful young man, and she feels very, very strongly about it."

This led many Twitter users to speculate that Melania caught Barron vaping, like #KillStream founder Ethan Ralph, who claimed, "Barron got caught with a Juul and now we can't have Mint pods anymore." There has since been neither confirmation nor denial of Barron's alleged vape use. However, Donald later stated of the couple's parenting on the issue (via USA Today), "We haven't told him anything but 'don't vape, don't vape.'"

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