After the Trump campaign confirmed soon-to-be-graduate Barron Trump’s role as an RNC delegate, and his dad awkwardly forgot his age while reacting to the news, he’s turning down the role, according to his mom.
In a statement from former First Lady Melania Trump’s office, the 18-year-old’s “prior commitments” are blamed for his upcoming and unforeseen absence from the July convention.
“While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due to prior commitments,” the statement reads.
Or… hear me out: someone that hasn’t ever voted in their whole life shouldn’t be a party delegate.
Greta Thunberg has entered the chat.
There are 12 year olds who can discuss political issues intelligently, and 50 year olds who have never read the Constitution. Age shouldn’t be the factor.
Age shouldn’t be the factor.
I disagree. I believe that senior citizens shouldn’t be allowed in politics. They wont live to see the repercussions of their actions. Both as politicians and as voters.
I hope someone you know saves this and shows it to you in fifty years.
You’ll probably be the one demanding that “kids” under 25 be denied the vote.
No, its cool to be ageist.
“Boomers” are anyone older than me, and boomers are to blame for 90% of all problems.
Reminds me of the George Carlin line.
The world is full of punk kids who are younger than me, and stupid geezers who are older than me.
Except George was making a joke.
Fucking hilarious. Prior commitments on the four days your father, the former president, will be nominated for president again. What are these more important commitments?
Baron must really hate his dad. Also, I assume Melania does too, especially with him forgetting his son’s age and once again publicly running through the affair he had 4 months after she gave birth. Even if he doesn’t care about the kid, he should be able to calculate from the dates that keep coming up in his trial.
He’s 18 now. Criminal conspiracy could land him in prison.
Baron must really hate his dad.
His dad probably only was around for him when he was needed as a prop in front of cameras. And maybe show up briefly to give him a gift card on his birthday.
I hope he does decide to get into politics but as a Democrat. Wouldn’t that just chap Trump ass.
Trump was a Democrat until he realized the Republicans were dumb enough to vote for him. He’d respect self interest.
Then enlist in the military.
I wonder how much of this change is the result of the whole world saying “Well, he’s 18 and getting into politics - the gloves are off now.” Wouldn’t surprise me if it was his mom’s doing. I don’t like her, but good on her if she pulled the plug on this.
Melania was shopping for rugs on January 6. She knows how to avoid the shitstorm.
This pleases me. Good on you baron. You have your whole life ahead of you, no need to ruin by following daddy’s foot steps
According to one report, on January 6 Melania was looking at rugs. Nice to see that Barron is following the footsteps of his smarter parent.
I don’t know about “smarter” - she seems like a sack of bricks to me.
Moderately less shitty…?
Less shitty, in her own words “I don’t care, do you?”
I don’t know quite how you would do this, but I’d like a combination of this press release and the first press release announcing he would be a delegate set to the music of the song Dueling Banjos.
“According to his mom” Jesus christ, MSM is really jacking this one off hard
It’s literally what happened. It wasn’t him who said it, it was the spokesperson for his mom.
Which is what makes this so funny. First the Trump team issues a press conference that it’s happening then, apparently, Melania goes, “fuck no it isn’t!” and releases her own press release about Barron having “prior commitments” on the day his dad gets officially nominated for president.
Just in case you were wondering how that marriage has been going.
I’m not a fan of her, but this was a smart move to keep her son out of this political media circus if she cares about him. I doubt Donald Trump gives a shit about him, he just wants more of his family in power because he runs politics like the mob.
