Barron Trump isn’t exactly new to social media, but he hasn’t been popular all that long, either.
All that changed when he jumped into the mix during the last few months of his father’s campaign and helped his Dad become the 47th President of the United States in the greatest political comeback story of all time.
BREAKING: Barron Trump has officially joined X in an effort to help his father win the 2024 Presidential election in less than 50 days. pic.twitter.com/81fRYCQ1BY
— Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) September 17, 2024
Even with famous parents, Barron Trump “stands out” all on his own. (Pun intended — is that boy tall or what!?)
With his now legendary advice for his father, pushing him to take on the podcast world and engage even more on social media, Barron made a name for himself, and arguably became one of President Trump’s greatest secret weapons during the election.
Donald Trump and Barron Trump, 2006 pic.twitter.com/xZWEeb6BUn
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) October 14, 2024
But in the last few days, someone else has stolen the spotlight from the 18 year old 6’7″ Barron Trump…
And that would be the 4 year old Barron Trump, speaking with his mother’s Slovenian accent!
New video of young Barron Trump resurfaces.
Melania Trump is an amazing mother! pic.twitter.com/M16L8jb5Ig
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) November 21, 2024
One video in particular has gone completely viral on TikTok, with Barron talking about his beloved suitcase on a segment with Larry King, according to a Fox News story.
“I like my suitcase,” a 4-year-old Barron Trump said with an apparent Slovene accent in 2010 during a Larry King segment.
The video shows Barron Trump in his father’s office with both of his parents as he grabs a brown suitcase and asks his mom about going to school.
“I have to go to school now?” Barron Trump asks, again with an accent.
“You have lunch, and then you go to school,” Melania Trump responds.
“Now I’m gonna go?” Barron Trump asks again, speaking with the same accent as his mom.
“First you will have lunch, then you will go to school,” Melania tells her young son as he holds his brown briefcase.
Clips of the video have spread like wildfire across social media, most notably on TikTok, where users have filmed their own videos imitating Barron Trump, accompanied by the tag “sootcase,” as a play on how Barron Trump pronounced “suitcase.”
And suddenly, a 4 year old with an adorable accent completely outshined his older self… as the videos instantly became part of pop culture.
@dailymail A resurfaced clip reveals what Donald Trump REALLY thinks of his son Barron’s Slovenian accent. In a 2012 interview with Larry King, the president-elect revealed he thinks Barron’s accent is ‘great,’ and ‘anything he does is okay with me.’ 🎥 CNN Read the full story on DailyMail.com. #news #politics #trump #donaldtrump #barrontrump
@dailymail It all started with a Daily Mail TikTok… The sound of a young Barron Trump gushing over his ‘sootcase’ recently resurfaced, and its taken over the internet. It’s spawned multiple remixes, including this banger from electronic music duo Loud Luxury. A TikTok posted by the group with the caption: ‘our fastest remix yet…’ has accumulated over 400,000 likes. The comments are filled with approval of the new remix – one which even said ‘Barron has united the American nation.’ 🎥 @LOUD LUXURY #music #barron #trump #news #sootcase
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Amazingly, the original video has received over 54 million views, and remixed over 65,000 times according to Forbes.
The clip, which went viral after the Daily Mail uploaded it to TikTok last week and garnered more than 54 million views, also contains a brief clip of Melania and Donald Trump speaking with Larry King, telling him Barron has Melania’s accent because he spends most of his time with her.
The audio of Barron has since been used in more than 65,000 TikTok videos, with many users amused by his accent matching his mother’s instead of his father’s and that he appears to carry a briefcase with him instead of a backpack.
One TikTok user claimed “everyone at NYU is repeating this through the halls” on a video viewed more than 6 million times, referencing Barron Trump’s recent high-profile enrollment at New York University.
A club remix of Barron Trump saying, “I like my suitcase,” also went viral, with more than 20,000 users using the audio in their videos, some of whom have garnered millions of views partaking in a trend where they zip themselves in a suitcase.
And yes, that is a real trend. A 4 year old Barron Trump is responsible for starting a new trend where people zip themselves up inside a suitcase.
@thisaccisasecret.7 i like my sootcase! #fyp
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@squillium03 i like my sootcase !! #barrontrump #barron #suitcase #ilikemysuitcase
Regardless of his newfound TikTok stardom and recent enrollment at New York University’s School of Business, rumor has it (actually, it’s reported in the Forbes article I referenced earlier), that Barron may be living at home rather than in the school dorms.
Barron Trump’s sudden social media fame also coincides with his enrollment at New York University’s Stern School of Business this fall. Some students have posted pictures and videos of Trump at school, often blurry, to TikTok. Melania Trump told Fox News it was Barron’s decision to attend school in New York, and she stated he is “enjoying” his college experience. She told Fox News she isn’t an “empty nester,” suggesting her son may be living at home instead of in the school’s dorms.
Well played, Barron.
Racking up the social media views, knocking out the college classes, and saving your money by living at home.
But something tells me Barron Trump doesn’t have the same spending money problems that I had back in college.
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