How Barron Trump has been influencing his dad’s presidential run  — and helping him reach younger voters

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Barron Trump, nan bro whisperer?

Donald Trump’s youngest boy conscionable started classes astatine NYU, but has been down nan erstwhile president reaching immoderate of his biggest audiences of nan 2024 predetermination rhythm — done nan Republican nominee’s appearances connected podcasts aimed astatine Gen Z and millennial men.

The reticent 18-year-old has seldom been spotted connected nan run trail. But his 78-year-old dada has often credited Barron pinch helping nan elder Trump prime his podcast spots.

Trump precocious sat for an question and reply with streamer Adin Ross and has besides appeared connected “This Past Weekend pinch Theo Von,” “Flagrant” pinch comic Andrew Schulz and the “BPD Podcast” pinch businessman Patrick Bet-David.

Trump’s Aug. 20 quality pinch Von, which included a chat of cocaine, has garnered 14 cardinal views alone. The Oct. 9 “Flagrant” pinch Schulz quality had received 6.2 cardinal views arsenic of Friday, while Trump’s Oct. 17 sit-down pinch Bet-David had a YouTube assemblage of 2.8 million.

Donald Trump and his boy Barron Trump be nan ceremonial of erstwhile first woman Melania Trump’s mother Amalija Knavs, astatine Bethesda-by-the-Sea Church, successful Palm Beach, Florida, connected January 18, 2024. AFP via Getty Images

The erstwhile president began nan question and reply pinch Von, 44, by saying Barron had told him of nan Louisiana-born comedian: “Dad, he’s big. He’s a large one.”

The 45th president besides appeared successful June connected Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast (6.68 cardinal views) and taped an quality Friday connected nan “Joe Rogan Experience,” nan most-listened to podcast connected Spotify.

Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ forays into nan podcasting jungle person had little awesome results. On Oct. 14, she recorded an question and reply pinch “The Shade Room” that had conscionable complete 144,000 views arsenic of Friday. An eight-minute clip of her quality connected nan celebrated “Call Her Daddy” podcast, released Oct. 6, had a comparatively paltry 675,000 views arsenic of Friday.

Trump told nan PBD Podcast that he doesn’t “think” Barron has had a woman yet. PBD Podcast

“Barron has been very involved in recommending a number of nan podcasts that we should do,” Trump run elder advisor Jason Miller told nan Politico Playbook Deep Dive podcast Friday.

“I sewage to show you, hats disconnected to nan young man. Every azygous proposal he’s had has turned retired to beryllium absolute ratings golden that’s collapsed nan internet.”

Miller added: “When you look astatine nan effect of podcasts aliases YouTube shows — non-traditional media — portion of nan point is you’re gathering voters wherever they’re at.”

Donald Trump scores MAGA cybertruck from Adin Ross, a streamer that Barron
told him to watch. Instagram / @adinross

Trump has antecedently said his boy likes to besides advise him connected politics.

“He’s a small connected nan gangly side. I will show you, he’s a gangly one, but he is simply a good-looking guy. And he’s really been a awesome student. And he does for illustration politics. It’s benignant of funny,” Trump told “Kayal and Company” connected Philadelphia’s Talk Radio 1210 WPHT successful May.

“He’ll show maine sometimes, ‘Dad, this is what you person to do,’” he went on.

Donald Trump, first woman Melania Trump and their boy Barron Trump locomotion crossed nan South Lawn earlier leaving nan White House connected committee Marine One November 26, 2019 successful Washington, DC. Getty Images
Barron Trump heads disconnected to assemblage leaving Trump Tower this greeting successful NYC. New York Post

Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt antecedently told The Post nan run is focusing connected getting media sum done societal media engagement and clip sharing.

“President Trump is very likeable, and everything he does is simply a viral moment, whether it’s conscionable simply stepping into a Chick-fil-A successful Atlanta and gathering pinch nan young workers aliases flipping burgers at an Iowa shot game tailgate,” she said successful April.

There person been calls connected societal media for Trump to look connected a female-orientated podcast.

The hosts of nan “Red Scare” podcast, Dasha Nekrasova and Anna Khachiyan, approached him astatine nan Pubkey bitcoin barroom successful New York past month and asked him to travel connected their show — but nan erstwhile president has not yet publically committed to nan offer.

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