As first lady, Melania Trump spent a fair amount of time hitting out at media personalities and other public figures who made comments and cracked jokes about her young son Barron, at one point saying that a “minor child” should be off-limits from scrutiny and “hate.”
But Melania Trump probably won’t have such an easy time anymore convincing strangers that it’s not OK to say things about 16-year-old Barron, now that her husband, Donald Trump, has announced that he’s running again for president in 2024.
It also won’t help the former first lady’s efforts to protect Barron after the teenager was called upon this week to help shoulder the burden of showing family support for the patriarch’s candidacy. Barron, reportedly standing 6-foot-7, was a highly visible presence at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, when the twice-impeached former president announced his desire to retake the White House.
