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Arwa Mahdawi

Barron Trump is not a time traveller – but there’s a reason the idea has gone viral

Close-up of serious-looking Barron Trump wearing a suit and tie
In a 19th-century novel, ‘Baron Trump’ discovers an underground world … Barron at his father’s inauguration on 20 January 2025. Photograph: Getty Images

Once upon a time there was a boy called Baron Trump, who was growing weary of his privileged life at Trump Castle. Then, one fateful day, Baron found an ancient manuscript by a wise old man called Don, which stated that, a long time ago, “terrible disturbances” on Earth had driven humans into underground bunkers, creating a “World Within a World”. Guided by Don’s manuscript, Baron sets off to Russia to discover the secrets of this hidden land.

Don’t worry, I’m not announcing a new career as a pro-Trump children’s author. I think FBI director Kash Patel, who wrote a series of terrible kids’ stories about a King Trump, has that covered. Rather, I’m summarising a book from the late 19th century called Baron Trump’s Marvellous Underground Journey by an American lawyer called Ingersoll Lockwood.

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