Donald Trump joked about his 6ft 9in son Barron Trump during a White House event honouring military mothers in Washington on Wednesday, slipping a rare reference to his youngest child into a speech that soon drifted beyond the occasion's official purpose.
The remark came during an East Room ceremony recognising military mothers and families, one of the softer fixtures on the presidential calendar. Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, who hosted a similar event last year, welcomed women whose children are serving in the armed forces, as well as mothers who have lost family members in uniform.
