Barron Trump was thrust into the centre of America's war debate on Tuesday, when former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura used a live interview with Piers Morgan to challenge the teenager to enlist in the US military as tensions with Iran escalate and talk of a possible draft refuses to die down.
The remarks came shortly after the Trump administration announced that 3,000 US troops would be deployed to the Middle East following joint strikes with Israel against Iran, part of a broader military buildup amid escalating tensions over the conflict. As fears of a wider confrontation grow, social media users and commentators have seized on one pointed question that haunts every administration in wartime — whose children are expected to fight and whose are not?
