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Amanda Marcotte

MAGA is weirdly thirsty for Barron Trump

To a non-MAGA observer, it is an odd thing that Eric Trump has lengthy opinions about his younger brother’s sex life. In an October edition of the “PBD Podcast,” the host praised Barron Trump as “tall” and “witty” before inquiring about reports that the 19-year-old New York University student shut down an entire floor of Trump Tower for “a date.” The elder Trump, 42, responded with a disturbingly long diatribe about his younger brother’s sex life, comparing him to Van Wilder, a character from an inexcusable sex comedy released four years before Barron’s birth.

“Shutting down a floor of Trump Tower is like PG-13 versus where my mind would have been at his at his age in terms of the dating scene,” Eric Trump said. “But honestly, Barron’s a great kid.” His comments cemented the impression that he’s probably never said more than three words to a half-sibling born two wives after his own mother.

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