MAGA is weirdly thirsty for Barron Trump

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MAGA is weirdly thirsty for Barron Trump
The right desperately wants the youngest Trump son to be a sex symbol

By Amanda Marcotte
Senior Writer
Published January 12, 2026 6:45AM (EST)


(Salon) 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.

Eric Trump’s response was uncomfortable, but there’s a reason he leaned into the moment. He is likely quite aware of how much right-wing media is invested in portraying Barron Trump as a dashing sex symbol and international playboy. It’s so silly that many loyal MAGA posters on X fell for a tweet suggesting that Donald Trump should acquire Greenland by marrying his son off to Princess Isabella of Denmark. It was obviously a joke, but for those who have pickled their brains on the Fox News Cinematic Universe, casting the NYU student and son of a failed fashion model as an American prince made perfect sense. It’s all they’ve been hearing about this lanky teenager for months now.

The buzz started at his father’s inauguration, when Barron Trump shook hands with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, which was treated as an act of magnanimity on the level with writing a billion dollar check to a cancer charity. MAGA media outlets highlighted social media posts predicting Barron “will be our President one day” and calling him a “very classy act” or just saying “WOW.”

The cringeworthy Barron thirst has continued since then. In August, host Jesse Watters suggested — and this time it wasn’t a joke — that he should marry 28-year-old famously white actress Sydney Sweeney to make “the greatest political dynasty in American history.” .....................(more)

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