Newsman: President Donald Trump’s 18-year-old son was anointed as the “future of the conservative movement” by the president of the College Republicans of America On Monday.
The president of the NYU chapter of the College Republicans of America was forced to resign over comments she made about the president’s son who is a freshman at the university.
Kaya Walker stepped down on Monday after describing the 18-year-old Trump’s life on campus in an interview the Vanity Fair magazine thusly: “He’s sort of like an oddity on campus. He goes to class, he goes home.”
On Tuesday afternoon, students at New York University’s Stern School of Business, where Trump is a freshman, milled about in the plaza outside the barricaded front entrance in the heart of Greenwich Village.
Some had heard of the internet commotion from the previous day.
Walker’s description did not sit well with the national leadership of the College Republicans who deemed it “inappropriate” and something that “does not align with the values and principles upheld by our organization.”
A letter posted on X by the national organization called the president’s son “the future” and extended an invitation to join the group.
“Barron Trump represents the future of the conservative movement, and we would be honored to have him join the College Republicans of America,” wrote College Republicans President Will Donahue, who also noted that the group had broken a 100-year precedent by endorsing his father before the Republican primary.
USA TODAY reported College Republicans President Will Donahue told USA TODAY : “We believe that MAGA is the future of the conservative movement, and that the youth will spearhead the institutionalization of Trump’s policies in our politics.”
“Young people want fair trade, reasonable immigration policy, and no new wars, and that is what MAGA offers,” Donahue told USA TODAY.
“We have not yet heard from Barron,” Donahue said.
Barron Trump , the only child the president has with first lady Melania Trump, has been credited by his parents with helping his father appeal to a younger audience. His son nudged Trump to appear on popular podcasts during the 2024 presidential campaign.
“He was very vocal,” said the first lady in an interview with Fox & Friends, praising his knowledge of politics.
“He brought in so many young people,” she said. “He knows his generation, because nowadays the young generation, they don’t sit in front of TV anymore.”
He may be “very vocal” in private, but the public has only heard him in a clip of an upcoming documentary film on the campaign, in which he can be heard saying, “How are you? It’s very nice to see you” while greeting someone.
