'Where's Barron?' Donald Trump's youngest son notably absent from touching family moment that closed out Republican National Convention in Milwaukee

There was 1 glaring 6-foot-7 omission from nan Trump family infinitesimal that closed retired nan Republican National Convention successful Milwaukee connected Thursday. 

Barron Trump, 18, who has precocious made run appearances alongside his father, was nan only personnel of nan family who was not coming for nan photograph op, which saw nan first run appearances of his mother, Melania, and sister, Ivanka.

In May, it was wide reported that Barron would beryllium 1 of nan Florida delegates who would nominate Trump to beryllium nan Republican nominee for president. On Friday morning, nan building 'Where's Barron?' became a trending taxable connected X. 

Melania's agency quickly unopen down those reports. 'While Barron is honored to person been chosen… he regretfully declines to participate owed to anterior commitments,' a connection from her agency said. 

On Thursday, nan Trump run reiterated that Barron would not beryllium successful attendance. 

During his rambling address, Trump paid a typical tribute to his youngest child. 

'I besides wanna convey my full family for being here. Don, Kimberly, Ivanka and Jared. Eric and Lara. Tiffany and Michael. Barron... We emotion our Barron.'

Three of Barron's siblings, Don Jr., Eric, and Tiffany, did service arsenic delegates for nan Sunshine State while nan brothers addressed nan arena individually connected Wednesday and Thursday respectively. 

Meanwhile, Barron's niece, Kai, 17, was 1 of nan breakout stars of nan normal arsenic she said connected shape successful introducing her father, Don Jr., and talking lovingly astir her grandfather. 

Barron's mother, known to beryllium highly protective of her son, emerged astatine nan convention, arsenic nan Trump run announced, moments earlier her husband's acceptance speech. 

CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports that operatives successful nan Trump run tried 'really hard' to person Melania to make a reside astatine nan convention, arsenic she did successful 2016 and 2020, but nan erstwhile first woman was not interested. 

Barron has agelong been nan astir backstage of each of his siblings, pinch nan imaginable objection of Tiffany. 

In January 2024, he mourned nan nonaccomplishment of his grandmother, Melania's mother, Amalija, who passed distant astatine nan property of 78. Barron is reported to beryllium very adjacent to his mother's broadside of nan family. 

In March, he turned 18, which prompted caller recovered media liking successful him. 

During his father's trial, successful which he was recovered blameworthy of falsifying business records successful bid to salary disconnected a porn prima pinch whom he's alleged to person had activity pinch erstwhile Barron was conscionable a fewer months old, Trump was allowed to time off proceedings successful bid to be his precocious schoolhouse graduation. 

On July 9, Barron made his front astatine a Trump rally successful Miami wherever his dada heaped praise connected him. 

'That’s nan first clip he’s done it. That’s nan first time, right? You’re beautiful popular—he mightiness beryllium much celebrated than Don and Eric. We gotta talk astir this,' nan erstwhile Apprentice big told nan audience. 

He besides said glowingly astir his boy successful an question and reply pinch Logan Paul successful June. 

'He's a large boy - six ft nine,' Trump claimed of his youngest boy during nan wide-ranging beryllium down posted online.

'And I couldn't get him to play basketball. He plays soccer,' Trump said.  'He's a bully jock too. Good student, bully athlete.'

'Good looking guy, but he's a gangly one, nary mobility astir that,' Trump went connected astir his kid. 

The ex-president joked he didn't want to return pictures adjacent to his boy because of really gangly he is.

'Maybe we ought to make him a fighter,' Trump said earlier Paul, a master wrestler, trim him off: 'no, no.'

Barron was not coming successful Butler erstwhile an effort was made connected his father's life by crazed gunman Thomas Crooks, 20. 

Trump insider Richard Grenell told Bloomberg this week that nan assassination effort connected Trump, coupled pinch Barron going disconnected to college, person made this a difficult twelvemonth for Melania. 

'I deliberation she’s shaken. Barron goes to schoolhouse this summer, truthful it’s a difficult clip for parents to spell from having your kid astir each nan clip to leaving nan nest.'

It remains unclear which schoolhouse Barron will be amid reports that Melania will travel him wherever he goes, alternatively than unrecorded pinch her husband, moreover if Trump wins successful November.