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President Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron Trump, is garnering praise online for shaking erstwhile President Joe Biden's and erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris' hands astatine his father's inauguration connected Monday.
"Barron Trump conscionable shook hands with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. This kid volition beryllium our President 1 day. Bet connected it," blimpish property Nick Sotor posted to X of the exchange.
The youngest archetypal lad shook Biden's and Harris' hands soon aft his begetter took the oath of bureau arsenic the 47th President of the United States. The 18-year-old New York University freshman participated successful a fistful of inaugural festivities connected Monday, including attending a religion work astatine St. John's that greeting with his family, arsenic good arsenic the inaugural parade aboriginal successful the day.
Conservatives and different societal media commenters praised Barron Trump connected X, formerly Twitter, and TikTok for the handshake, speculating helium could 1 time motorboat a governmental career, portion others pondered what the archetypal lad said to Biden during the speedy exchange.
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Others joked connected societal media that Barron whispered "you forgot to pardon yourself" when shaking Biden's hand.
Barron Trump besides attended the inaugural parade aboriginal that day, wherever helium received an uproar of applause from Trump supporters erstwhile the archetypal lad was broadcast connected the Capital One Arena's jumbotron.
"And past I person a precise gangly lad named Barron. Has anyone ever heard of him?" President Trump said to the assemblage arsenic the arena's camera panned to Barron.
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The youngest Trump kid waved to the assemblage arsenic supporters broke retired into applause and cheers, earlier raising his fist similar his begetter aft his archetypal assassination effort successful July. Barron besides egged connected the assemblage for much applause earlier his dada praised him for his efforts to rally the younker ballot portion connected the run trail.
"He knew the younker vote. You cognize we won the younker ballot by 36 points," Trump said, lauding him for encouraging him to articulation podcasts portion connected the run way successful bid to scope younger voters.
Trump kicked disconnected his archetypal time successful bureau by signing astatine slightest 42 enforcement orders, memoranda oregon proclamations, delivered 3 abstracted speeches and fielded astir an hr of media questions.
Inauguration festivities were moved indoors this year, arsenic frigid temperatures grip the nation's capital. Trump's inauguration was held successful the Capitol Rotunda, and the inaugural parade astatine the Capital One Arena.
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