President Trump made a surprising prediction about the future career of his son Barron as he turns 19 years old.
Some have wondered if Barron might follow his father into politics one day, but President Trump said his son has a knack for "technology" that might take him in a different direction.
The president's youngest son is in his freshman year of college at NYU's Stern School of Business, where he is kept under close watch by the Secret Service.
Barron's intensely private personal life has only fueled public interest in his future aspirations.
Interviewer Laura Ingraham asked Trump where he thinks his youngest child's talents are - politics or business?
“Maybe technology,” Trump responded, lauding his son's "unbelievable aptitude" with computers.
"He can look at a computer. I try I turn it off. As I turn it off I turn off his laptop. I said, oh good. And I go back. Five minutes later, he's got his laptop. I say, how did you do that? None of your business, Dad. No. He's got an unbelievable aptitude in technology," Trump continued.
Trump has frequently praised his son's intelligence, even crediting him with providing valuable political advice.
In particular, Barron has been widely praised for giving his father the idea of going on podcasts, which helped Trump win over young voters in the fall.
And according to a new book, Barron hasn't been afraid to give his father constructive criticism. Ahead of Trump's only debate with Joe Biden in 2024, Barron urged his father to reel it in after he faced criticism for his aggressive demeanor during a previous debate in 2020.
Trump was more restrained during his clash with Biden in June, which proved to be a turning point in Biden's political career as his cognitive decline was exposed in front of the world.
"Barron, now a teenager, told him [Trump] he flapped his gums too much last time and needed to let Biden do more of the talking," author Alex Isenstadt writes in Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power.
At a rally in North Carolina last year, Trump said his "wise" son encouraged him to "take it easy."
"Dad: take it easy, now. You just take it easy Dad, alright? You don’t have to go too much here. He gives me good - he’s very wise,” Trump said.
