Barron Trump shows off new look at dad’s inauguration day
It was a big day for the Trump family as President-elect Donald Trump awaited his inauguration as the 47th President of the United States on January 20.
Among his supporters were his family, including his wife, First Lady Melania, and his son Barron, who made the trip to Washington D.C. from New York City, where he is currently studying.
Barron appeared at the St John’s Church service alongside his dad, and sported a new look. The 6ft 7 student showed off much shorter hair in photos from the day.
He wore a perfectly tailored, dark suit as he mingled with other guests inside the church.
Despite his mother and father’s new residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Barron will continue living at the family’s Midtown Manhattan residence, Trump Tower, while he studies at New York University’s Stern School of Business in Lower Manhattan.
Earlier this month, Melania revealed that while she and her husband are relocating, Barron will not be a permanent resident.
“I think he will come and visit,” she said on Fox & Friends, adding that he’d be welcome to bring friends, “whatever he would like to do”.
She continued: “I feel like, as children, we have them till they’re 18, 19 years old. We teach them, we guide them. And then, we give them the wings to fly. I’ve always respected Barron’s ‘yes’ and ‘no,’ what he would like to do, where he would like to be.”
© Getty ImagesBarron’s new school is only three miles from Trump Tower where he was raised for the first decade of his life before moving to the White House and then settling at the family’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
The teenager decided not to follow in his dad’s footsteps after he graduated from Oxbridge Academy High School in May 2024.
Instead of attending Donald’s alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, Barron chose NYU’s business school instead.
© Getty Images“He was accepted to a lot of colleges,” proud dad Donald told the Daily Mail. “He’s a very smart guy, and he’ll be going to Stern, the business school, which is a great school at NYU.”
“I’ve known NYU for a long time,” Donald continued. “It’s one of the highest rated.”
© Getty ImagesThe new POTUS didn’t express any disappointment over Barron’s decision to attend Stern instead of Wharton.
He added: “I went to Wharton, and that was certainly one that we were considering. We didn’t do that. We went for Stern.”
© Getty ImagesContinuing his praise of his son, Donald gushed: “He’s a very high aptitude child, but he’s no longer a child. He’s just passed into something beyond child-dom. He’s doing great.”
Barron is the only child of Donald and his wife, Melania, but he has four other children from previous relationships.
© Getty ImagesDonald is also dad to Donald Trump Jr., 47, Ivanka Trump, 43, and Eric Trump, 41, with his late ex-wife Ivana Trump, as well as daughter Tiffany Trump, 31, whom he shares with his second ex-wife Marla Maples.
5 surprising Donald Trump facts
© Getty Images1. Pet hates
He is one of only three US presidents never to have had any presidential pets. When he assumed office in 2016, he was the first in 100 years not to have pets in the White House, with only James K. Polk and Andrew Johnson abstaining before then.
2. Man of convictions
He is the first ever convicted felon to become president of the United States after being sentenced on 34 different charges pertaining to his hush money case in New York City in 2024.
3. Till divorce do us part
He has been married three times: to Ivana Trump from 1977 to 1990, Marla Maples from 1993 to 1999, and current wife Melania Trump in 2005.
4. Lights, cameos, action
He has made a slew of cameos on popular TV shows and movies, such as Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Sex and the City, Two Weeks Notice, Zoolander, and The Nanny, among others.
5. Alcohol free
He claims never to have drunk alcohol in his life, inspired by older brother Fred “Freddy” Trump Jr who was an alcoholic and died in 1981 aged 42 from a heart attack linked to years of alcohol abuse.
