LONG TIME NO SEE

Key Trump Family Member Spotted for First Time in Months at Tacky UFC Event

It’s been 110 days since this Trump family member appeared in public.

President Donald Trump’s youngest son was in attendance at his father’s birthday UFC event on Sunday night, marking his first public appearance in months.

Barron Trump, 20, was last seen at an official event with his parents in February for the State of the Union, joining his siblings and their spouses in the audience for the president’s record-breaking 108-minute-long address.

In a photo posted to Instagram Stories by Eric Trump ahead of the State of the Union, Barron posed with his siblings in front of his father’s Presidential Walk of Fame.

The ever-elusive sophomore, who attends NYU’s Washington D.C. campus, emerged from hiding once more to attend the UFC event thrown in his father’s honor on Sunday night.

He was photographed sitting behind his parents and next to his brother, Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Bettina Anderson. Other members of the Trump family in attendance included Eric Trump and wife Lara Trump, Tiffany Trump and husband Michael Boulos, and the president’s granddaughter, Kai, who also joined him at Game 3 of the NBA Finals earlier this month.

Others in Trump’s inner circle who attended included Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Barron maintains a relatively low profile; he does not have a social media presence, reportedly kept to himself during his freshman year at NYU, and does not attend many of his father’s high-profile events. He notably did not attend the premiere of his mother’s documentary in January, despite the pair reportedly sharing a close bond and despite appearing on the film’s cast list.

He is also reportedly single, something which drove him to seek dating and fashion advice from a controversial manosphere figure.

The New Yorker reported that Barron has developed a close relationship with Justin Waller, a manosphere influencer who has described himself as Andrew and Tristan Tate’s “third brother.” The Tate brothers, themselves the most prominent manosphere influencers, face human trafficking charges in multiple countries following complaints by numerous women.

Waller, 40, has boasted about dining with Barron at Mar-a-Lago “four or five times” in the lead-up to the 2024 election. Barron had been tasked with helping increase support for his father’s campaign among young men.

According to the New Yorker’s report, Waller not only offered Barron styling advice, going so far as to introduce him to the tailor who would make the suit he wore to his father’s second inauguration, but also gave him advice on how to level up his sex appeal.

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Following in his father’s footsteps, Barron has also launched a business venture of his own, producing a $40 energy drink called Sollos. Sollos, a ready-to-drink herbal tea made with yerba mate, officially launched in late May, with 12-packs retailing for $39.

While it only sells one drink, pineapple & coconut flavored herbal tea, the brand also sells merchandise, including an $80 beach bag and a $95 hoodie.

The company was founded by a group of four Palm Beach friends, while Barron sits on the board.

The president’s UFC birthday extravaganza, ostensibly held to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary but which coincided with the president’s 80th birthday, was delayed by an hour due to inclement weather. Originally scheduled to start at 8 p.m., the seven-fight card eventually began at 9 p.m.

Prior to the start of the event, the president and UFC CEO Dana White watched a display from the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House before making their way into the UFC arena erected on the White House South Lawn.

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