Who is Barron Trump? Know how he towers over Donald Trump's family

Former President Donald Trump's youngest son 17-year-old Barron Trump was spotted along with his parents at the funeral of his grandmother Amalija Knav. He looks to be the tallest of the bunch, measuring in at 6 foot 7 inches, to his father's already lanky 6 foot 3. Barron was seen towering over his mother Melania Trump and father Donald. The youngest child of the former president has maintained a close relationship with his grandparents and often eats his grandmother's Eastern European cuisine.

"He ate only grandmother's food"

At a campaign rally just days ago in Des Moines, Iowa, Donald Trump joked, "That's how he got so tall, he only ate her food." Trump also said that despite Barron's height, he preferred soccer to basketball. The former president said, "I said you're gonna be a basketball player. He said, 'Well, I like soccer dad, actually.' But you can't talk them into everything!" Trump laughed, adding that, "Barron was a special boy."

Grandmother teaches Barron Slovenian

Barron had a special relationship with his grandmother. She taught him to speak Slovenian. Bojan Pozar, author of "Melania Trump — The Inside Story: The Potential First Lady," wrote, "Barron almost certainly speaks Slovenian with... Ines, his aunt, who also lives in New York.


"Ines Knavs was the one who took care of all the paperwork at the Slovenia consulate in New York so that Barron could formally acquire Slovenian citizenship," he wrote.

Donald Trump flies to Florida

Donald Trump flew into Florida in the early hours of Thursday to attend the funeral of his mother-in-law along with the rest of his family. He filed into the church with Melania and Barron, who was seen standing in between his parents. Besides, Ivanka and Tiffany Trump were both in attendance, along with their respective husbands, Jared Kushner and Michael Boulos. Their brother, Eric Trump, with his wife Lara, followed them.

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Who is Barron Trump and why is he in the news now?
Former President Donald Trump's youngest son 17-year-old Barron Trump was spotted along with his parents at the funeral of his grandmother Amalija Knav. He looks to be the tallest of the bunch, measuring in at 6 foot 7 inches, to his father's already lanky 6 foot 3.

How close Barron Trump was to his grandmother?
Barron Trump has maintained a close relationship with his grandparents and often eats his grandmother's Eastern European cuisine. At a campaign rally just days ago in Des Moines, Iowa, Donald Trump joked, "That's how he got so tall, he only ate her food." Besides, she taught him to speak Slovenian.