So Trump and Melania attended a World Series game. I wonder if they asked their teenaged son if he

[tblue37]

might like to attend.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Wierd. if you ask me.

But then, this is a totally dysfunctional family. So Baron blowing it off is not a complete shock.

[Irish_Dem]

2. She has always kept him totally out of the public eye.

He is with his grandparents most of the time from what I read.

[Croney]

3. He might be a very smart kid and said he had to, um,

wash his hair or something.

[PJMcK]

15. "He might be a very smart kid"

Really?! With those genes?

But you might be right. Trump never seems to care about his youngest son.

[Blue Owl]

4. He would have detracted attention away from Fat Donny

And Fatfuck von Golfcart can't be sharing the spotlight with anyone...

[Croney]

7. Wikipedia says he is 6'7" tall, so he definitely would have been the Alpha male.

TFG is probably jealous of his youth and fitness among other things.

[Thomas Hurt]

11. yeah, that just might be the christofascists making up sh*t to provide their cause...

with an Aryan wunderkind. Donnie is supposed to be 6' 3" I think they are exaggerating a bit.

[empedocles]

13. Teen-age son appeared to be at least a head taller than his father a year ago

[lpbk2713]

5. I'm sure they regarded it as business, not pleasure.

The asshole even wore a dark blue suit.

To a baseball game?

[Thomas Hurt]

9. There was a story going around the web that he slapped around Jr. because he tried to

attend a game back in the day without a suit on.

[Hekate]

10. You may have missed the story about Jr at college. One of his roomies said he was supposed to...

…go to a baseball game with Orange Daddy, who was going to pick him up at the dorm. Well, turns out that The Donald showed up in a suit and tie, and his greeting to his son and heir was to deck him because he was not similarly attired.

That’s right, Jr was slugged by his father for not wearing a suit and tie to go to a damn baseball game.

So he changed clothes and off they went.

That is one sick family. I have no great hopes for young Barron, but any time he wants to stay out of his father’s reach makes sense to me.

[lpbk2713]

12. I do remember that now.

Thanks for the reminder.

[misanthrope]

17. I could see Senior slapping Junior but not punching him

Too much risk of hurting his own hand by throwing the punch badly.

[Hekate]

18. True enough, but I recall the roomie saying Jr was knocked to the floor. A slap could do that. nt

[Raine]

19. I always thought that is was "the Donald" who got slapped around by his father for

not wearing a suit. 🤔 Maybe it's a family thing passed from generation to generation and Donnie got slapped by his father so in turn he slapped Don Jr.

[Tommy Carcetti]

21. Even sitting Presidents don't wear suits to baseball games.

Usually it’s a golf shirt or at most, a blazer. Obama wore jeans.

Trump can’t bear to part with that “Trump look.”

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

6. He's what, 14 or 15 now?

Some friends and some extended family have kids around that age and I can't think of any of them who ever expressed interest in baseball or going to game. I know a couple like hockey, but most don't really seem to be into professional sports. I wouldn't be shocked if Barron simply didn't want to go.

[PJMcK]

16. It's the World Series

I'm not much of a sports fan but if you offered me tickets to the World Series, the Superbowl or the U.S. Open (tennis or golf), I'd take them in a second! So would my son.

Of course, Barron might not like his father and doesn't want to be around him. Many teenage boys have problems with their fathers so one can only imagine that relationship.

Then again, you could be right.

[msongs]

8. one trump male in the audience is one too many IMO nt

[kimbutgar]

14. This is not a put down !

As a parent of an autistic son, I think he’s on the spectrum.

[mnhtnbb]

20. I have a cousin

who is probably on the spectrum. Now in his 60's and never diagnosed. We didn't know about autism growing up, but it certainly would explain some of his behaviors and difficult and inappropriate comments in social situations.

I have suspected Baron is on the spectrum for some time--whether diagnosed or not-- and it definitely would explain keeping him out of public situations where he might be expected to interact with people for more than a few minutes.