Did anyone feel sorry for Barron Trump tonight?

[mentalsolstice]

I always feel for the minor children of Presidential candidates. However, my heart broke for him tonight. He looked so lonely and miserable even with confetti and balloons falling around him. And I didn't see one adult, neither of his parents, or adult siblings even give him a sideways look to notice his discomfort. You would think one of his parent, or siblings, who have children of their own, could have put their arms around him and tried to at least get him into the moment. But no, that child stood there looking like the poorest little rich boy in the world. Why, did they even trot him out there?

[ram2008]

1. I was thinking maybe he's autistic or something?

Hopefully that doesn't come off as offensive.

If that's not the case, then there is Something VERY, VERY wrong with the situation. He didn't crack a smile once. And pulled away when his father grabbed him.

[mentalsolstice]

9. If he is autistic

Then it was pure cruelty to put him in that situation....and no there is nothing wrong with your speculation. If such is the fact, they didn't need to bring him on stage. When asked by the media about his absence, his parents could have just said they didn't feel it was fair to put their young child in that situation. Donald Jr. has five children, the oldest is only a year younger than Barron, perhaps if they had been out there as well it would've played as a happier family scene, or at least diffused the situation.

[Ilsa]

62. Barron would be at risk for autism because of Donald's age.

Roughly 15 years ago, scientists found a strong correlation between advanced maternal age and autism. A few years later they found the same for older fathers.

This doesn't mean he's autistic, nor does it mean he's on the spectrum. But he was/is at higher risk, even if it is not diagnosed yet because he's high functioning.

My 2 cents.

[Justitia]

40. I wondered too - he had a completely flat affect. -eom

[wheniwasincongress]

65. people have being saying for almost a year now that Barron is autistic

Perhaps that is why Melania looked so pissed the entire night - she fought to keep Barron out of the spotlight.

[Brother Buzz]

2. He'll bounce right back as soon as gets his greasy hands on a tub of Brylcreem

and is initiated into Slytherin.

[brettdale]

8. I hope I dont get a ban for this

But I think he takes after his dad and his siblings, certainly a
child of privilege.

I grew up in the same area from a little kid to an adult, and there is one thing
that always happened, the mean nasty little kids I knew , grow into mean nasty adolescents,
and some turn into quite dangerous nasty adults.

They all seem to have utter contempt for people around them.

Like that kid actor from a few years back, at 11 he was in a major motion picture,
then there was footage of him at premiers with such a smug look on his face, looking
down at the interviewer, as a teenager there was apparently a few incidents of him
treating the female interns badly in the movies he was in.

Then as a adult actor, he finally got fired from a major movie and took it out on
his girlfriend.

Point being, if Trump's kid is a mean little kid who looks down on people, he will
grow into a mean adult.

The horse has bolted.

[Brother Buzz]

11. Bank on it

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. I doubt that he needs your concern

[Joe the Revelator]

4. Eh, He's a ten year old up at midnight. He was probably tired and grumpy

And wanted to do something other than stand in front of people wearing a suit. Kids are kids are kids.

[elleng]

26. Sounds reasonable, Joe.

Thanks.
I didn't see him/or any of it.

[Hekate]

5. Well, the kid is up very late. Aside from that, his mother says he only wears suits...

...and isn't a jeans kind of kid. What kind of Little Lord Fauntleroy is she raising?

Anyway, as usual the only reason to bring young kids to a political event is to show what a regular family man you are and how adorable your offspring are. Eh. Barron was well behaved anyway.

The rest of the spawn, especially Uday and Qusay, are varying degrees of appalling.

[rug]

6. No.

The view from the 58th floor will soon console him.

[mentalsolstice]

10. Well that makes me even sadder for him. nt

[DesertRat]

55. Me too. Also, Melania said in an interview

That Barron occupies his own floor in their 3 story penthouse...

[okasha]

19. That is possibly the ugliest room I've ever seen.

Hi, rug!

[rug]

22. It's got matching furniture.

Hi, okasha!

[okasha]

25. That's an abomination.

In fairness, I suppose I should mention that my taste runs to Mission/Craftsman and Mexican Vernacular.

[oberliner]

29. And they call Hillary the out of touch elitist

And Trump the Man of the People.

And people buy it.

[MFM008]

35. real cozy

for a funeral home.

[Vinca]

48. The place is done in the style of Early Bordello.

Hideous.

[DesertRat]

56. Can you imagine what they'd do if they ever got into the White House?

[RonniePudding]

7. Not really

But I do think when his old man shuffles off this mortal coil the other sibs will eat him and his mother alive.

[brettdale]

16. Oh Boy

Can ya imagine how that will, will be fought.

You know I would love trump to live to be 110, that would p*ss off all his family.

[RonniePudding]

21. It'll be a little like how aristocracy handled things in medieval times

The oldest son offing his younger brother or cousin when the lord of the manor dies. Hell that dynamic has been playing out since Ancient Rome. It'll be nasty. The 3 born from Ivana seem to be the alphas with Don "American Psycho" Junior being the top dog.

[bluestateguy]

12. His life will be FAR better if his father loses

Bad enough to have him as a father (though I'm sure the money is nice); to have him as a father and be in trappings of the White House would be insufferable.

[brettdale]

15. The whole things reminds me of house of cards

And the sense of entitlement the Conway family had.

[akbacchus_BC]

13. No I do not feel sorry for any of the Trumps, the apple does not fall far from the tree!

[Joe the Revelator]

31. Dude, its a 10 year old.

Take a breath.

[mia]

14. Sad for the little guy. The fact that they don't care about the youngest of their family

speaks to how they care about anyone else who is "beneath them".

[LenaBaby61]

17. Nope.....

Don't hate anybody in this world. Hate the actions of many.

However, I've no sympathy for the tRump KLAN: From the top of tRumps orange colored, hideous comb-over mullet all the way down to the bottom of 10 year old Barron's more than likely $500.00 pair of designer shoes.

[mentalsolstice]

18. Okay, from the responses here I guess I'm one of few who

felt sorry for him. As far as the late hour, it's summer, thus not a school night. At his age, I was more than capable of staying up late and not being grumpy about it. And yeah, I feel bad for kids who have crappy rich turds for parents, who are raising them to likewise being crappy turds. I hate seeing any child being subject to having a wasted life simply because of the circumstances they were born into.

[Joe the Revelator]

32. At 10 my bedtime was 9ish.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

46. In our town, we had a fairly notable celebrity living there with his family.

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He went to our church, and his kid was in religious education classes with me. Turns out he was a nice, low key, somewhat shy but very pleasant guy.

All the other kids were always pressing him about his dad, wanting to know what it was like living the good life. I always felt bad for him, as if he was some sort of cool novelty instead of a person. I made it a point to treat him like any other person, and I got the feeling he appreciated it from me and some of the others kids who ignored his celebrity upbringing.

Meanwhile, he talked about how his father and mother were arguing all the time (they eventually divorced). He didn't use their names, he just called them "mom" and "dad". But I know it had to be rough because I think him baring these problems might come off sound like bragging, and yet I genuinely felt he wasn't doing that at all. He only wanted to confide in his problems. So I offered him advice as much as I could to anyone. I only hope other people would have done the same.

He lived a good life no doubt, but there was no need to judge him for who his father was.

[JenniferJuniper]

20. yes...

His half-siblings probably barely know him. I was thinking about all the money battles the Trump kids are going to have with each other once the Donald rolls up the curtain and joins the choir invisible.

[NewsCenter28]

23. My mom noticed this

And felt sorry for him.

[nolabear]

24. I did. He looked like a shy little boy who was miserable up there.

[3catwoman3]

27. Sometime during the primary season, someone...

...posted a family photo of Trump, Melania, and Barron that was one of the saddest family pictures you might care to see. Mom and dad to the left in the pic, with Trump ensconced in a gilt chair and Melania standing behind him, striking a weird pose with her dress looking as if is was held in place by invisible wires. Barron was all the way on the other side of the room, sitting on what looked, at first glance, like a rocking horse, but was a rocking lion.

I'll bet someone here, with better tech skills than mine, can find the photo I am describing.

I fell sorry for him that he had the father he has.

[Shankapotomus]

36. Here ya go:

[Ilsa]

42. Dreadful picture. NT

[DesertRat]

58. Did one of his trophy animal hunter half-brothers kill that lion?

[bettyellen]

60. It appears they bring wind with them to every photo op!

[oberliner]

28. Definitely not

There are lots of people to feel sorry for in this world and he is certainly not one of them.

[LenaBaby61]

37. There certainly are...

Like for example, I kinda feel more sorry for this therapist who was COMPLYING with the police but was shot 3 times and hit once in the leg then handcuffed than for Barron ....



Not seeing this happen to ANY member of the tRump family anytime soon if EVER.


But then again, we're allowed to feel sorry for whomever we want to.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

47. There are different types of empathy.

It's not zero sum.

[mentalsolstice]

51. Some of us are capable of multitasking. eom

[Chitown Kev]

39. I'm sorry

Kids don't get to choose their parents. Little man looked miserable.

How soon we forget how much we enjoyed Mitt Romney's grandson smiling when President Obama talked to him, for example

[oberliner]

50. Just saying he has a very very comfortable life

And will continue to have such a life.

[underthematrix]

30. Trump's grandson/stepson? no

[RAFisher]

33. He had nothing to do with this mess but people online will make fun of him.

He's 10 and I've already seen people making jokes about him. So yeah I do feel sorry for him.

[Peregrine Took]

34. Earlier in the evening he was enjoying talking to Tiffany

I bet the two of them are "outsider" buddies.
Wasn't friendly at all with His dad...Melania wasn't either. I have a hunch there was a big blowup in the car coming over to the Convention.

[Ilsa]

43. Yeah, I bet family life has been tense since

Tuesday morning when the plagiarism scandal broke. I don't think Melania wants to be any part of this going forward.

[Chitown Kev]

38. Yeah, a little bit

[Maru Kitteh]

41. He looked very sad and alone. He never looked at his father & his father never looked at him.

I doubt they know each other very well.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

44. I've always genuinely felt sorry for him. Or maybe scared or concerned. Or just saddened.

His adult half-siblings have all passed the point of no-return. (Well, maybe there's a slight chance Tiffany will eventually turn since she's literally been treated like a bastard, but she was apparently willing to vouch for her old man at the convention so not yet.)

But Barron has lived in this bubble with this sociopath of a father and a shallow opulence obsessed mother. The cards are stacked against him that he won't escape the bubble and he'll grow up a carbon copy of his dad, much like his older half-brothers. There's the ever possible chance he might go Ron Reagan, develop a conscience and a mindset of his own, and I can only hope that for him. But it doesn't look good.

He's like some classically tragic figure from literature, the prince of a mad king, all alone.

[greymattermom]

45. This picture isn't that old

but I think Donald has gained a lot of weight since then. Any thoughts?

[DesertRat]

59. Yes, I noticed that too

He seems to have gained a considerable amount of weight over the past year.

[no_hypocrisy]

49. I feel sorry for the kid.

He's rich and pampered, but he's being denied a childhood.

He's dressed (allegedly voluntarily) as Alex P. Keaton with the suit and tie when most boys are wearing jeans and a T and sneakers.

I'm sure he's marginalized by Ivanka's children and barely tolerated by them.

And how many kids is he going to bring home to play if their parents have to sign a non-disclosure contract?

[liberal N proud]

52. There are far more concerns than for any rich little brats

[Tommy_Carcetti]

53. There might be hope for young Barron yet.

His reaction to his father's speech was similar to most of ours.

[Her Sister]

54. Fabulous people thinking of their own awesomeness to have anything like real feelings for a boy

As for Barron, it was probably a scary and depressing night!

[Paladin]

57. Just another Trump: born on third base, he'll grow up bragging he hit a home run.

Sorry to be harsh, but it's obvious that blatant entitlement runs in that family like some sort of infection. I'd love for that little boy to prove me wrong, but I don't think it'll happen.

And again, I know I'm being tough, here---but "Barron"? They might have named him "Prince"---but that was already used by a famous black guy......

[LenaBaby61]

64. SO agree...

Feel sorry for us ALL if tRump gets into the White House. Barron and the rest of the tRump KLAN will be living a cushy life and looking down on US. Meanwhile, the rest of us will get NONE of their pity in fact, we'll be getting tRump's backhand for years to come if he gets anywhere near that Supreme Court and gets to appoint several justices in the mold of his favorite Anton Scalia.

[erpowers]

61. Not A Close Family

One of my family members picked up on the fact that Trump's three older kids did not seem to have any affection toward Melania. I responded, maybe the older kids do not like her. The family member later said "see, they do not show her any affection.". To that I responded, maybe the family is not as close as Trump would like people to think. I am not sure Trump has the loving family he tries to promote. What was seen last night might be proof that Trump's former ghost writer is telling the truth about the fact that Trump is not a family man.

[hamsterjill]

63. Honestly, I though Melania looked more miserable.

No, i don't feel much sympathy for her. But she looked almost fearful to me.