MIAMI (AP) – Former President Donald Trump youngest son, Barron Trump, will not serve as Florida delegate in the Republican National Convention after all, his mother’s office said on Friday.
“While Barron is honored to have been selected as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he unfortunately declines to participate due to prior commitments,” melania trumpsaid the office.
Florida Republican Party Chairman Evan Power said Wednesday that the 18-year-old high school senior would serve as one of Florida’s 41 free delegates to the national meeting, where the Republican Party is expected to officially nominate its father as its president. candidate in the November general election.
Power did not respond to a request for comment Friday.
In an interview Friday on “Kayal and Company” on Philadelphia’s Talk Radio 1210 WPHT, Donald Trump was asked about Barron joining the Florida delegation. “He’s really been a great student. And he likes politics,” Trump said. “It’s kind of funny. He sometimes tells me, ‘Dad, this is what you need to do.’”
Barron Trump has been kept out of the public eye, but he turned 18 in March and will graduate from high school next week. The judge who oversees Donald Trump silent money trial in New York said there would be no court on May 17 so Trump could attend his son’s graduation.
Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Trump’s youngest daughter, Tiffany, are part of the Florida delegation to the convention taking place in Milwaukee July 15-18.
