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Trump became an uncle when he was still a baby. He has four nieces who are just one year younger than him.
Throughout his childhood, Trump lived in Trump Tower in New York City. He had an entire floor to himself and enjoyed drawing, according to his mom. In an interview, Melania Trump said she calls her son “Little Donald” because of how similar she thinks he is to his father.
Trump attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan through the end of fifth grade. Tuition for elementary and middle school cost $64,340 for the 2024-2025 academic year, according to the school’s website.
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On June 11, 2017, the young Trump joined his dad in the White House. He enrolled at St. Andrew’s Episcopal, a prep school in Maryland. Middle school tuition was $49,680 for the 2024-2025 academic year, according to the school’s website. Most other presidents — including Clinton, Bush, and Obama — sent their children to Sidwell Friends, a private Quaker school.
Melania Trump guarded her son’s privacy during their years in Washington. When Donald Trump left office and moved to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Barron went with him. He enrolled at Oxbridge Academy for high school, where high school tuition in 2025-2025 was $41,500. Trump graduated on May 17, 2024 and his dad got a break from his hush-money trial to attend the ceremony.
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Barron Trump’s young adulthood and personal life
Much speculation swirled around where Trump would attend college and in September of 2024, the public got its answer: New York University’s Stern School of Business. The former president called NYU “a very high quality place” and said his son was admitted to various schools. Trump is not living on campus, but rather residing at Trump Tower and commuting to school. He spent his first day surrounded by Secret Service agents.
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Trump is apparently close with his mom and fluent in Slovenian, her first language. Much of his personal life is unknown, though. He had no social media accounts prior to September, 2024, when he made an account on X, formerly known as Twitter, to join an event about his dad’s new crypto platform.
Should Trump become a first child yet again, he may become an even bigger fixture of public and political speculation.