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From the New York Post: Donald Trump’s youngest son just started classes at NYU, but has been behind the former president reaching some of his biggest audiences of the 2024 election cycle — through the Republican nominee’s appearances on podcasts aimed at Gen Z and millennial men.
The reticent 18-year-old has rarely been spotted on the campaign trail. But his 78-year-old dad has frequently credited Barron with helping the elder Trump pick his podcast spots.
Trump recently sat for an interview with streamer Adin Ross and has also appeared on “This Past Weekend with Theo Von,” “Flagrant” with comic Andrew Schulz and the “PBD Podcast” with businessman Patrick Bet-David.
Trump’s Aug. 20 appearance with Von, which included a discussion of cocaine, has garnered 14 million views alone. The Oct. 9 “Flagrant” appearance with Schulz had received 6.2 million views as of Friday, while Trump’s Oct. 17 sit-down with Bet-David had a YouTube audience of 2.8 million.
The 45th president also appeared in June on Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast (6.68 million views) and taped an appearance Friday on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the most-listened-to podcast on Spotify.
Trump campaign senior advisor Jason Miller told Politico, “Barron has been very involved in recommending a number of the podcasts that we should do.”
“I got to tell you, hats off to the young man. Every single recommendation he’s had has turned out to be absolute ratings gold that’s broke the internet,” Miller added.
Meanwhile, the New York Post notes that some of Kamala Harris’ podcast appearances haven’t turned out so well.
An Oct. 14 interview with “The Shade Room” had just over 144,000 views as of Friday, and an Oct. 6 clip from her appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast has only gotten 675,000 views.
The Harris campaign had earlier touted that they were trying to reach moderate voters, but they have reportedly bailed out on a chance to appear on the Joe Rogan podcast.
MSNBC announced that the Harris campaign has confirmed the Rogan podcast appearance “won’t be happening.”
Harris’s @IanSams confirms to @chrislhayes that Harris and Joe Rogan won’t be happening.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 25, 2024
BREAKING: Kamala Harris declines podcast interview with Joe Rogan. pic.twitter.com/ngFud1kGWN
— Patrick Webb (@RealPatrickWebb) October 23, 2024
Watch the NewsNation news segment from August below:
Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron, 18, and Bo Loudon, 17, appear to be helping the former president attract younger voters, through streamers and YouTube stars with millions of followers.
MORE: https://t.co/cY6DtI6oP9 pic.twitter.com/SKCmeNpk6e
— NewsNation (@NewsNation) August 14, 2024
Barron Trump might not be appearing on the campaign trail with his father, former Pres. Donald Trump, but the 18-year-old has an unofficial role: podcast adviser. https://t.co/sT5P9aRqm9 pic.twitter.com/xbsHNg763I
— ABC News (@ABC) October 25, 2024
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