OAN Staff Katherine Mosack
2:41 PM – Thursday, January 29, 2026
Ahead of her movie premiere, First Lady Melania Trump praised her son, Barron Trump, revealing he played a bigger role in his father’s campaign than most people realize.
When she joined Fox News’ “The Five” on Wednesday, Trump shared behind-the-scenes insights on her new documentary, “Melania,” which chronicles her life from January 1 to January 20, 2025, leading up to her husband’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States.
The first lady said that she was filming “day to night” during that time — a big change from her normal private lifestyle.
“That was my life,” she told the anchors. “So, whatever I did, the cameras were following me. So, from morning ’til evening, and everything I needed to do — organizing, moving back to the White House, my family, preparing for inauguration, my business, my philanthropy … establishing the East Wing office, hiring people.”
“I’m a very private person and a very selective person — what I do, what I don’t do, when I talk, when I don’t talk — and that’s my choice, and nobody is in charge of me. And I’m not in charge of anybody else,” she said, referring to her typical low public profile in Trump’s second term.
Things have also changed for Barron, the fifth and youngest child of President Donald Trump, and the only child of the first lady.
Now 19 years old, the first son was only 10 years old when his father was first elected president in 2016 and moved into the White House with his family.
At the start of last year, he lived in New York, reportedly staying at Trump Tower while attending New York University’s (NYU) Stern School of Business as a freshman, while his parents moved into the executive residence. For his sophomore year, however, he transferred to NYU’s Washington, D.C. campus, allowing him to move into the White House again for the latter part of the year.
“I’m very proud of him, and he’s an incredible young man. He understands now, he’s involved,” Trump said of her son. “He knows what’s going on in the world. He talks with his dad. He talks with me.”
She also praised her son’s efforts during the 2024 Trump-Vance campaign, noting he is now old enough to have some influence.
“He was very involved in the campaign,” she added. “He gave him all of the ideas, who he needs to talk to, all of these YouTubers and podcasts. So, he was, really, a smart mind behind it.”
The president also previously credited his youngest son with introducing him to Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk, who he praised for helping his 2024 campaign succeed among young voters.
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