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I'm not naive enough to believe that Barron is going to magically turn his back on his family or anything like that. He's a Trump and at the end of the day, he's most likely going to fall in line and become another Wal-Mart level clone of his father just like his brothers did.
But he also just turned 18, and we know exactly nothing about him, his political views, or why he became a delegate in the first place.
There could be a possibility he's doing this just for his father and has little to no real interest in politics. Does he even understand the ramifications of what he's doing? Legit question. I honestly don't know. There's also the possibility he's savvy enough to use the Trump name to jump-start his political career, then take a career path that's very different from his father's once he's established himself (I'm not even saying he'd be a Democrat, but but even a Mitt Romney-style Republican would be very different from Trump and the MAGA party). Or he could just be another Trump clone setting himself up to march to his father's MAGA drum for the next several decades.
I fully acknowledge that the chances of him being a clone of his father are probably above 99.9%. But until we start learning more of his political views or what his own objectives are, I'm willing to give him that .1% benefit of the doubt. For now.
Counter point: All political dynasties should be banned.
So if one of Obama's daughters wanted to get into politics, they should be banned because their dad was already President?
I kinda think so, otherwise you’re kinda setting yourself up for oligopolies
Yes.
I'm not saying we should have a constitutional amendment preventing children of ex presidents from running, but I am saying we as a society need to stop caring about a family name and start caring about ideas.
He's an adult who's officially aligned himself with a national criminal and terrorist organization. What else do we need to know?
He's 100% voting for his father at the convention and helping his father in the campaign. That's what I'll judge him for, just like any other Trump delegate.