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At 6ft 7ins, Barron Trump, the 17 year old son of Donald and Melania Trump, towers over his parents.
He was seen standing head and shoulders above them at the funeral of his grandmother, Amalija Knav. The teenager, who is getting ready to attend college, was photographed comforting his father as they walked from the car to the church. After the service, Barron stood between his parents as they left the building.
Becoming the tallest in the family, Barron is an impressive 6 foot 7 inches, dwarfing his already tall dad who stands at 6 foot 3. He had a close bond with his grandparents and particularly enjoyed his grandmother's Eastern European cooking. Delighting the crowd at a recent campaign rally, Donald joked, "That's how he got so tall, he only ate her food."
He also shared that despite Barron's basketball player height, "the kid preferred soccer." With a chuckle Donald added, "I said you're gonna be a basketball player. He said, 'well, I like soccer dad, actually.' But you can't talk them into everything!" before rounding up, "Barron was a special boy."
Barron and Donald Trump pictured entering Melania's mother's funeral (AFP via Getty Images)Melania Trump spent a lot of time with her mum after moving to the US, missing holiday celebrations at Mar-a-Lago to look after her. Barron Trump had a close bond with his grandma, who taught him Slovenian along with his grandad. Bojan Pozar, who wrote "Melania Trump - The Inside Story: The Potential First Lady," said, "Barron almost certainly speaks Slovenian with... Ines, his aunt, who also lives in New York."
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"Ines Knavs was the one who took care of all the paperwork at the Slovenia consulate in New York so that Barron could formally acquire Slovenian citizenship," he added. Barron was the first president's child with dual citizenship while in the White House
The family joined the funeral of former first lady Melania Trump's mother Amalija Knavs (AFP via Getty Images)Donald Trump flew to Florida early Thursday for his mother-in-law Amalija Knavs's funeral, with Melania and Barron by his side. They were seen together as they left the church, with Donald next to Barron and Melania, joined by her dad Viktor, watching Amalija's coffin being carried out.
The whole Trump family gathered to honour Melania's mum. Rev. Tim Schenck, who became rector at Bethesda in 2022, welcomed them to the church where Donald Trump has been a member for years.
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