Chelsea Clinton defended Barron Trump on Friday, stating that he should be left alone because he is a private citizen and not involved in politics.
During an appearance on ABC’s “The View,” Clinton discussed how the press should handle the coverage of former President Trump’s son, now that he has turned 18, and she emphasized his “absolute right to privacy.”
“Yesterday, Barron Trump turned 18. There was a debate on social media, I saw it on TV, where some people are saying, ‘OK, he’s now an adult, he’s now fair game. He’s no longer a child.’ He’s largely stayed out of the spotlight. He is not involved, so different from his siblings,” “The View” co-host Ana Navarro said, before asking Clinton, “How do you feel about it?”
Clinton insisted that the media should “let him be.”
“I think he’s a private citizen,” she answered. “I feel so strongly that if you are a private citizen, you have an absolute right to privacy, and I think the media should let him be.”
Navarro’s question arose after former NBC senior executive Mike Sington initiated the discussion in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Sington wrote, “Barron Trump turns 18 today. He’s fair game now.”
Sington explained his now-deleted post in a statement to Newsweek, saying “I posted he was ‘fair game’ now, meaning, as an adult, he’s ‘fair game’ for criticism from the press.”
“Someone pointed out to me ‘fair game’ could mean fair game to be harmed,” he said. “I don’t wish physical harm on anyone, so I took it down. I listen to the comments and criticism I receive.”
Following Clinton’s response to Navarro, co-host Joy Behar asked if the same applies to Trump’s other children — Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
Clinton stated that the three were “campaign surrogates” for their father at one point, the presumed GOP candidate for president — leading to a “completely different discussion.”
