Barron Trump's "best friend" praises Donald (2024)

Bo Loudon, a Gen Z influencer with familial ties to Donald Trump's previous presidential campaign, shared a photo with the GOP candidate on social media, with a caption praising Trump's character and stating that Loudon and Barron Trump are "best friends."

Loudon is a rising young, political influencer with over 200,000 followers on Instagram and 120,000 on X, formerly Twitter. His parents are conservative commentator Gina Loudon, who was on the 2020 Trump campaign media advisory board and co-chair of Women for Trump, and former Missouri state senator John William Loudon.

In an X post on Monday, Loudon said, "It's always an honor getting a photo with my FAVORITE PRESIDENT, but this was time was different and much more special. Trump asked how I was doing, double checked about 5 times if I got a photo, made sure everyone knew that I'm best friends with his son Barron, and told them all how great my mom @RealDrGina and I are."

Barron Trump is the former president's only child with former First Lady Melania Trump. At 18 years old, he is increasingly getting more involved in his father's political scene having received a standing ovation at a campaign rally in July. Previously not in the public political eye, he remains much more removed than some of Trump's other children, like Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric.

Loudon added in his post, "Trump truly has the biggest heart ever. Gen-Z Stands with Trump!"

Loudon typically writes several daily social media posts praising Trump and calling him the "rightful president." According to his website, he is 17 years old.

Newsweek filled out an online contact request form on Loudon's website on Wednesday.

Gen Z voters, a group that includes those aged 18 to 27, are expected to play a big role in the new election matchup between GOP nominee Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, entering the campaign nearly 100 days before Election Day after President Joe Biden exited the race. For many Gen Z voters, this will be their first time voting in a presidential election.

Before dropping out, Biden had been trailing Trump among young voters. The race between Harris and Trump in this age group remains much tighter, with both candidates actively seeking to garner their support.

Hours after he exited, British popstar Charli XCX, who has a massive following among Gen Z, wrote in an X post, "Kamala IS brat," in reference to her widely popular album titled Brat.

Kamala HQ, the official campaign account for Harris, later set its cover photo in the style of the Brat album. "Brat" has sparked numerous social media trends in favor of Harris.

Meanwhile, on Monday, Trump sat down with Adin Ross, a 23-year-old streamer, who is popular among conservatives, for over an hour to discuss his reelection campaign.

In a Truth Social post later, Trump wrote, "Thank you also to Barron Trump for the introduction to your friend, Adin. Young people are the future of America."

Newsweek reached out to the Trump and Harris campaign for comment via email on Wednesday.

SurveyUSA's latest nationwide poll, conducted between August 2 and 4, shows Trump leading Harris by 4 percentage points among voters ages 18 to 34—which includes Gen Zers and some millennials. The survey indicated 50 percent back the former president, while 46 percent support Harris. Meanwhile, another 4 percent were undecided or said they would vote for another candidate.

The survey of 1,950 adults, including 1,668 registered voters, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

However, this poll comes after several other national polls showed Harris leading among Gen Z voters, such as an Axios/Generational Lab poll showing 60 percent of voters aged 18 to 34 supported Harris, and 40 percent Trump.

The poll of 804 nationwide likely voters, was conducted right after Biden exited, from July 22 to July 24, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

The national election remains very tight, with national poll aggregator FiveThirtyEight placing Harris 1.8 percentage points ahead of Trump, while other aggregators like The Hill show a much narrower lead for Harris of 0.2 percentage points.