Barron Trump has decided to live at his family's Trump Tower residence as he undertakes his first year of college studies.
The youngest child of Donald Trump is studying at New York University's Stern School of Business, located in lower Manhattan.
Barron grew up in his family's Manhattan penthouse before moving to Palm Beach, Florida with his parents in 2019. Barron graduated from high school in West Palm Beach earlier this year.
While Barron's father studied at UPenn's Wharton School, Barron chose to attend school close to his family's longtime residence in New York.
With speculation circling over Barron's college experience, his mother Melania announced that Barron made the decision to live at home.
“I could not say I’m an empty nester. I don’t feel that way,” she told Fox host Ainsley Earhardt.
“It was his decision to come here that he wants to be in New York and study in New York and live in his home, and I respect that," Melania added.
Melania Trump is known to be close to her son, who has been kept out of the public eye since Donald Trump launched his tumultuous political career.
The Dean of Stern Business School, where Barron is attending, signed a 2020 faculty letter declaring President Trump a "threat to the Republic."
Trump was convicted earlier this year on criminal charges brought by Manhattan's Democratic prosecutor, and he is facing a staggering $454 million civil judgment in New York for business fraud. An appeals court has called the exorbitant punishment "troubling."
In her new memoir, Melania shared that her son was denied a bank account because of his relationship with his father.
“I was shocked and dismayed to learn that my long-time bank decided to terminate my account and deny my son the opportunity to open a new one,” Melania wrote in her book, Melania.
Barron is being guarded closely by Secret Service as he attends school, with two assassination attempts on his father adding to concerns about the family's safety.
“I’m very proud of what he grew up to [be]. His strength. His intelligence. His knowledge, his kindness. It’s admirable,” Melania told Fox News. “I hope he will have a great experience because his life is very different than any other 18, 19-year old child.”
