SURGE IN YOUNG REPUBLICANS
Trump’s Secret Weapon: Barron
D
uring the campaign, President Donald Trump’s
strategists knew they had to find a way to reach out to young men. But how? Trump told his advisers to ask his 18-year-old son, Barron. “See what he thinks and let
me know,” said the president, according to Time Magazine’s Eric Cortellessa. As pollster Matt Towery
tells Newsmax, “To the credit of Trump and son Barron, who advised him, and others, they decided to forget this ridiculous business of the ‘legacy media’ and leapfrog over it by going to podcasts, attending those UFC fights, doing things that made him ‘cool’ with the youngest age groups of men.” First lady Melania Trump
later confirmed Barron’s vital role advising the campaign on Gen Zers. “He knows his generation,” she stated in a post-election media appearance. “They don’t sit in front of TV anymore. They are all on the tablets, they are on the phones, and all of these podcasts and streamers.” — D.P.
those women are going to shift their political views to those of their husbands. “They’re not going to
continue voting for something different, because ultimately, when you get married, it’s a partnership . . . and also your priorities change.” Pollster Matt Towery adds:
“Whenever something like that happens, you’ve got something that’s going to last — unless somebody screws it up. It’s the greatest opportunity I’ve seen in
many, many years.” That analysis suggests
Democrats are in trouble. They must quickly act to break up the “bromance” between Trump and young male voters, or pray Trump does something to alienate them. So, what does Trump need
to do — or avoid doing — to convince authenticity-starved Gen Zers that the Grand Old Party he rebuilt in his own image really does have their best interests at heart? And
conversely, how will Democrats try to stop him? The one mistake Team
Trump appears determined to avoid: failing to disrupt the status quo in Washington, D.C. Instead, they intend to do
what Trump said he would do. And if the media and Beltway denizens howl in protest, well, so much the better if it proves to young voters that Trump’s conservative populism is for real. Whether that’s the best strategy may hinge on
how young voters react to potentially controversial Trump policies such as tariffs and the mass deportation of illegals, which polls indicate may not be as popular with Gen Zers and millennials. But given the pain they
experienced under former President Joe Biden, young voters’ loyalty to Trump could simply boil down to a single factor, namely, whether he can boost their economic opportunities.
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