Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and other notable allies of President Donald Trump engaged in a lengthy conversation with 18-year-old Barron Trump on Inauguration Day.
Bezos, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Senate Majority Leader John Thune all chatted with the New York University student for half an hour at Trump’s Inauguration Day Luncheon, Reuters journalist Bo Erickson reported.
Rubio was confirmed as Secretary of State by the US Senate just hours after his conversation with the 18-year-old.
Barron attended his father’s inauguration at the US Capitol on Monday alongside his mother Melania Trump, his siblings and their families.
The 18-year-old reportedly helped his father’s campaign reach young men throughout the last year, including by persuading him to do an interview with the popular video game streamer Adin Ross and giving him a list of potential podcasts to appear on ahead of Election Day.
Trump ultimately gave interviews to creators like the Nelk Boys, Theo Von, Joe Rogan and Logan Paul throughout his third presidential campaign.
While Trump lost the overall youth vote to Vice President Kamala Harris, he beat her by two points among young men, according to NBC News exit polling.
John Morgan, a former Democratic megadonor, even told Fox News he thinks Barron is “a lot smarter” than Harris’s campaign strategists after the Democrat failed to appear on many of the same podcasts Trump did.
“Look, if I’m running, I’m going on Joe Rogan, I’m living on Fox. That’s how you change minds,” Morgan said in November.
“It turns out, Barron Trump, who looks like a runway model, was telling his father, ‘You need to go on podcasts, you need to go on Joe Rogan,’” Morgan added.
Several tech giants attended Trump’s inauguration alongside Bezos, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
Musk even spoke after Trump’s inauguration, giving a “salute” from the podium that many have compared to the “Sieg Heil" hand gesture used in Nazi Germany.
The multi-billionaire will lead Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, which is designed to slash federal spending through budget cuts and mass firings. Vivek Ramaswamy was also set to co-lead DOGE, but has since stepped down from the role, the White House announced on Monday.
