Clinton argued that Barron, who recently turned 18, should be allowed his privacy as he is a private citizen and not involved in politics.
The discussion was prompted by "The View" co-host Ana Navarro, who brought up the debate that had been sparked on social media and television regarding Barron's status as an adult. Navarro said, "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."
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Clinton responded firmly, stating, "I think he’s a private citizen. I feel so strongly that if you are a private citizen, you have an unimpeachable right to privacy, and I think the media should leave him alone."
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The controversy was ignited by a now-deleted post from former NBC senior executive Mike Sington on X, formerly known as Twitter. Sington had written, "Barron Trump turns 18 today. He’s fair game now." He later clarified his statement to Newsweek, saying, "I posted he was ‘fair game’ now, meaning, as an adult, he’s ‘fair game’ for criticism from the press." Sington added that he had removed the post after realizing that "fair game" could be interpreted as endorsing harm towards Barron, which he did not intend.
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Following Clinton's defense of Barron, co-host Joy Behar asked whether the same privacy should be extended to Trump's other children — Eric, Ivanka, and Donald Jr. Clinton differentiated between them and Barron, noting that the elder Trump children had been "campaign surrogates" for their father, making it a "totally different conversation."
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