The president of the College Republicans of America’s New York University chapter has resigned after telling the media that first son Barron Trump is an “oddity on campus” who keeps to himself.
College Republicans of America (CRA) announced in a statement released Tuesday that NYU chapter president Kaya Walker’s comments did “not align with the values and principles upheld” by the organization.
The statement also said that media outlets Vanity Fair and The Independent “unfairly framed what was said,” adding, however, that “upon review, we still found it to be inappropriate.”
“The NYU chapter president submitted her resignation last night,” CRA said.
CRA posted the announcement of Walker’s resignation with an invitation for Barron to join the NYU chapter. Barron is a freshman at the school.
“In response to recent events with our NYU chapter, College Republicans of America formally invites Barron Trump to join us in reshaping the Republican Party,” the post said.
“Barron Trump represents the future of the conservative movement and we would be honored to have him join College Republicans of America,” CRA president Will Donahue said.
Screenshot via X: College Republicans of America
According to a recent Vanity Fair article, Walker said of Barron, “He’s sort of like an oddity on campus. He goes to class, he goes home.”
“His NYU classmates find him to be as big a mystery as the rest of the world,” Vanity Fair framed the article. “Unlike his father, Barron does not speak publicly nor operate a public social media account, which, by all appearances, has only deepened his mystique.”
Last year, a source told PEOPLE magazine that on campus, Barron is a “ladies’ man for sure.”
“He’s tall and handsome. A lot of people seem to think he’s pretty attractive — yes, even liberal people like him,” the source said.
The reactions to Walker’s seemingly forced resignation were mixed online, with some agreeing with CRA’s decision and others arguing that Walker’s comment was neutral and CRA was “canceling” her without good reason.
During the 2024 election, Barron participated in events with his father and was credited with pushing the now-president to go on podcasts younger people frequently listen to.
“[Barron] was certainly the one that suggested [Trump] go on some of the very young podcasts,” Barron’s brother, Eric Trump, told the press after the election.
“Obviously, Joe Rogan is one of the biggest podcasters in the world, so it’s not like this hadn’t occurred to us to go on Joe Rogan, but you know, [Barron] speaks to a different demographic in terms of voter, and now he did certainly suggest a couple of the more millennial, or even younger generation-style, podcasts,” Eric continued. “Some of those were fantastic.”
“My father did incredibly well with the youth vote, and he picked up segments of the vote that he had never picked up before,” he added. “And I’m sure a lot of that was attributable to the podcast circuit that he really committed to.”
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