For days, the main reasons that led to the convincing victory of Donald Trump in the presidential elections of the United States of America have been analyzed, and Barron, the 18-year-old son of the president-elect, has contributed significantly to this result, writes "The Telegraph".
Barron helped Dad connect with young people online who host podcasts, follow martial arts, are crazy about video games and invest in cryptocurrencies.
In addition to being the tallest of the Trump children, the 18-year-old also gave some valuable advice to his father.
Barron pushed Trump into the uncharted territory of podcasts and webcasts, a space dominated by young people, especially males, who are obsessed with sports, beats, pranks, video games and cryptocurrencies.
It's a world ignored by middle-class America, including most of the mainstream media.
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The most important thing, however, is that this environment is popular among young men - from 18 to 34 years old, it is the demographic group with great electoral potential for Republicans.
According to political science professor Jeff Gulati, these are often politically disengaged young people, "tend to support Trump, but are less likely to vote."
Barron advised Trump to start with a character named Adin Ross.
Ross is a provocateur who has gained massive popularity online for celebrity collaborations and live streaming of video games such as Grand Theft Auto.
He has been banned from the Twitch platform at least eight times for various violations, including allegedly allowing homophobic comments on the site and accessing a pornographic website while streaming.
But with around 7.2 million followers, this only increased his virality.
In August, Trump invited Ross into the living room of his Mar-a-Lago mansion, a rare privilege, and they recorded a podcast that recorded huge success — it's been viewed more than 2.6 million times on YouTube alone.
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Trump later hosted a podcast with the controversial Logan Paul. He even gave him a t-shirt with the photo after the assassination attempt and the slogan "No surrender". He was also a guest with popular podcast star Joe Rogan, as well as American football player Will Compton.
In addition, Trump also had minutes on the popular YouTube channel, NELK.
All these personalities and channels share important characteristics: they are informal, masculine, frivolous, immature and, most importantly, they adore Trump and everything he stands for.
45 million people tuned in to Rogan's three-hour podcast with Trump.
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During the podcast, the now president-elect didn't sound like the Trump of old: boastful, hyperbolic and casual when it comes to the truth. He was mischievous, witty, sometimes generous.
Even British politician Nigel Farage did not doubt the importance of Barron's role.
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"Barron Trump is a very bright 18-year-old who played a big role in his father's stunning victory," Farage wrote in "X".
This was also confirmed by the statistics from the recently concluded elections: young voters traditionally lean towards the Democrats, but Kamala Harris recorded only 11 percent of the vote of young people aged 18 to 29, which is a big drop compared to Joe Biden ( 24 percent) and Hillary Clinton (19).
