Barron Trump Thought Beheaded Image Was His Dad

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Barron Trump Thought Kathy Griffin's Beheaded Trump Image Was His Dad
Barron Trump Thought Beheaded Image Was His Dad

5/31/2017 7:06 AM PDT

Barron Trump was watching television Tuesday at home with Melania when Kathy Griffin's photo appeared on the screen, and his initial reaction was that something terrible happened to his father.

Trump family sources tell us Barron was in front of the TV watching a show when the news came on and he saw the bloody, beheaded image. We're told he panicked and screamed, "Mommy, Mommy!"

As it was put to us, "He's 11. He doesn't know who Kathy Griffin is and the head she was holding resembled his dad."

President Trump blasted Griffin for posing with the head, saying, Barron was having a hard time dealing with it.

Griffin has apologized.

http://www.tmz.com/2017/05/31/barron-trump-thought-donald-beheaded-image-real/

[Right_in_Virginia]

Barron doesn't know the idiot "comic" ... but he does know all about ISIS.

Poor kid ... for one brief moment he thought they'd killed his dad.   

[edpc]

 Oh please..... I know he's 10, but it does not look that real.

[EC]

Oh please..... I know he's 10, but it does not look that real.

Been a bit of speculation going the rounds that Barron is on the autism spectrum. Don't know and really don't care one way or the other - kids of pols are out of bounds, far as I'm concerned - but if he is - even mildly - it'll have hit him quite a bit harder than a typical 10 year old.

Having said that, show me any kid that age who is blase about his Dad being disliked enough for people to go to the trouble of doing a picture like that.

[edpc]

 If it was 2009, some right wing 'artist' has done this about Obama, and one of his kids reacted that way, you know what would happen. We would rightfully condemn the person for doing that and mock the melodramatic overreaction of the left.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Oh please..... I know he's 10, but it does not look that real.

Just how real does it have to look to cause a momentary fright in an 11 year old?   

[edpc]

I am going to say pretty real, since his father told us what a sophisticated computer genius he was during the debates.

[WhatWouldReaganDo]

Leave the boy alone; he can't help who his father is.

[Wingnut]

Leave the boy alone; he can't help who his father is.

You are going to hell for that one!
 

[Silver Pines]

If it was 2009, some right wing 'artist' has done this about Obama, and one of his kids reacted that way, you know what would happen. We would rightfully condemn the person for doing that and mock the melodramatic overreaction of the left.

@edpc

It isn't melodramatic to simply consider the welfare of the child who saw his father's "head", severed and bloody. 

Come on. 

[Cripplecreek]

I don't buy it.

[ABX]

Now the story is he 'screamed and cried'. http://www.dailywire.com/news/17017/trump-responds-kathy-griffin-holding-his-bloody-james-barrett

I'm going to go out on a limb with this opinion, but.. we don't know..

It could all be a political stunt story to make Griffin look bad, solidify the base, and anger people (tug at heartstrings).

It could also be he is a sensitive kid or overwhelmed with what is going on.

Kids that age are so all over the place in terms of emotions and expressing them some blanket 'this is how 11 year olds are supposed to act' doesn't really work.

So no matter the truth, leave the kid alone. Don't make him a poltiical marketing gimmick if that is the case, or don't keep blowing up stories about his trama if that is the case. Either way, it isn't good for the kid.

[edpc]

Come on.

Nope.  Trump has already told us a number of times how unbelievably clever the kid is.  Now, we're supposed to believe he's gullible?  It's one or the other.

[Cripplecreek]

Nope.  Trump has already told us a number of times how unbelievably clever the kid is.  Now, we're supposed to believe he's gullible?  It's one or the other.

I think the relationship between he and his mother is such that she wouldn't allow him to see such things.

[skeeter]

Been a bit of speculation going the rounds that Barron is on the autism spectrum. Don't know and really don't care one way or the other - kids of pols are out of bounds, far as I'm concerned - but if he is - even mildly - it'll have hit him quite a bit harder than a typical 10 year old.

Having said that, show me any kid that age who is blase about his Dad being disliked enough for people to go to the trouble of doing a picture like that.

I'm trying to imagine how I would react to seeing a likeness of my own father's severed head on public display when I was 11.

There are some really messed up folks around.

[edpc]

So no matter the truth, leave the kid alone. Don't make him a poltiical maketing gimmick....

Exactly.  There's no reason why we should know this at all.  The 'hands off' rule when it comes to children of politicians means they also can't exploit them for sympathy points.

[Silver Pines]

Yes, I'll admit that we don't know if this is true or not, especially after the screaming and crying bit.  But Kathy Griffin, if she had any decency, and of course she doesn't, should have given some consideration beforehand. 

Barron Trump might be brilliant for his age, I don't know, but he's still a kid, and I'm not going to dismiss the effect this might have had on him. 

Related to this, I just have to ask, was the outcry as extensive when Griffin blasphemed Christ?  I'm trying to remember, but I don't think it was.

[truth_seeker]

I'm trying to imagine how I would react to seeing a likeness of my own father's severed head on public display when I was 11.

There are some really messed up folks around.

Yeah, the lady that did it, and the ones that can't control themselves, from turning it around at President Trump and his family.

[ConservativeGranny]

I find this hard to believe since I have grandchildren this age and their parents do not allow them to watch television much but especially cable news. You would think that seeing what is said on TV about Donald Trump Melania would try to shield him from that constant criticism of his father.

What Kathy did was despicable but hopefully Melania will review the TV watching schedule of her son. And Donald does not himself have clean hands when it comes to saying things about people that their children and grandchildren would be upset to hear. Maybe he'll clean up his own act now. For the sake of the children of course.

[edpc]

the ones that can't control themselves

That's almost funny, in a discussion about Trump.

[Rivergirl]

Hard to believe this child's TV time is not monitored.  What does he do when he comes home from school? Turn on FNC?

[Silver Pines]

I find this hard to believe since I have grandchildren this age and their parents do not allow them to watch television much but especially cable news. You would think that seeing what is said on TV about Donald Trump Melania would try to shield him from that constant criticism of his father.

What Kathy did was despicable but hopefully Melania will review the TV watching schedule of her son. And Donald does not himself have clean hands when it comes to saying things about people that their children and grandchildren would be upset to hear. Maybe he'll clean up his own act now. For the sake of the children of course.

@ConservativeGranny

That's true.  If Ted Cruz's daughters had been older when their mother's appearance was mocked, I'm sure they would have been  very upset.

[DB]

Nope.  Trump has already told us a number of times how unbelievably clever the kid is.  Now, we're supposed to believe he's gullible?  It's one or the other.

There's a third option, BS media induced news.

[EC]

There's a third option, BS media induced news.

I'd say maybe - but Melania released a statement about it. Can you recall her releasing a statement before?

My guessing is she's pissed, big time.

[libertybele]

What Griffin did was inexcusable. In my books she's never been funny and I fail to see any humor whatsoever in this.  She's a sick puppy and could use some therapy.