Barron Trump is being pitched for a top job at TikTok.
The 19-year-old first son — who was credited for helping his dad, President Trump, reach younger voters — would be perfect to help lead the social media giant once it’s transferred to American investors, according to the president’s former social media manager, Jake Advent.
“I’m hopeful President Trump will consider appointing his son Barron and maybe other young Americans to TikTok’s board to help ensure it remains an app young people want to keep using,” Advent, whom the president playfully nicknamed “TikTok Jack,” told The Daily Mail.
Barron, who has just moved back into the White House while he attends classes at New York University’s DC campus in the nation’s capital, has yet to comment on the proposition.
Trump credited his son for guiding him on reaching a younger audience and helping him win his latest election.
Barron’s mother, first lady Melania Trump, previously said her son was instrumental because he “knows his generation.”
Trump signed an executive order last month approving the transfer of the video platform’s US operations to a consortium of American-based investors after speaking with Chinese President Xi Jinping. TikTok is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance.
The president made his own triumphant return to TikTok on Monday after a nearly year away.
“To all of those young people of TikTok, I saved TikTok, so you owe me big,” Trump said in a video post.
“Now, you’re looking at me in the Oval Office, and someday one of you are gonna be sitting right at this desk, and you’re gonna be doing a great job also.”
Former President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation in April 2024 that gave ByteDance the option of reducing its stake in TikTok to 20% or facing a blanket ban inside the United States.
Both Biden and Trump delayed implementation of the ban — with Trump arguing it would increase the power of US social media giants to censor political content.
Vice President JD Vance said that under the new deal, TikTok’s algorithm will now be controlled by the American investors.
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