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A never-before-seen, extremely rare throwback picture of teenage Melania Trump has the internet melting down, and it’s all because people can’t handle how much her teenage son, Barron Trump, resembles her. The beautiful black-and-white photos, snapped decades ago by photographer Stane Jerko, capture Melania pre-fame, pre-wealth, and pre-First Lady life, back when she was merely a wide-eyed young Slovenian with ambitions much greater than her tiny town. With smooth, rounded cheeks, dark expressive eyes, and those unmistakably thick brows, Melania is worlds removed from the glamorous, designer-styled woman we’re familiar with now. There’s no dramatic contouring, no blow-out sheen, no couture power suit, just a bright-eyed girl with a soft-spoken confidence that obviously never fled her. And fans have been observing something above all else: her youngest son, Barron, is her carbon copy. Like Mother, Like Son Standing at a whopping 6’7", Barron Trump looms over his parents, yet when you take a closer look, the resemblance to Melania is unmistakable. The same dark locks, the same piercing stare, the same serene demeanor. Social media has erupted with comparisons, with supporters declaring he’s “Melania’s twin” and “clearly didn’t get those genes from Donald.” Even the former president himself has been forced to admit his son’s uncanny similarity to his wife. “He looks more like Melania. He’s temperamentally like her. Very laid back,” Donald Trump said in an informal interview with The Palm Beach Post in 2006. That unflappable nature has accompanied Barron into young adulthood. While the rest of the Trump family feeds off attention and publicity, Barron has managed to keep his life relatively quiet — not easy in a family built on the limelight. Melania’s One and Only Melania has been notoriously secretive about her sole child, but she did reveal a few times why she wanted only one. When she appeared on Fox & Friends, she explained that while her husband was interested in having more children, she wanted to focus all her affection and energy on raising Barron. “I know how busy he is and I’m in charge of everything,” she said, hinting at Trump’s famously hands-off approach to parenting. And from the looks of it, her decision paid off. Barron has grown into a composed, thoughtful young man who mirrors his mother’s poise and grace, and, judging by those resurfaced photos, her striking good looks too. The Next Chapter for Barron Having graduated from Oxbridge Academy in Florida earlier this year, Barron is now a student at NYU’s Stern School of Business, emulating his father’s entrepreneurial spirit but with his mother’s unflappable determination. He is currently studying at NYU’s Washington, D.C. campus, which specializes in politics, leadership, and policy — conveniently located near home for his father’s second term in office. Friends describe him as polite, serious, and laser-beam focused, avoiding the fray yet still bearing the unmistakable Trump surname. And with those just-emerged pictures of his mother going viral, the world has reached one single verdict: Barron Trump inherited not only Melania’s looks, he also inherited her mystique.
