Elon Musk considered himself part of the family at the Trumps' Thanksgiving dinner, and in the days after, he let loose about an interaction with Barron that may belie the public persona of Donald Trump's youngest son.
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00:00Elon Musk considered himself part of the family at the Trumps' Thanksgiving dinner,
00:04and in the days after, he let loose about an interaction with Barron
00:08that may bely the public persona of Donald Trump's youngest son.
00:11Barron Trump has been, by all accounts, pretty spotlight-averse. He always appeared to be on
00:16the shyer, more quiet side growing up. Outside of the really big ones,
00:20he tended to steer clear of most public events during his dad's first term as president.
00:24But there are signs that may change during Donald's upcoming second term in office.
00:28Musk has indicated that Barron isn't as low-key as he seems.
00:31The business magnate behind X, Tesla, and SpaceX, among other concerns,
00:36has essentially been attached at the hip to the president-elect since before the election.
00:40Musk has been tasked, alongside former presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy,
00:44with overseeing the Trump administration's new Department of Government efficiency.
00:48And, of course, he sat right next to Donald at Thanksgiving dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
00:53"...Trump and Elon walked around the room, stopped at each table, and spoke to all the guests."
00:59Barron, who is currently a freshman at New York University, sat on the other side of his dad.
01:03The...interesting seating arrangement led to a lot of discussion on Musk's very own X.
01:08Musk even commented on one post, writing,
01:11"...I was discussing consciousness and video games with Barron."
01:14Naturally, that led to numerous replies about Barron lore and speculation about
01:18what video games the 18-year-old plays. Rather than Elon answering any of the questions,
01:22his mother, Mae Musk, who also attended Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago, is the one who
01:26jumped in. She reposted her son's post and commented, alongside two heart-eye emojis,
01:32"...they were talking all night. Barron is very smart."
01:34Barron talking all night certainly makes it sound like he may be quite a bit chattier than
01:38his reputation would indicate. The characterization of a talkative Barron comes just a few days after
01:44Entertainment Tonight posted a video from 2009, when Barron was just about to turn three years
01:48old. It seems like he had plenty to say back then, too. With little prompting, he exclaims,
01:54"...now let's play drums."
01:56"...you wanna have drums? What you will have for a birthday?"
02:00It seems, based on Elon's characterization of the Thanksgiving table conversation,
02:04that Barron may be embracing that outgoing side of himself once again. And perhaps the Trump family
02:08is getting more comfortable with Elon essentially becoming an honorary uncle. Elon himself definitely
02:13seems to be loving it. Just days before he spent Thanksgiving with the Trumps,
02:16the controversial social media personality retweeted posts that claimed,
02:20"...Elon and Trump are basically best friends."
02:22And, "...Elon is now an honorary member of the Trump family,
02:25and Trump is now an honorary member of the Musk family."
02:28It's been rumored that Donald, at least, had some initial discomfort about Elon's
02:32unyielding attachment to him. Newsweek reported on November 13th that Trump told a meeting of
02:37House Republican leaders,
02:39"...Elon won't go home. I can't get rid of him. At least until I don't like him."
02:43Maybe it's Barron's seeming comfort with the tech billionaire that made Donald more amenable
02:47to his constant presence, but it must be said that the college freshman looked a little embarrassed
02:51when his dad and Elon sang and danced to YMCA together.