'Class act': Barron Trump sets social media ablaze for shaking hands with Biden at dad's inauguration

The youngest first son shook Biden's and Harris' hands shortly after his father took the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States. The 18-year-old New York University freshman participated in a handful of inaugural festivities on Monday, including attending a church service at St. John's that morning with his family, as well as the inaugural parade later in the day. 

Conservatives and other social media commenters praised Barron Trump on X, formerly Twitter, and TikTok for the handshakes, speculating he could one day launch a political career, while others pondered what the first son said to Biden during the quick exchange. 

"And then I have a very tall son named Barron. Has anyone ever heard of him?" President Trump said to the crowd as the arena's camera panned to Barron. 

The youngest Trump child waved to the crowd as supporters broke out into applause and cheers, before raising his fist like his father after his first assassination attempt in July. Barron also egged on the crowd for more applause before his dad praised him for his efforts to rally the youth vote while on the campaign trail. 

"He knew the youth vote. You know we won the youth vote by 36 points," Trump said, lauding him for encouraging him to join podcasts while on the campaign trail in order to reach younger voters. 

Trump kicked off his first day in office by signing at least 42 executive orders, memoranda or proclamations, delivered three separate speeches and fielded roughly an hour of media questions.