Barron Trump appeared to tower over FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the World Cup finale match on Sunday afternoon, with a backstage picture showing their height difference
Barron appeared to tower over FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Sunday(Image: FIFA via Getty Images)
Barron Trump towered over FIFA President Gianni Infantino as the two met at the World Cup finale on Sunday afternoon.
Images from the match show Barron chatting with Infantino as his father, President Donald Trump, and mother, first lady Melania Trump, look on.
The pair point at each other and smile as they chat, seemingly about the forthcoming showdown between Spain and Argentina, which was set to kick off at 3 p.m. The winner will be crowned world champion for the next four years.
Infantino also appears to tower over President Trump in the photo, who doesn’t don a smile as his son and the FIFA president chat. Melania’s face is obscured by Trump in the shot.
The lighthearted yet awkward image comes days after Trump shared an anecdote about his son’s soccer skills, telling a small crowd that gathered at Trump Tower on Friday for a FIFA reception about his son’s love for the sport.
The president admitted that he didn’t know much about soccer before the tournament arrived in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, but described his “very tall son” Barron’s love for the sport, stating that he’s “a very good ball handler.”
Barron attended the match with his family and was seen speaking with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney(Image: Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press vi)
“He said, ‘Dad, I’m a very good ball handler,'” Trump said. “I said, ‘But Barron, if he’s faster, what do you do about it?’ ‘Dad, he’ll never get by me.’ I said, ‘But when he does…’ He didn’t want to answer that question.”
Trump went on to say his son has “good skills.”
How tall is Barron? And how does his height compare to his parents’?
Barron’s towering height has been one of his defining traits in recent years amid rare public appearances with his father on the campaign trail and during the first year and a half of his second term.
Barron is the president’s only child with Melania, and, at 20 years old, he’s taller than both his parents.
Trump was booed after arriving at MetLife Stadium on Sunday(Image: FIFA via Getty Images)
Photos taken late last year at Trump’s New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago show Barron wearing a tuxedo and towering over his dad.
It’s unclear exactly how tall Barron is, but Trump has said in the past that he’s somewhere in the range of 6-foot-7 or 6-foot-9.
Trump, meanwhile, claims to be 6-foot-3. Melania is 5-foot-11. Barron’s half-brother, Eric Trump, is 6-foot-5.
His son’s height has been the butt of many of Trump’s jokes over the years, though he speaks about it with pride.