On October 16, an anonymous Facebook account called Tamuna Tamo, which regularly spreads disinformation, published a quote allegedly by Barron Trump, the youngest son of Donald Trump, about former U.S. President Barack Obama. The quote claims that Obama was not a symbol of progress but a moment when America started to fracture. It further says that Obama “poisoned trust in law enforcement, and made chaos fashionable,” and that “America is still bleeding from the wounds he left.”
The circulated quote is fake and does not belong to Barron Trump. The original source of the quote is an X account belonging to a Trump supporter. No similar statement by Barron Trump can be found in any open sources.
The Facebook post includes a link to the X post, which leads to the account “ⁿᵉʷˢ Barron Trump” that published the quote on October 14. It is noteworthy that the original post does not claim that the words actually belong to Barron Trump.
The account does not belong to the U.S. President’s youngest son but rather to one of his supporters, as stated in the account’s description.
The account regularly posts news and opinions related to Barron Trump and U.S. politics. For instance, on October 14, it published another post about Barack Obama, featuring his photo with the inscription “Scammer.”
There is no publicly available information confirming that Barron Trump made such a statement about Barack Obama. Barron Trump himself does not have an X account.
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