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Barron Trump gestures after his father, Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump, introduced him during a July 9 campaign rally in Doral, Fla. (AP)
The photo of Barron Trump in the Threads post was taken at a July 9 Trump campaign rally in Doral, Florida, four days before a gunman fired at former President Donald Trump.
We found no credible news reports, photos or video footage of Barron Trump attending the July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the gunman fired at his father. A letter that Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, wrote after the shooting did not say she and Barron had attended.
Some social media users are circulating a photo they say shows Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron, at a Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally where a shooter opened fire on the former president.
A July 14 Threads post includes a photo of Barron standing among a crowd of Trump supporters with his arms crossed over his chest. Text above the photo says, "Imagine having a front row seat to your dad getting shot in the head. Barron will never forget what they did to his father!"
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Donald Trump said in a July 13 Truth Social post that one of the shooter’s bullets struck the upper part of his right ear. His campaign posted on X about an hour later saying Trump was "doing well." The FBI is investigating the shooting as an assassination attempt.
A reverse-image search using Google Images found that this photo of Barron was taken at a July 9 Trump campaign rally in Doral, Florida, four days before the shooting. The original photo shows a wider shot of the crowd behind Barron, whereas the Threads post’s photo is closely cropped.
Other photos and videos taken by The Associated Press, Getty Images and the New York Post at the Florida rally place Barron in the front row, next to other Trump family members. That was the first Trump campaign rally Barron, 18, has attended.
PolitiFact contacted Trump’s campaign to verify whether Barron attended the Pennsylvania rally, but did not receive a reply by publication.
Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, released a statement following the shooting; it did not say she and Barron were at the Pennsylvania rally.
We found no credible news reports that Barron attended the campaign rally in Pennsylvania. We also found no Associated Press or Getty Images photos or video footage of Barron at the July 13 rally.
We rate the claim that this photo shows Barron Trump at the July 13, 2024, Butler, Pennsylvania, rally False.
PolitiFact Researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this report.
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Threads post (archived version), July 14, 2024
Reverse-image search using Google Images, July 15, 2024
Donald Trump, Truth Social post, July 13, 2024
Team Trump, X post, July 13, 2024
Melania Trump, X post, July 14, 2024
FBI, "FBI Statement on Incident in Butler, Pennsylvania," July 14, 2024
The Associated Press, photo of Barron Trump at Doral, Florida, rally, July 9, 2024
The Associated Press, photo of Barron Trump at Doral, Florida, rally, July 9, 2024
Getty Images, photo of Barron Trump at Doral, Florida, rally, July 9, 2024
YouTube, "The New York Post - Barron Trump receives standing ovation at father Donald’s campaign rally," July 10, 2024
The Palm Beach Post, "Barron attends Trump rally in Florida: His dad confirms college is next but doesn't say where," July 9, 2024
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