Student president defends Barron Trump comments after resigning

The former president of New York Universityโ€™s College Republicans chapterย has released a statement after being forced to resign from the role over comments made about Barron Trump.

NYUโ€™s Stern School of Business became the college of choice for the presidentโ€™s youngest son last year โ€“ the institution is regarded as one of the top business schools in America.

Aside from the fact that he is trailed by Secret Service agents wherever he goes and isnโ€™t likely to have a usual college experience in any way, shape or form, not much is known about Barronโ€™s life on campus, nor how heโ€™s settled in after beginning the next chapter of his life.

Which is probably why fellow Stern student Kaya Walker garnered so much attention after an interview withย Vanity Fairย where she described him in terms that have been interpreted by many as unflattering.

Kaya had been the president of NYU Collegeย Republicans, butย had no choice but to step down after the comments she made about Donald and Melania Trumpโ€™s son.

Sheย toldย Vanity Fair of Barron Trump: โ€œHeโ€™s sort of like an oddity on campus.โ€

Kaya added: โ€œHe goes to class, he goes home.โ€

Perhaps unsurprisingly she found herself heavily criticized online, with the College Republicans of America (CRA) labeling her comments โ€˜inappropriateโ€™ and in conflict with its โ€˜values and principlesโ€™.

As the story picked up more and more traction, Kaya ultimately resigned from her presidential role on Sunday night (February 16).

Now, days later, she has broken her silence to address the controversy in an interview with theย New York Post.

โ€˜โ€Iโ€™ve been killing myself trying to support the conservative movement,โ€ she said. โ€œEverybody knows that itโ€™s an uphill battle being a Republican at NYU.โ€

She went on:ย โ€œIโ€™ve put my everything into building up my chapter. I built [attendance] up exponentially.

โ€œItโ€™s been insane, especially this past year, weโ€™ve seen such a rise in membership and had such a great time.โ€

Barron Trump had been kept outside the spotlight for years before appearing alongside his father, Donald Trump, to celebrate the presidential election victory this past November. The 18-year-old son of Donald andย Melania Trumpย has always been an object of interest for people worldwide due to his height, and his star-status has only grown as heโ€™s entered adulthood.

According to aย People Magazineย source, the 18-year-old has been โ€œpopular with the ladiesโ€ since starting classes at NYUโ€™s Stern School of Business in September.

โ€œHeโ€™s at Stern so heโ€™s studying business in some way. Heโ€™s a ladies man for sure. Heโ€™s really popular with the ladies,โ€ the source said. โ€œHeโ€™s tall and handsome. A lot of people seem to think heโ€™s pretty attractive โ€” yes, even liberal people like him.โ€


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