The photos of a young Barron Trump’s toy room went viral after his father President Donald Trump said two dolls are enough and no one needs 30 dolls. The president’s remarks were in the context of tariffs impacting American families as prices are soaring — including even the prices of toys.
“Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. You know, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally. But, we’re not talking about something that we have to go out of our way,” Trump said, suggesting that Americans do not need many of the Chinese things that will become costly owing to the tariffs.
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller defended Trump’s statement and said Americans would be willing to pay more to buy America-made dolls.
“He was making the point that I think almost every American consumer agrees with, which is if they had a choice between a — and I’m a parent of young children — a choice between a doll from China that might have, say, lead paint in it, that is not as well constructed as a doll made in America, that has a higher environmental and regulatory standard, and that is made to a higher degree of quality, and those two products are both on Amazon that yes, you probably would be willing to pay more for a better made American product,” Miller said.
Barron had an entire floor of the Trump penthouse for toys
The Manhattan Trump Tower had an entire floor for Barron Trump’s toys. The viral photos taken from a video of a 2010 tour of the penthouse show Barron’s Mercedes Benz, electric toy car, which had the logo and a license plate reading ‘BARRON’. Barron was also pictured sitting on his stuffed lion.
