“To me that’s very cute because he’s a very young guy,” the former president told Miami’s Telemundo 51 on Thursday, praising him as a good student.
“He’s pretty young, I will say,” Trump said. “He’s 17.”
Just one problem: Barron Trump is 18, not 17.
His birthday was in March.
When NBC News pointed out the error to the Trump campaign, a spokesperson called it “tabloid journalism fit for the checkout aisle of a grocery store.”