Inside Barron Trump’s secret plot to help dad Donald ‘break the internet’ to win the 2024 election

Barron Trump has played a key role in getting his father to “break the internet” as he tries to reach Gen Z voters.

The former president’s youngest son has not regularly appeared at his father’s side at his rallies across the country, but has played a behind-the-scenes role in getting former President Donald Trump to appear on podcasts favored by Generation Z and millennial men. ABC News reports.

The 18-year-old first suggested that his father appear on YouTuber and wrestler Logan Paul’s podcast Impaulsive, and sure enough, the podcast was the first Trump appeared on in June, a campaign insider told the outlet.

Trump, 78, has since appeared on a number of other podcasts and even spoke with popular podcaster Joe Rogan on Friday.

His efforts seemed to pay off: Every podcast in which Trump appeared received millions of views — not including the segments of the podcasts viewed on social media.

Barron has suggested that Trump appear on podcasts that Gen Z and millennial men listen to

“Barron has been very involved in recommending some of the podcasts that we should be doing,” Jason Miller, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, told the Politico Playbook Deep Dive podcast on Friday.

“I have to tell you: hats off to the young man. Every recommendation he has had has been absolute gold that has broken the internet.”

Miller further spoke about the importance of appearing on such podcasts, saying, “If you look at the impact of podcasts or YouTube shows – non-traditional media – part of it comes down to meeting voters where they are. ‘

Trump recently spoke with businessman Patrick Bet-David for the PBD podcast in an appearance that was viewed 2.8 million times on Friday.

His October 9 appearance on comedian Andrew Schulz’s Fragrant podcast also received 6.2 million views, and Trump’s first podcast appearance with Paul received 6.68 million views.

But Trump’s most successful performance to date was on This Past Weekend with Theo Von on August 20, which was viewed at least 14 million times.

The former president started that podcast by saying that Barron told him about the Louisiana-born comedian: “Dad, he’s big. He’s a big one.’

Trump’s appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience is also expected to rack up millions of views, as Rogan’s podcast is the most listened to podcast on Spotify with 14.5 million followers.

Trump appeared on This Past Weekend with Theo Von on August 20, in a video that has been viewed at least 14 million times

Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said this earlier told the New York Post The campaign aims to gain media attention through social media engagement and clip sharing.

“President Trump is very likable and everything he does is a viral moment, whether he’s just walking into a Chick-fil-A in Atlanta and meeting the young workers or flipping burgers at the tailgate of a football game in Iowa,” she said in April .

Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris’ efforts to appeal to young voters through podcasts have not been all that successful so far.

She recorded an interview with The Shade Room on October 14, which had been viewed just over 144,000 times as of Friday.

An eight-minute clip of her appearance on the popular Call Her Daddy podcast, released on October 6, was viewed 675,000 times.

Barron told his father about Von, Trump revealed on the podcast

Trump is now leading in the polls, and a Wall Street Journal survey released Thursday shows him with a three-point lead over the vice president nationally.

Among registered voters, Trump has 47 percent and Harris has 45 percent. That’s a reversal from the Wall Street Journal’s August polls.

A CNBC All-America Economic Survey also found Trump with a 48 percent lead to Harris’s 46 percent, and in the seven battleground states likely to decide the presidential election, the poll shows Trump with a 48 percent lead compared to Harris’s 47 percent.

The poll found that economic issues remain the top concern for voters, and when it comes to prioritizing inflation, the economy and the needs of the middle class, Trump has a strong advantage.

The survey also found that 42 percent of voters said they would be better off financially if Trump wins, compared to just 24 percent who said the same if Harris wins. Another 29 percent said their financial situation will not change regardless of who wins the White House.

The poll from Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania also shows Trump with a 50 to 49 percent lead over Harris among likely voters, but among all registered voters the vice president still has a 48 percent to 44 percent lead.

It shows Trump has a six-point lead when it comes to handling the economy and the military. But Harris has an advantage when it comes to understanding the concerns of ordinary Americans and is considered more trustworthy.