Trump says youngest son Barron mirrors his builder’s eye for detail: ‘He’s very meticulous’

WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump took Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on a guided tour of the White House this week and couldn’t stop gushing about his 19-year-old son, Barron, whom he described as having inherited his “meticulous” nature.

The Tuesday, November 11, interview featured Trump walking Ingraham through several White House renovations, everything from ornate moldings and gold medallions to an under-construction East Wing ballroom.

Trump praises Barron’s ‘meticulous’ nature

At one point, Ingraham asked the president if any of his children had picked up his eye for detail. “Do any of your kids have that same delicate attention to detail that you have? Because that’s kind of, you can’t really teach them,” she asked.

“I think they do,” Trump replied. “I think Eric is very good. Don in a very different way is good. Ivanka is, know, Tiffany’s very smart. She was a great student, always a great student. They’re all great students. Actually, they’re all great students.”

“And I think Barron’s going to be tremendous at that. Yeah, he’s very meticulous,” he gushed. Ingraham asked if the youngest Trump was around. “Is he here?” she said.

“He is. He’s right upstairs. Want to see him?” Trump offered. “Yeah, I’d love to see him,” Ingraham responded. “He’s doing a good job. He’s tall. He’s a tall one,” Trump added proudly. 

Trump credits late father Fred Trump for his eye for design

Ingraham also asked the president about the origins of his architectural obsession. “Where do you think you developed the attention to architectural detail? Like at what age did you start realizing that’s what you could do?” she asked.

Trump gave full credit to his late father, New York real estate developer Fred Trump.

“Yeah, I was involved with my father in building and all this stuff, and my father was a builder,” Trump said. “So as a little boy, I’d be sitting there playing with blocks, I guess. And my father would be on the phone, you know, and I’d be listening, I guess. And you listen. I had a father who was very good at building. He was very good at building things. And so am I. I build better than anybody else. Nobody can build like me. You can ask Steve Witkoff, 'Who is the best builder?' He will tell you.”

Ingraham pressed further, “But did your dad have the same attention to the specific details that you do?”

“Well, he built low, moderate, and composite. So he didn’t have to do a floor like this," Trump explained. "He’d do a floor out of tile, linoleum at the time they used to call it. And it would be a different kind of thing. But he had a tremendous attention to quality. In other words, if it’s going to be even, you know, a regular floor, it would be exactly even, exactly straight, it would fit perfectly. But when you look at that, look at that job. Nobody’s ever seen it.” 

Trump's White House upgrades

President Donald Trump is currently on a building spree inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The most talked-about project is the demolition of the historic East Wing, built in 1902, to make way for a brand-new 90,000-square-foot White House State Ballroom. The project carries an estimated $300 million price tag and is designed to host up to 999 guests for lavish state dinners and black-tie events.

Meanwhile, Trump’s Rose Garden overhaul saw the once-grassy lawn paved with white limestone tiles and topped with yellow-and-white striped umbrellas. Inside, spaces like the Oval Office now feature gold-rimmed portraits, gilded mirrors, and custom carvings.

Furthermore, Trump has added a “Presidential Walk of Fame” along the West Colonnade, complete with portraits of past presidents and half-inch-thick brass signage. He also installed two 88-foot flagpoles on the North and South Lawns.

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