A moment between Barron Trump and Joe Biden at Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration caused months of confusion online. People kept sharing a short clip of the two shaking hands, and many viewers became convinced that Barron, who is nineteen, had told Biden something rude.
This happened on January twentieth when Donald Trump was sworn in as the forty seventh president. In the video, Biden walked up to Barron, shook his hand and said something. The clip spread all over social media. Many people claimed they could read Barron’s lips and insisted he told Biden to go curse himself. The rumor kept growing because no one knew the real story.
A lip reader named Jeremy Freeman finally looked at the video closely. He said Biden actually told Barron “It’s good to see you man,” and Barron replied “Exactly.” But the debate refused to die online. People kept arguing about what was said until Eric Trump stepped in and explained everything.
Eric talked about it on The Megyn Kelly Show. He said he called Barron and asked him directly what he said to Biden that day. What Barron told him was nothing like the angry phrase people imagined. Eric said Barron told Biden something polite, something like congratulations and best of luck. Eric said Barron is respectful and would never insult a president to his face. He said Barron might think things privately like any teenager but he would not say something rude in public. He described Barron as a very nice kid.
Longer videos from the event also showed Barron shaking hands with Kamala Harris, even though she had just lost the election to his father. Many people online started praising Barron for being calm and respectful in a tense moment. Some called him classy. Others said he handled himself like a gentleman. Eric’s explanation finally put an end to the wild theories about the handshake and reminded people that the moment was much more polite than social media made it seem.
