Barron Trump Waving

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About
Barron Trump Waving refers to a video and GIF caption meme format based on a video of Barron Trump, Donald Trump's youngest son, waving at the cheering and applauding crowd at the January 2025 presidential parade. In late January 2025, the video was paired with captions about bragging and taking credit for minuscule accomplishments. The format is similar to the Cristiano Ronaldo Winning Award meme.
Origin
On January 20th, 2025, at the Presidential Inaugural Parade, United States President Donald Trump talked about his youngest son Barron Trump assisting him in securing the youth vote. As Trump introduced his son, Barron Trump stood up and waved at the cheering crowd, also making a "cupped ear" gesture sometimes done by his father (video[1] shown below).
On January 22nd, 2025, X[2] user @TheChiefNerd posted a 20-second clip of Barron Trump waving at the crowd paired with the caption, "When I tell my wife I loaded the dishwasher 😂." The post (shown below) received over 25.3 million views, 20,000 reposts and 302,000 likes in seven days.
Spread
In the following days, the clip achieved viral popularity as a caption format on X / Twitter. For example, on January 22nd, 2025, X[3] user @TiffanyFong_ captioned the video, "me after stopping the microwave at 0:01," with the post (shown below) gaining over 350 reposts and 5,800 likes in one week.
On January 23rd, 2025, X[4] user @MidnightMitch captioned the video, "Me when I fix my parents TV by changing the input to HDMI 1." The post (shown below) received over 28,000 reposts and 357,000 likes in six days.
More memes based on the format went viral on X / Twitter in late January 2025.
Related Memes
Cristiano Ronaldo Winning Award
Cristiano Ronaldo Winning Award refers to a video and GIF of professional soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo walking up to a stage, dressed in a suit and tie, and accepting an award at the 2016 FIFA Football Awards. The video clip is most often used in an ironic context, with meme creators on Reddit and YouTube pairing the exploitable with captions that outline simple achievements in contrast to the dramatic acceptance.
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Search Interest
External References
[1] YouTube – Barron Trump urges on cheering crowd at presidential parade
[2] X – @TheChiefNerd
[3] X – @TiffanyFong_
[4] X – @MidnightMitch
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