A recent article on Barron Trump included conversations with some of his classmates about him, with Kaya Walker, the former NYU College Republicans president, calling Barron Trump “sort of like an oddity” on campus, adding that the president’s son “goes to class” and then straight home. CRA President Will Donahue told the Washington Examiner that the organization has a policy in which its chapter members cannot speak to “hostile, left-wing news outlets” without approval from the CRA board, citing previous instances in which members have had quotes “misconstrued.”

“In terms of what she actually said, the Vanity Fair article seemed to want to run a hit piece against Barron Trump and paint him as something that he’s not, and so rather than deciding to say, ‘No, Barron Trump is very normal for his situation on campus. He is the president’s son. Many students are commuters,’ she decided to use imprudent word choices that were taken out of context and ended up making the organization look bad,” Donahue told the Washington Examiner.

Donahue said CRA spoke with Walker and learned that “her exact words” were used in the piece on Barron Trump, meaning CRA had no grounds for a libel lawsuit. As such, Walker was informed “softly” that what she said looked “really bad” and that she resigned due to the “media attention” her comments were receiving.

“It was not forceful in any way despite what some media outlets are reporting,” Donahue said. “She resigned on her own volition, but it’s an unfortunate situation, and that’s why we have the policy.”

CRA clarified in a statement on X that Walker had resigned from her position, and it extended an invitation to the president’s son to join the organization, saying Barron Trump represents “the future of the conservative movement.” CRA was the first national organization for College Republicans to endorse Donald Trump’s campaign for president, according to its statement.

In response to recent events with our NYU chapter, College Republicans of America formally invites Barron Trump to join us in reshaping the Republican Party. https://t.co/ydxk0gVC9x pic.twitter.com/P56fNsFqyU

— College Republicans of America (@uscollegegop) February 17, 2025

Ahead of the 2024 election, Donald Trump confirmed his youngest son was helping him “a little bit” on how to win over younger voters, particularly members of Generation Z. Barron Trump gave pointers to his father on which podcasts he should appear on, paving the way for podcasts to play a larger role in the 2024 election than in previous elections.

Trump revealed in September that Barron was attending NYU.