The supreme mystery in America is about to have its moment—for better or for worse.

This is part of Hello TrumpworldSlate’s reluctant guide to the people who want to take action now — at least while they last in Washington.

In the weeks after the election, two clips of Barron Trump went viral. With one of them the one you’re more likely to have seen, it’s not hard to see why: A Barron aged child talks about his “sweetcase” is cute enough on its own, but put a punch behind it and you’ve got yourself a certified TikTok earworm. But the other, on its face, is righteous a 17-second clip of today’s Barron saluting UFC founder and Trump crony Dana White at one of his father’s campaign events. “Hi. How are you?” can you hear him say. “It’s very nice to finally meet you.” Seam The New York Post reported in Decemberpeople online seized on this recording because it marked the first time many of them had ever heard Barron’s adult speaking voice.

To this day, most people have never heard Barron speak, or if they have, it was as a toddler with a Slovenian accent. Beyond those two clips, you won’t find many more examples out there of the first child to speak. This is as good an illustration as one of the most striking things about Barron Trump, which is how little we know about him, given how famous he is and what role he might be ready to take on in Trumpworld when he comes from age.

In many ways, it makes sense that Barron came across as little more than a character in the first Trump administration; he was all of 10 years old on Inauguration Day 2017. There were certainly more than enough other characters to focus on back then, Trump’s grown children very much among them. But it’s also strange that we now don’t know more about who 18-year-old Barron is and what he’s like. Think back to how much we knew about the Obama girls growing up—how ​​much their father talked about them, their interests, their family life, their dog—and compare that to how much we know about Barron through his father. That’s not a whole lot! Most of what we know comes from his mother, Melania Trump.

Here are the basic facts about Barron: He is in his first year as a student at New York University, unlike most of his older siblings, who chose to attend their father’s alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania. (Eric is the only other one who didn’t graduate from Penn; he went to Georgetown.) Barron, however, is keeping with the family tradition of studying business. Instead of living in dormitories, he lives in Trump Tower. Although there will be a room for him in the White House to visit, his mother recently told Fox News that he is expected to stay in New York to continue his studies. People magazine experimented with painting him as a “ladies’ man” in December, but almost nothing is known about his social or romantic life. TMZ has suggested that he does much of his socializing via gaming chat rooms.

He’s also very, very tall, 6-foot-7. Possibly the highest presidential offspring in American history – we’re still waiting for a fact check on that one.

Towards the end of the presidential race, the media identified Barron Trump as the “architect” behind his father’s podcast strategywhich saw the former devotee of more traditional media appear on a slew of shows aimed at Gen Z males. I remember being particularly amused by this wording: 18-year-olds are rare architect of much more than dinners with boxed pasta and purchased sauce. Was anyone really going to buy him as some sort of power broker? We still don’t know how much it actually mattered that Donald Trump participated in Joe Rogan’s podcast and Kamala Harris did not, but given how much discussion there was about young men and podcasts in the days and weeks after Harris’ loss, the podcast -question gained great importance in the discourse, and so did Barron. To me, it’s possible that he’s a new media mastermind and a future force to be reckoned with, but it’s much more likely that he’s just a kid. Again, we really don’t know a single thing about him yet other than he’s tall and can form sentences.

Judging by the huge response the “sootcase” video brought, people are excited about Barron emerging as a Gen Z protagonist. Personally, I actively hope it doesn’t happen. I want him to stay out of the limelight. At worst, he is the American conservative Lisan al Ghaib, destined to lead young people to an even scarier political place than our current one. At best, he follows in his sister Tiffany’s footsteps and becomes someone his father only occasionally seems to remember exists.

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