Donald Trump triggered a wave of online backlash Thursday night after referring to his son Barron as “her boy” while praising Melania’s latest initiative, prompting critics to call the comment bizarre and unsettling. Trump told the crowd Melania “has a wonderful boy” and is “very proud of her boy,” language many noted seemed to distance him from his own son.

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Trump sparks backlash with odd remark distancing himself from youngest son