Former NBC exec deletes post saying Barron Trump is 'fair game now' that he's 18: 'I don't wish physical harm on anyone'



A former NBC executive deleted a social media post saying Barron Trump — son of former President Donald Trump — is "fair game now" that he turned 18 years old, Fox News reported.

Mike Sington, a retired NBCUniversal senior executive, marked Barron Trump's birthday Wednesday with a photo of Barron and his father, along with the following message: "Barron Trump turns 18 today. He's fair game now," the cable network said.

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After a flurry of outrage, Sington deleted the post from X and told Newsweek, "I posted he was 'fair game' now, meaning, as an adult, he's 'fair game' for criticism from the press. Someone pointed out to me 'fair game' could mean fair game to be harmed. I don't wish physical harm on anyone, so I took it down. I listen to the comments and criticism I receive."

Fox News said the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

It wasn't the first shot taken at Barron Trump:

  • Shortly after Donald Trump's 2016 election victory, Rosie O'Donnell was criticized after tweeting, "Barron Trump Autistic? If so — what an amazing opportunity to bring attention to the AUTISM epidemic." O'Donnell claimed it wasn't a slight against Barron.
  • Actor Peter Fonda wrote in a since-deleted 2018 tweet that "we should rip Barron Trump from his mother's arms and put him in a cage with pedophiles and see if mother will stand up against the giant a**hole she is married to." Fonda later apologized.
  • Fox News said former "Saturday Night Live" writer Katie Rich was suspended from the show in 2018 for a post saying Barron would be the country's "first homeschool shooter."
  • Ohio Democrats in 2019 used the Special Olympics to mock Barron, with one saying he may "need" the organization one day.
  • On Father's Day 2020, Food Network host John Henson noted in a since-deleted tweet: "I hope Barron gets to spend today with whoever his dad is." Mika Brzezinski appeared to suggest something similar during a 2019 episode of MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

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Stormy Daniels must pay Donald Trump $300K in lawyer fees after losing her appeals



Stormy Daniels has been ordered to pay former President Donald Trump nearly $300,000 in lawyer fees after losing her legal appeals in a case case involving Trump that rocketed the adult film star into the mainstream.

The National Pulse reported that the current fiasco stems from a 2018 lawsuit that alleged that prior to becoming the president, then-candidate Trump’s previous lawyer — Michael Cohen — issued a payment of $130,000 to Daniels in exchange for her silence over an alleged tryst between Daniels and Trump that is said to have occurred a decade before he sought the presidency.

The liberal-leaning Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision to dismiss Daniels’ appeal on Monday.

The Washington Times noted that prior to this dismissal, in 2018, a U.S. District judge dismissed the former porn star’s defamation suit against the then-president of the United States and ordered her to pay Trump’s legal fees.

Celebrating the recent ruling, Trump issued a statement on Monday that said, “The 9th Circuit just issued a final ruling in the Stephanie Clifford (aka Stormy Daniels) frivolous lawsuit case against me brought by her disgraced lawyer, Michael Avenatti, upholding the lower court ruling that she owes me nearly $300,000 in attorney fees, costs, and sanctions (not including appeal costs).”

“As I have stated many times throughout the years, I never had an affair with Stormy Daniels, nor would I ever have wanted to,” Trump continued. “The ruling was a total and complete victory and vindication for, and of me.”

“The lawsuit was a purely political stunt that never should have been started, or allowed to happen, and I am pleased that my lawyers were able to bring it to a successful conclusion after the court fully rejected her appeal. Now all I have to do is wait for all of the money she owes me.”

Daniels, however, remains adamant that she will not pay Trump’s legal fees.

I will go to jail before I pay a penny
— Stormy Daniels (@Stormy Daniels) 1647908817

Daniels also recently reached the conclusion of a bitter legal battle with her former attorney, Michael Avenatti, who was accused of stealing money from an advance Daniels received for her autobiography which resulted in charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for Avenatti.

Avenatti was convicted of these charges and, per CNN, is expected to be sentenced in late May.