{"id":37241,"date":"2026-04-22T04:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/37241\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:09:36","slug":"jesse-ventura-dares-barron-trump-to-do-what-his-dad-didnt-have-the-courage-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/37241\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Ventura Dares Barron Trump To Do What His Dad &#8216;Didn\u2019t Have The Courage To&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jesse Ventura \u2015 the actor, pro wrestler and former Minnesota governor \u2015 on Tuesday laid down a challenge to Barron Trump, daring the youngest son of Donald Trump to enlist in the U.S. military and serve in his father\u2019s Iran war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ventura, a decorated Navy SEAL veteran and outspoken critic of the president,\u00a0 argued on Piers Morgan\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m_BQNhEPkYo&amp;t=5230s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Uncensored;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Uncensored&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Uncensored<\/a>\u201d that \u201ca war is justified\u201d only if those responsible are willing to send their own children to fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Buzz: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/seth-meyers-donald-trump-barron-trump-very-tall-and-good_n_684aa13fe4b03de6beb01a48?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Seth Meyers Mocks Donald Trump&#039;s Relationship With Son Barron Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Seth Meyers Mocks Donald Trump&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Seth Meyers Mocks Donald Trump&#8217;s Relationship With Son Barron Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBecause how can you send somebody else\u2019s kids to a war if you won\u2019t send your own?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m_BQNhEPkYo&amp;t=5230s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch the interview from the 1:16 mark on YouTube.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Watch the interview from the 1&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Watch the interview from the 1:16 mark on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ventura dared the Trump scion:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo, I\u2019m calling right now for Barron Trump, Donald Trump\u2019s son. You know, after all, he\u2019s had three wives. He\u2019s had kids by each wife and nobody\u2019s ever served in the military. To my knowledge, a Trump in the last hundred years has never done military service. Well, Barron, you can change that. Enlist in the United States military right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDo something your father didn\u2019t have the courage to do,\u201d he added. \u201cDo something your father didn\u2019t have the patriotism to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI want to see a Trump in the military,\u201d he said. \u201cEverybody in my family has served, so I think I can say that with all due confidence. Come on, Trumps. Don\u2019t just reap the benefits of this free world. Somebody put on the uniform and that\u2019s you, Barron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/support?utm_campaign=yahoo-rr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Support HuffPost;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Support HuffPost&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Support HuffPost<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Barron Trump and his mother, first lady Melania Trump, during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address in February.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/afd3ae3654bf46eb2544b1d5f21db7e4.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Barron Trump and his mother, first lady Melania Trump, during President Donald Trump&#8217;s State of the Union address in February. Tom Williams via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Elsewhere in the interview, Morgan asked Ventura about his interview of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pTLGkQeUjTs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Trump at WrestleMania XX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Trump at WrestleMania XX&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Trump at WrestleMania XX<\/a> in 2004, when he told the crowd: \u201cI think that we may need a wrestler in the White House in 2008.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ventura said he was only doing his job with the line and called Trump\u2019s subsequent elevation to the WWE Hall of Fame a \u201ctragedy,\u201d adding that \u201cwhen I was referring to putting a wrestler in the White House, I was talking about me, not him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Politics: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-barron-trump-sports-star_n_691d97d5e4b0b763ab8cbda6?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s White House Moment With Barron Trump Leaves Donald Trump Bragging;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s White House Moment With Barron Trump Leaves Donald Trump Bragging&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s White House Moment With Barron Trump Leaves Donald Trump Bragging<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ventura later suggested it may be time \u201cfor a showdown between the Vietnam veteran and the draft dodger,\u201d the latter a reference to Trump, who received deferments after he was diagnosed with bone spurs in his feet (even though the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/nyt-podiatrist-daughter-trump-bone-spurs_n_5c23d350e4b0407e907f72e0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:podiatrist\u2019s daughters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;podiatrist\u2019s daughters&quot;}\" class=\"link \">podiatrist\u2019s daughters<\/a>\u00a0later claimed the diagnosis was done as \u201ca favor\u201d to Trump\u2019s father, Fred Trump).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Morgan asked Ventura if he meant a physical confrontation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNo, but if he wants it, he\u2019s in the hall of fame,\u201d Ventura replied. \u201cLet\u2019s both get in the ring. He\u2019s in the hall of fame, isn\u2019t he? Even though he\u2019s never, ever had a match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/jesse-ventura-dares-barron-trump_n_69c3a43de4b018d43a595679?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read the original on HuffPost;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Read the original on HuffPost&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Read the original on HuffPost<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jesse Ventura \u2015 the actor, pro wrestler and former Minnesota governor \u2015 on Tuesday laid down a challenge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[98,12,4684,4369,973,6268,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-37241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barron-trump","8":"tag-barron-trump","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-fred-trump","11":"tag-jesse-ventura","12":"tag-melania-trump","13":"tag-piers-morgan","14":"tag-trump"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116446400704200850","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}