Barron Trump is known for his towering stature, with some observers even joking that the president's youngest son might have a career in the NBA.

Yet this seems especially unlikely given how a recent report claims that the Secret Service stopped him from playing basketball with friends. 

Student says security concerns mean Trump isn't "really allowed to do stuff"

That suggestion was put forward in a recent article published by Vanity Fair, which featured interviews with Barron's fellow students at New York University.

"Barron’s classmates described his day-to-day comings and goings to me as limited," Vanity Fair contributor Dan Adler wrote in the Wednesday piece.

"One remembered asking to play basketball with him. Barron seemed interested, he said, but he got the sense that, with plainclothes Secret Service officers hovering, 'he wasn’t really allowed to do stuff,'" Adler continued.

Kaya Walker serves as president of the New York University College Republicans, and she explained that security concerns limit Barron's presence on campus, remarking, "He goes to class, he goes home."

Fact checker debunks claim that Trump was suspended for telling rape joke

The 18-year-old did draw attention late last year following a viral internet hoax that saw him falsely accused of making a rape joke.

According to Check Your Fact, the story started with a post on X a parody account known as "RT News," which resembles another account owned by the Russian broadcaster RT America.

It stated, "Barron Trump has received six months of academic probation after telling a rape joke to a female classmate at New York University."

An investigation by Check Your Fact found "no credible news reports to corroborate" allegations that Barron had either told an offensive joke or been put on academic probation.

Barron played an important role in his father's campaign

Although Barron may not have an active presence on campus, multiple figures have said that he played a pivotal role in his father's campaign.

One of them is Trump adviser Jason Miller, who told Politico's "Playbook Deep Dive" in October that "Barron has been very involved in recommending a number of the podcasts that we should do."

"I got to tell you, hats off to the young man. Every single recommendation he’s had has turned out to be absolute ratings gold that’s broke the internet. He’s done a great job," Miller stressed.

Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair Lara Trump is Barron's sister-in-law, and she offered a similar perspective when speaking with podcast host Patrick Bet-David, saying that Barron often gives his father political advice.