Former NBC Universal senior executive Mike Sington continued his bizarre obsession with Barron Trump on his 18th birthday Wednesday.
Sington wrote in a now-deleted tweet that Barron is “fair game” since becoming a legal adult, according to Internet Archive. The NBC executive has previously described the former president’s son as “handsome” and has fawned over his height.
“Barron Trump turns 18 today. He’s fair game now,” Sington wrote Wednesday.
Sington told Newsweek that “fair game” meant it is fair for the press to criticize him.
“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,” he said, according to Newsweek.
He wrote in one tweet from Aug. 28, 2020, that the then-14-year-old should be “gay” and “marry a guy from a s**t hole country,” according to screenshots.
This guy clearly has a weird obsession https://t.co/6p8DLp2yAd
— Billy Gribbin (@BillyGribbin) March 20, 2024
He previously described Barron as “handsome” and declared “he should be a model” in a tweet from Nov. 27, 2019, highlighting his height and fashion sense.
“First Son could be a model!” he wrote of the then-13-year-old boy. “A very fashionable Barron towers over his father, who is 6’3.”
What it I told you this former NBC News hack didn’t mean it the way you thought, but that his real meaning was even worse? pic.twitter.com/rOhBnLDDEg
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) March 20, 2024
He also referred to Barron as “cool” in a tweet from June 17, 2017, and has posted photographs of the minor on several more occasions, according to screenshots. (RELATED: Fake Don Jr. Scolds Reporter For Making Fun Of Barron Trump)
This weirdo Mike Sington has been stalking Barron Trump for nearly a decade pic.twitter.com/TzIryuy6RF
— Alec Sears (@alec_sears) March 20, 2024
Several social media users immediately slammed Sington for his bizarre tweet.
“Former Senior NBC Executive deletes shockingly inappropriate tweet about Barron Trump turning 18 saying ‘He’s fair game now.’ Mike Sington served as a director of operations for NBC Universal between 1986-2016,” author and influencer Oli London wrote.
Former Senior NBC Executive deletes shockingly inappropriate tweet about Barron Trump turning 18 saying “He’s fair game now.”
Mike Sington served as a director of operations for NBC Universal between 1986-2016. pic.twitter.com/QOgfvRaJEa
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) March 20, 2024
“Creep Mike Sington DELETES tweet saying he wants to date Barron Trump!” Anthony Hughes said.
Creep Mike Sington DELETES tweet saying he wants to date Barron Trump! pic.twitter.com/swV6LG9PYM
— Anthony Hughes (@CallMeAntwan) March 20, 2024
“But wait… It’s much worse than we thought… It appears NBC Exec Mike Sington has a very creepy obsession with Barron Trump going back years,” Libs of TikTok wrote.
But wait… It’s much worse than we thought…
It appears NBC Exec Mike Sington has a very creepy obsession with Barron Trump going back years. https://t.co/cPKKwjKscE pic.twitter.com/i3Ba8293pW
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 20, 2024
The former president’s youngest son has been subject to mockery by liberal media figures and scholars. Former first lady Melania Trump said constitutional scholar Pamela Karlan “should be ashamed” of herself after she made a joke about him during a December 2019 hearing before the House Judiciary Committee.