Barron Trump, the youngest son of former president Donald Trump, isn’t just a meme coin trading crypto degen—he’s also a time traveler, says Dustin Stockton, lead organizer of the January 6 protest.
Wacky? Sure. But whether the latter is believable isn’t the point. The point is Stockton, a political activist deep in MAGA land, genuinely believes it—as do other like-minded Trump supporters, as previously documented by big media pubs like Politico.
The narrative of Barron Trump the time-traveling, extraordinary hero has been a part of internet lore for years, with roots in a late 19th century novel called “The Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump” by Ingersoll Lockwood. But rather than chortle at the bizarre coincidences that seemingly connect fictional writings from over 100 years ago with present-day events, many believers have latched onto the tale as gospel—with Stockton among them.
What makes Stockton unique, however, is his standing at the intersection of MAGA and crypto. Recognized as the “godfather” of PoliFi—short-hand for the recent wave of politically themed meme coins—Stockton has connections to two of the earliest PoliFi standouts: He was a strategic advisor to the Doland Tremp (TREMP) meme coin and an early investor in the Jeo Boden (BODEN) token. Stockton believes Barron is central to the future of the Trump dynasty, and that the youngest son of the former president is much deeper into crypto than most people realize.
“I would guess that he is a trench warrior,” Stockton told Decrypt. “He is one of those dudes who is aping Pump.fun launches with his friends,” he said, referring to the Solana meme coin factory responsible for the launch of millions of meme coins since the start of the year. “I’d bet it’s hundreds of tokens he’s traded.”
That Barron trades crypto is no longer a secret. Members of his family, including his father, confirmed the rumors in a live interview with Decrypt’s sister company Rug Radio on Monday. “Barron knows so much about [crypto],” former president Donald Trump said during the Twitter Spaces. “He talks about his wallet. He’s got four wallets or something. I say: ‘What is a wallet? Explain this to me,’” he said.
Prior, Barron’s involvement in crypto was the stuff of Crypto Twitter gossip. Pharma bro Martin Shkreli, who served six and a half years in prison for securities fraud, claimed Barron was the mastermind behind the now infamous DJT meme coin. The coin reached a market cap just shy of $400 million back in June before eventually crashing to zero after a DJT developer-linked wallet sold 20% of the supply, according to on-chain analysis company Bubblemaps.
Stockton doesn’t believe Barron was involved in DJT, but he’s sure the young Trump has multiple wallets and is “figuring out crypto just like the rest of us.”
Later, after Donald Jr. and Eric Trump teased what would eventually become known as the World Liberty Financial crypto project, another meme coin called RTR launched with purported connections to the Trump family. The coin skyrocketed above a $100 million market cap within an hour of its launch. Both Donald Jr. and Eric publicly disavowed the token that same day and it too crashed to zero.
Stockton believes the 18-year-old Trump’s “mystique” contributed to the early success of those tokens—and he’s also convinced this is somehow further evidence that the Trump family is in possession of seemingly other-worldly technology.
“The fact that we haven’t heard Barron Trump’s voice; the fact that he’s seven foot 11,” Stockton said of the 6’ 9” Barron, “then you add to that all of this legitimately crazy Ingersoll Lockwood time travel stuff. I think it’s created this air of interest and mystique that really plays well.”
Lockwood’s series of novels center around a character named “Baron Trump” (“Baron” in the book is a title and not actually the character’s first name) who has a mentor known as “Don” (also a title) and lives on the same New York City street that the Trump tower can be found in present day. The pair go to Russia and find a portal to a magical underground world that some have apparently interpreted as a metaphorical time-traveling machine.
At the same time, famed inventor Nikola Tesla is believed to have been experimenting with time travel while Lockwood was also living in New York. When Tesla died it is believed that his unfinished research was given to Dr. John G. Trump—yup, Donald Trump’s uncle.
These things are no coincidence, say the true believers: Tesla did indeed invent time travel, Lockwood knew that, and the Trump family is involved in some way, with Barron at the center of it all. And the rabbit hole goes deeper.
The whole thing is also connected to John McAfee apparently owning the domain IngersollLockwood.com, a 2018 Q Anon drop, and even the movie “Back to the Future” (Biff Tannen is Trump, get it?). Donald Trump surviving an extremely public assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, is also explained by Barron’s ability to time travel, believers like Stockton say.
Stockton was the lead organizer of March for Trump, the January 6, 2021, protest of the 2020 election intended to be peaceful but eventually turned violent. Stockton ultimately did not attend due to “serious concerns” around the safety of the event—he told Decrypt he watched on TV as his worst fears came true.
With that kind of background, Stockton claims to be an activist well connected to the Trump family through his work. He admits Barron being a time traveler sounds “ridiculous,” but the deeper he digs, the more he’s convinced. “There’s just no other explanation,” he said.
