Barron Trump became the punchline of a joke around the White House before Melania Trump put the story to bed, author Michael Wolff told The Daily Beast podcast. The first lady issued a rare statement via her spokesperson on Monday,

President Donald Trump is in a fierce battle against Harvard University. Was Barron Trump rejected from the school? Where does he go to college?

When your last name is Trump, rumors find you quickly. Melania Trump has had enough of one in particular, a claim that her son, Barron Trump, applied to and got rejected by Harvard.