Overview

• Jesse Watters speculated on August 4 that actress Sydney Sweeney would marry 19-year-old Barron Trump to create an unprecedented political dynasty.
• Social media users widely ridiculed Watters’ prophecy, turning it into a trending pop-culture topic.
• Former Danity Kane member Aubrey O’Day led prominent mockery of the wedding prediction and referenced her alleged past affair with Donald Trump Jr.
• President Trump had previously praised Sweeney’s American Eagle ad and her status as a registered Republican, which fueled the pundit’s speculation.
• Critics have also argued that Sweeney’s new American Eagle ad contains white-supremacist imagery, intensifying partisan backlash.