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AAs the sun sets on Kamala Harris’ roasting summer, Donald Trump is racing full steam ahead to Brovember.

Surrounded by middle-aged campaign workers, the former president turned to an unlikely source to woo young male voters: his youngest son and his influencer best friend.

Despite being barely old enough to vote, 18-year-olds Bo Loudon and Barron Trump were unofficially recruited into Team Trump to help the oldest presidential candidate in history break into the manosphere and get the “bro vote.” win.

Earlier this year, Trump, 78, began experimenting with the new audience by engaging with YouTubers and podcasters, many of whom are sympathetic to the MAGA movement.

“They don’t grow up watching TV the same way we do,” Trump said Daily Mail. “You grew up with the Internet or computers, right?”

But the Republican presidential candidate cannot reach the 47 million Generation Zers who are allowed to vote on November 5th alone.

Loudon, a conservative content creator and the latest Trump heir, was apparently tasked with helping Trump navigate the complex web of internet celebrities and influencers.

“The strategy is to reach an audience that may not be recognized,” Loudon told Piers Morgan on Thursday.

An unnamed campaign source coined the aggressive new media tactic “Trump on steroids,” she told CNN.

Loudon, of Palm Beach, Florida, is the son of Dr. Gina Loudon, the conservative television pundit and former co-chair of Women for Trump in 2020, and John Loudon, a former Missouri state senator.

The family is a guest at the Trump resort Mar-a-Lago.

“(Bo’s) is at Mar-a-Lago every night when Barron is home. “The two are inseparable,” said a source close to the family The post.

Under the nickname “Trump’s Young Gun,” the young conservative hothead has gained hundreds of thousands of followers online.

Loudon’s Instagram page is filled with selfies with conservative celebrities and MAGA loyalists — from psychologist Jordan Peterson to former Trump strategist Roger Stone.

Loudon wears similar blue suits to his idol, whom he calls the “rightful president,” and regularly posts photos alongside Trump – including one next to him and Barron with the caption “Best friend, best president.”

In a TikTok video, the self-proclaimed “pro-Trump influencer” even stated that he would take a bullet for the former president.

The relationship between Loudon and Trump appears to be mutually beneficial: Trump uses his young weapon; In return, Loudon gets access.

“Trump asked how I was doing,” Loudon gushed to X in a photo next to Trump at Mar-a-Lago in August. “I checked about five times to make sure everyone knew “I’m best friends with his son Barron.”

“Gen-Z stands with Trump!”

Loudon repeated the claim during an appearance on Fox News in August: “Trump loves the youth. Generation Z loves Trump.”

Trump launched his podcast and YouTube offensive with right-wing content creators in the summer.

Barron and Bo were said to be behind Trump’s 90-minute interview with Kick influencer Adin Ross in August, during which the former president was gifted a flashy gold Rolex and a Tesla Cybertruck.

“It was the honor of my life to organize and be a part of the LEGENDARY stream between the rightful President Trump and my friend @AdinRoss,” Loudon wrote on X after the meeting.

Trump sat with the likes of YouTuber Logan Paul, comedian Theo Von, podcaster Lex Freidman, YouTubers The Nelk Boys, political commentator Ben Shapiro and entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David.

Loudon now claims he wants to help organize a Joe Rogan podcast appearance with Trump.

“I’ve definitely talked to a few people about it,” he told the host of Piers Morgan uncensored.

According to a Suffolk University/USA Today poll released Wednesday, 20 percent of potential Trump voters say they have listened to one of Trump’s podcast appearances.

Harris quickly became a favorite among young voters after turning Democratic in July and still holds a sizable 20-point lead over her Republican rival among Generation Z.

However, according to the latest CNBC/Generation Lab poll, Trump has nearly doubled his appeal in the last three months, from 21 percent to 40 percent.

Recent polls also suggest that young men under 30 are leaning toward Republicans by 14 percentage points compared to 2020, said John Della Volpe, poll director at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Politics The New York Times.

Bo, Barron and the Bro podcasters may have played their part.