People left baffled over Barron Trump’s mysterious exchange with Joe Biden at his dad’s inauguration

Joe Biden was left looking a bit deflated after a brief exchange with his successor's son.

The former president, 82, officially passed the baton to Donald Trump yesterday (20 January) and handed over the keys to the White House.

Biden watched his political rival get sworn in as the 47th President of the USA in Washington, in a ceremony attended by tech titans, celebrities, Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The Trump family turned out in force to show their support and the baby of the bunch, Barron, managed to get a moment in the spotlight too.

How has Barron Trump helped his father's campaign?

While addressing the crowd at the Capitol One Arena, Trump applauded his 'very tall son' for coming up with the successful strategy of going on Joe Rogan's podcast to win over young voters.

"He knew the youth vote," Trump said. "We won the youth vote by 36 points. And he was saying, 'Dad, you got to go out and do this one and that one.'"

The new leader of the nation - who had an awkward moment with his wife Melania at his inauguration - made a string of big announcements on stage.

But it's remarks made by his youngest child which have sparked a discussion online, as Barron had quite the strange exchange with Biden.

What happened between Barron Trump and Joe Biden?

The 18-year-old, who is studying at New York University, was seen shaking hands with the outgoing leader and his Vice President Kamala Harris after his dad was sworn in.

Footage appears to show Barron and Biden grinning at one another as they lock hands, however, the 82-year-old's expression dramatically changed a few seconds later.

The cheery look on Biden's face vanished after Trump's son appeared to lean towards him and utter a few words.

Whatever Barron said - which currently remains a mystery - it didn't seem to make the former President very happy.

The Democrat's big grin quickly fell after the 6ft 7inch teenager made the mystery comment, so inevitably, this has sparked a ton of speculation on social media.

People are desperate to find out what the pair were chinwagging about in the footage which has gone viral.

One person said: "Where is the lip reading lady???"

Another wrote: "Not sure what he said but wiped the smirk right off his face."

A third added: "That boy means business."

A fourth commented: "I so want to know what he said!!!!! Cause the look on Biden's face says it all."

And a fifth chimed in: "I don't know what he said, but I bet I want it on a shirt."

Others suggested that Barron might have actually been leaning towards Harris instead, rather than dropping a serious diss in Biden's earhole.

All the executive orders Donald Trump has signed so far

Policy recognising only 'two genders'

The president signed an order which will make it an official policy that there are only 'two genders'.

The policy reads: "Agencies will cease pretending that men can be women and women can be men when enforcing laws that protect against sex discrimination.

"These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality."

The order will also bring to an end 'wasteful' government programmes which promote diversity and inclusivity, as well as 'defending women from gender ideology extremism'.

Free speech

The president accused the previous administration of 'trampling free speech rights by censoring Americans’ speech' and vowed to restore freedom of speech.

The order states it will 'ensure that no Federal Government officer, employee, or agent engages in or facilitates any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen' and will 'end censorship of protected speech'.

Leaving the World Health Organisation

The president accused the organisation of fumbling the COVID-19 pandemic and said the US would no longer be 'ripped off' by it.

While signing a document to have the US leave the health agency, Trump said: "World Health ripped us off, everybody rips off the United States. It’s not going to happen anymore.”

TikTok ban

As expected, Trump signed an executive order which hits pause on the US' ban of the popular app, allowing time for an 'appropriate course forward'.

“I guess I have a warm spot for TikTok that I didn’t have originally,” he said.

January 6 pardons

Trump's loss in the 2020 election led to the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in turn resulting in the arrests of a number of Trump supporters.

And as anticipated, the president has wasted no time in issuing pardons for offenders. Trump said he's pardoned around 1,500 people and issued six commutations.

Immigration

Trump has issued a slew of immigration-related policies during his first day back in the White House as he declared illegal immigration at the US-Mexico border a national emergency.

Trump has already gotten started on reversing several Biden-era immigration orders and has plans to send US troops to help immigration agents and restrict refugees.

The president has also got the wheels in motion to prevent children of immigrants in the US illegally from having citizenship.

Speaking at his inauguration, he said: "All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came."

Restoring the death penalty

Calling capital punishment an 'essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes', Trump signed an order which will ensure states have enough lethal injection drugs for executions.

"The Attorney General shall pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use," the order says.

Renaming the Gulf of Mexico

Following through on his promise during a press conference earlier this month, Trump has now ordered the Gulf of Mexico to be called the Gulf of America.

"President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American Civilization,” the executive order said.

Despite the order, it won't change how it is named globally.

Energy policy

Trump has vowed to 'unleash American energy', promising to export US energy globally as he signed the order amid what he describes as a 'national energy emergency'.

"America is blessed with an abundance of energy and natural resources that have historically powered our Nation’s economic prosperity. In recent years, burdensome and ideologically motivated regulations have impeded the development of these resources, limited the generation of reliable and affordable electricity, reduced job creation, and inflicted high energy costs upon our citizens," the order states.

The order will also reverse Biden's ban on drilling in Alaska as Trump declared America 'will be a rich nation again'.

Cost of living

In the order, Trump vowed to issue 'emergency price relief' to Americans aimed at lowering housing prices and availability and creating 'employment opportunities for American workers'.

Trump will also 'eliminate harmful, coercive “climate” policies that increase the costs of food and fuel'.

Drug cartels

Trump has said drug cartels will now be classified as terrorist organisations.

"International cartels constitute a national-security threat beyond that posed by traditional organised crime," the orders says.

Federal workers

Federal employees have now been classified as political hires - a move which in theory would make them easier to fire.

Trump also declared a federal hiring freeze which will reduce the size of federal government.