Fury as ex-NBC exec claims it's fine for the public to go after Barron Trump on the former first son's 18th birthday - as he's branded 'disgusting' and 'super creepy'

A former NBC executive has provoked ire online for saying Barron Trump - the youngest child of the former president - is 'fair game' now he has turned 18.

Mike Sington shared the bizarre message, insinuating that its now fine for the public to go after the 18-year-old, along with a photo of Barron and his father - but he was criticized for the 'creepy' message.

Sington wrote on Wednesday: 'Barron Trump turns 18 today. He’s fair game now.' 

After a huge backlash with critics calling him out for the alarming message, Sington quickly deleted the tweet. He said he meant 'fair game' in terms of criticism from the press - but others saw it as meaning that Barron is now open to be harmed. 

Sington apologized for his outlandish words - and told Newsweek he never intended to invite or 'wish physical harm on anyone.'

Former NBC executive Mike Sington shared the Tweet on Wednesday on Barron's 18th birthday

Sington deleted the tweet after a harsh backlash online and said he never wished anyone 'physical harm'

According to Sington's LinkedIn, he worked as director of operations at Universal for 30 years, until 2016, and created and produced the studio tour experience.

Barron has been kept almost completely out of the limelight for much of his childhood - as a large proportion of his adolescence took place during his father Donald Trump's White House tenure. 

He was the first boy to grow up in the White House since JFK Jr in 1963 - and Barron has lived through many of his family's scandals in his teen years. 

In January 2018, he was not yet 12 when the media was engulfed by porn star Stormy Daniels's bombshell claims that she had an affair with Donald just four months after Barron was born.

During his presidency, Trump's most ardent critics even resorted to criticizing the young boy as a means of attacking his father.

Trump’s adult children from previous marriages have faced criticisms due to their public profiles, but Barron's young age has protected him from much of the attention. 

Sington's remarks today caused him to immediately received hundreds of critical responses.

Garrett Ventry, former senior communications adviser to the Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans, wrote: 'This is super creepy'.

Michael R. Caputo, former assistant secretary of public affairs for the Department of Health and Human Services said: 'This creepy NBC guy is completely broken. I wonder if he has kids? Nephews? Nieces? How old are they?' 

'See the little delicate hands,' said the business tycoon who would one day be mocked over the small size of his own hands. (Pictured: At his grandmother's funeral in January)

We saw baby Barron's grand nursery, a corner room with sweeping views of Manhattan and stuffed full of huge soft toys, where The Donald borrowed his son from the nanny so he could hold him for the cameras. (Pictured: in Trump Tower in 2016)

For a young man who has spent so much of his life kept fiercely out of the spotlight, Barron Trump made his TV debut at a shockingly young age. (Pictured: 10-months old with his parents in 2007)

Javon A. Price, former aide to GOP Representative Byron Donalds, wrote: 'You sound like a creep dude.'

In his apology, Sington said: 'I posted he was ‘fair game’ now, meaning, as an adult, he’s ‘fair game’ for criticism from the press.

'Someone pointed out to me ‘fair game’ could mean fair game to be harmed. I don’t wish physical harm on anyone, so I took it down. 

'I listen to the comments and criticism I receive.'  

Although he has been given as much protection as possible, it's not the first time Barron has been lambasted online. 

During Trump's inauguration, SNL writer Katie Rich tweeted: 'Barron will be this country's first homeschool shooter'.

The slurs hurled at Barron got so bad, that another former First Child – from across the aisle – spoke up on his behalf.

He soon became bilingual, learning to speak his mother's native Slovenian so well that he could phone his grandmother - who died in January - and not have to resort to English. (Pictured: Barron held by his grandmother, next to his grandfather, in 2007)

'I cannot stress enough how kind and polite Barron is… he's just a great kid,' Stephanie Grisham, former White House Press Secretary and Melania's one-time chief-of-staff told DailyMail.com. (Pictured: 2020)

Chelsea Clinton tweeted: 'Barron Trump deserves the chance every child does-to be a kid.'

'I cannot stress enough how kind and polite Barron is… he's just a great kid,' Stephanie Grisham, former White House Press Secretary and Melania's one-time chief-of-staff told DailyMail.com.

Grisham added that she saw a 'definite difference' between Barron and his much older half-siblings – who include Ivanka, Donald Jr, Eric and Tiffany.

'Just very, very kind and humble and empathetic and smart,' Grisham said. 'Not that I'm saying his half-siblings aren't smart at all.'

He was still only 10 when his father became President and, as First Lady, Melania had to contemplate giving up the very private and independent existence she cherished in New York.

She famously insisted on staying in the Big Apple for almost the first five months of the presidency – with Trump alone in DC – so Barron could finish his school year.