Meet 12-year-old who runs Donald Trumps campaign office

12-year-old Weston Imer already has far more responsibility than most kids his age.

The middle-schooler is the acting head of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign office in Jefferson County, a Denver suburb.

But he doesn’t want to stop there. Weston says he plans to run for president when he becomes eligible in 2040.

The pugnacious New York billionaire was always his favorite candidate, Weston says.

“I was always a Trump guy, I’ve loved him from the start. He has spoken what people want to hear, he hasn’t been politically correct about it either. Whenever I talk to a Hillary supporter I go, ok, would you trust her with the nuclear codes? Would you trust her to have the nuclear key in the palm of her hand so she could just say ‘ok here we go, push a button,” he says.

Weston’s mother Laurel is the official head of the campaign office but is delegating control to her son until the school year starts.

Right now that means being in charge of volunteers and voter outreach.

But Weston says his ambitions are much bigger.

“My goal is president in 2040. Then I’m eligible to run. I’ve been wanting to run ever since I was like five,” he says.

And he already has a running mate in mind – Trump’s youngest son, Barron, who is two years Weston’s junior.

“Honestly, if Barron Trump is watching this I’d love to have Barron Trump as my running mate. That would be awesome. Imer-Trump 2040,” he says.

Weston’s small role in the Colorado campaign has already landed a place on a bigger stage – he’s appeared on stage at several Trump rallies in Denver.

But the campaign has a long way to go in Colorado, where polls show the Republican trailing Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by double digits.