President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump joined children and families from around the country for a day of egg rolling, coloring, and reading at the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday.
The Trumps and the Easter Bunny kicked off festivities on the South Lawn after the president delivered brief remarks.
President @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS stand on the Truman Balcony for the National Anthem to begin the 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll! 🐰🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/TlS1qgGTp3
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The president and first lady presided over the egg roll, blowing whistles as different groups of children reached the starting line.
.@POTUS and @FLOTUS signal the start of the 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll pic.twitter.com/nBFWeY36zY
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President @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll! 🐰🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/LJ5S9oIaqy
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They also colored with groups of children at tables on the South Lawn, where the president joked, “I’m really into this!”
President @realDonaldTrump coloring with the kids at the White House Easter Egg Roll!
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“I’m really into this!” pic.twitter.com/VKOK0h2Jcm
He also made sure the kids at the table next to him knew they were coloring with the first lady, drawing a smile from his wife.
“You know who she is? First lady of the United States of America!” Trump said.
“You know who she is?! The First Lady of the United States!” - President @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/PxzBi6ysiC
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The president inspected the children’s artwork once they were finished and said he would sign all of them.
President @realDonaldTrump tells the kids he will sign all of their coloring pages 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/N7rcjTbNrH
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The first lady also read Bunny with a Big Heart by Marilyn Sadler to children at the reading nook.
First Lady Melania Trump Reads to Children at the 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll https://t.co/mpY2k7Ap0l
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She asked the children for the lessons they learned after the reading.
Other readers on Monday included White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez DeRemer, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Labor Secretary Sean Duffy and his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy, and others.
Trump also joked about then-President Joe Biden at the Easter Egg Roll in 2022, where the individual inside the bunny costume directed the leader of the free world on where to go.
“Remember when the bunny took Joe Biden out? He’s not taking Trump out.” 😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/dQyhKpQnzK
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“Do you remember when the bunny took Joe Biden out?” Trump asked the press. “He’s not taking Trump out.”
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Before heading back to the Oval Office after the festivities, the president performed his trademark dance to the crowd’s joy.
President @realDonaldTrump does the Trump Dance before heading back to the Oval Office! 🤣🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Nn0zJq7amJ
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