Overview
- President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted the Oct. 30 South Lawn trick-or-treat, handing out candy to foster and adoptive families, military and law enforcement families, and staff families.
- Children received full-size Hershey’s bars and Twizzlers in Halloween boxes featuring the Presidential Seal and the signatures of the president and first lady, according to the White House.
- Trump placed a candy bar on a child’s costume in a direct callback to a 2019 viral clip, and the White House Rapid Response account amplified the new video on X with the post, “@POTUS strikes again!”
- Frey Farms supplied the pumpkin displays lining the South Portico, with the First Lady’s office saying the pumpkins will be donated to D.C. Central Kitchen after the event.
- The event took place just hours after Trump returned from an Asia trip that included meetings with foreign leaders such as China’s Xi Jinping, as coverage also noted the ongoing federal government shutdown.