Overview
- President Trump placed a candy bar on the head of a trick-or-treater dressed as DJ Marshmello, echoing his 2019 Minion moment that quickly recirculated on social media.
- The White House Rapid Response account highlighted the clip with the post "@POTUS strikes again!" as videos of the encounter spread online.
- Invited guests included foster and adoptive families along with military, law enforcement and administration families, who received full-size Hershey’s bars and Twizzlers in presidential-branded boxes.
- Frey Farms supplied the pumpkin displays lining the South Portico, which the first lady’s office said will be donated to the nonprofit D.C. Central Kitchen.
- The U.S. Air Force Band played Halloween favorites such as Thriller while children arrived in creative costumes, and senior aides including Karoline Leavitt and Stephen Miller attended with their families.