--- title: Obama Meets Trick-or-Treater Dressed as a Lame Duck description: President Obama met a reminder of his future on Monday, when he greeted a trick-or-treater dressed as a "lame duck" canonical: https://time.com/4552589/obama-halloween-lame-duck/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-31T22:47:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:32:13.356Z article:section: Politics og:title: This Kid Dressed as a Lame Duck Totally Won Obama's Halloween Party og:description: The child was dressed in a duck costume wrapped in a bandage og:url: https://time.com/4552589/obama-halloween-lame-duck/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Kid Dressed as a Lame Duck Totally Won Obama's Halloween Party twitter:description: The child was dressed in a duck costume wrapped in a bandage twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Trick-or-Treater Dressed as a Lame Duck Totally Won President Obama's Halloween Party by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 31, 2016 10:47 PM UTC by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 31, 2016 10:47 PM UTC President Obama met a reminder of his future on Monday, when he greeted a trick-or-treater dressed as a “lame duck” — a [label](http://time.com/4261457/merrick-garland-supreme-court-senate-2/) the President will have to adopt next week, once the election ends and the next President is chosen. The child, dressed in a duck costume wrapped in a bandage, was seen standing with Obama during the annual trick-or-treat event held on the White House South Lawn. > [](https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/793205620249952261) Area students visited the White House for trick-or-treating and shows during its annual Halloween party. The President and First Lady Michelle Obama handed out candy and mingled with kids, even dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4552589/obama-halloween-lame-duck/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4552589/obama-halloween-lame-duck/"},"headline":"This Trick-or-Treater Dressed as a Lame Duck Totally Won President Obama's Halloween Party","datePublished":"2016-10-31T22:47:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:32:13.356Z","description":"The child was dressed in a duck costume wrapped in a bandage","url":"https://time.com/4552589/obama-halloween-lame-duck/","keywords":["White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4552589/obama-halloween-lame-duck/","name":"This Trick-or-Treater Dressed as a Lame Duck Totally Won President Obama's Halloween Party"}}]}] ```