--- title: Melania and Donald Trump National Anthem at Easter Egg Roll description: First Lady Melania Trump appeared to nudge President Donald Trump during the National Anthem at the White House Easter egg roll. canonical: https://time.com/4743165/melania-nudge-trump-at-national-anthem/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-17T19:22:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:53.818Z og:title: The Internet Can't Get Over Melania Nudging Donald Trump og:description: First Lady Melania appeared to nudge her husband during the National Anthem. og:url: https://time.com/4743165/melania-nudge-trump-at-national-anthem/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05217e52bc9202f8/6988c32ffb4eac00568918db/gettyimages-669464722.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-TRUMP-EASTER EGG ROLL og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Can't Get Over Melania Nudging Donald Trump twitter:description: First Lady Melania appeared to nudge her husband during the National Anthem. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05217e52bc9202f8/6988c32ffb4eac00568918db/gettyimages-669464722.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Can't Get Over Melania Nudging President Trump During the National Anthem  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 17, 2017 7:22 PM UTC  Barron Trump (L), US First Lady Melania Trump and US President Donald Trump listen to the US national anthem during the Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) Barron Trump (L), US First Lady Melania Trump and US President Donald Trump listen to the US national anthem during the Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI—AFP/Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 17, 2017 7:22 PM UTC The 139th annual [White House Easter Egg Roll](http://time.com/4742103/donald-trump-white-house-easter-egg-roll-watch-online/) has given the internet [plenty to talk about](http://time.com/4742784/trump-easter-memes/)—including a classic moment between First Lady Melania Trump and her husband President Donald Trump. As the pair stood at attention for the singing of the National Anthem, Melania and son Barron raised their hands to their hearts, in the traditional display of respect. It appeared that FLOTUS [Melania](http://motto.time.com/4742261/melania-trump-move-to-white-house-summer-2017/) executed an exceptionally subtle nudge for the president, who quickly placed his palm on his chest, as he’s always [done in the past](http://time.com/4641081/trump-inauguration-television/). This time, however, keen-eyed viewers of the broadcast were quick to pick up on this small exchange between the pair, and it’s become a an online obsession for conversation and jokes. > [](https://twitter.com/EdrisMeAs%5FTareq/status/854013298852978688) > [](https://twitter.com/thecultureofme/status/853993371593035779) > [](https://twitter.com/LisPower1/status/853979591198863360) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4743165/melania-nudge-trump-at-national-anthem/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4743165/melania-nudge-trump-at-national-anthem/"},"headline":"The Internet Can't Get Over Melania Nudging President Trump During the National Anthem","datePublished":"2017-04-17T19:22:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:53.818Z","description":"First Lady Melania appeared to nudge her husband during the National Anthem.","url":"https://time.com/4743165/melania-nudge-trump-at-national-anthem/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05217e52bc9202f8/6988c32ffb4eac00568918db/gettyimages-669464722.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05217e52bc9202f8/6988c32ffb4eac00568918db/gettyimages-669464722.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP-EASTER EGG ROLL","caption":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP-EASTER EGG ROLL","creditText":"BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4743165/melania-nudge-trump-at-national-anthem/","name":"The Internet Can't Get Over Melania Nudging President Trump During the National Anthem"}}]}] ```