--- title: Fathers Day 2017: Michelle Obama, Ivanka Trump Celebrate description: Ivanka Trump, Karen Pence and Michelle Obama celebrated their husbands' devotion to their children in Father's Day tributes canonical: https://time.com/4823007/fathers-day-2017-social-media-trump-obama-pence/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-18T16:27:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:18:56.653Z article:section: Politics og:title: See How the Political World Celebrated Father's Day og:description: There are some adorable throwbacks og:url: https://time.com/4823007/fathers-day-2017-social-media-trump-obama-pence/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt168a91c78647d0ec/6988b326524fc0697adfa88c/obama-family-album-barack-michelle-sasha-malia-photos-b-36.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: President Obama And Family Attend Church og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See How the Political World Celebrated Father's Day twitter:description: There are some adorable throwbacks twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt168a91c78647d0ec/6988b326524fc0697adfa88c/obama-family-album-barack-michelle-sasha-malia-photos-b-36.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See How the Political World Celebrated Father's Day > Sponsored content. 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These 5 crazy-expensive father’s day gifts would be worth the splurge if you ever find yourself with that winning lottery ticket._  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jun 18, 2017 4:27 PM UTC  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jun 18, 2017 4:27 PM UTC Politicians and their spouses from both sides of the aisle took to social media on [Father’s Day,](http://time.com/4821547/jay-z-racism-bail-bonds/) paying tribute to the husbands and fathers in their lives. [First Daughter Ivanka Trump](http://fortune.com/2017/06/12/ivanka-trump-dc-viciousness-comey-vindicated/%20), Second Lady Karen Pence and former [First Lady Michelle Obama ](http://time.com/4800533/barack-michelle-obama-buy-kalorama-home/)marked the occasion by celebrating their respective husbands’ devotion to their children on their social media accounts, the latter two complete with adorable throwback photographs. [ Former President Barack Obama](http://time.com/4821085/obama-jay-z-songwriters-hall-fame/) also marked the occasion on Twitter, reiterating a line from his [farewell speech](http://time.com/4631084/president-obama-farewell-speech-conclusion/) in January that his greatest accomplishment was being a father to his daughters, Sasha and Malia. First Lady Melania Trump posted on social media Sunday afternoon, and posted a photograph[ on Twitter Saturday ](https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/876228043601268736)of herself, the President and their son Barron at Camp David — their first visit to the presidential retreat. Her spokeswoman said they were spending time as a family to celebrate President Trump. In addition to posting a tribute to his father [on Facebook, ](https://www.facebook.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/posts/1612695425421879)Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., also weighed in on Twitter, retweeting a 2013 tweet from his father wishing a “Happy Father’s Day to all, even the haters and losers!” “This one aged really well actually,” [he wrote](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/876471414584467459) Here are some of the posts: > [](https://twitter.com/VP/status/876395165715398656) > [](https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/876490216739090432) > [](https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/876454925131288580) > [](https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/876456804305252353) > [](https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/876413179957583872) > [](https://twitter.com/SecondLady/status/876432644279590914) > [](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/876430017848332289) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4823007/fathers-day-2017-social-media-trump-obama-pence/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4823007/fathers-day-2017-social-media-trump-obama-pence/"},"headline":"See How the Political World Celebrated Father's Day","datePublished":"2017-06-18T16:27:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T09:18:56.653Z","description":"Ivanka Trump, Karen Pence, and Lady Michelle Obama celebrated their husbands' devotion to their children","url":"https://time.com/4823007/fathers-day-2017-social-media-trump-obama-pence/","keywords":["Father's Day","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt168a91c78647d0ec/6988b326524fc0697adfa88c/obama-family-album-barack-michelle-sasha-malia-photos-b-36.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt168a91c78647d0ec/6988b326524fc0697adfa88c/obama-family-album-barack-michelle-sasha-malia-photos-b-36.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama And Family Attend Church","caption":"President Obama And Family Attend Church","creditText":"Pool/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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4823007/fathers-day-2017-social-media-trump-obama-pence/","name":"See How the Political World Celebrated Father's Day"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Outrageously Expensive Father’s Day Gifts MONEY","description":"These 5 crazy-expensive father’s day gifts would be worth the splurge if you ever find yourself with that winning lottery ticket.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/kME5tHU3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-06-13T13:46:37.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/kME5tHU3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4823007/fathers-day-2017-social-media-trump-obama-pence/","duration":"PT1M24S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4823007/fathers-day-2017-social-media-trump-obama-pence/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```