--- 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: 2026-02-23T16:12:15.855Z 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  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jun 18, 2017 4:27 PM UTC  President Barack Obama walks from St. John's Episcopal Church back to the White House with his daughters Sasha and Malia on Octt. 28, 2012 in Washington. President Barack Obama walks from St. John's Episcopal Church back to the White House with his daughters Sasha and Malia on Octt. 28, 2012 in Washington.Pool/Getty Images  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":"2026-02-23T16:12:15.855Z","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"}}]}] ```