--- title: Donald Trump Viral Dylan Letter Inspires Internet Reactions description: A nine-year-old child's favorable letter to President Trump has inspired Internet reactions. canonical: https://time.com/4876288/donald-trump-dylan-letter-internet-reactions/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-27T15:00:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T05:19:03.000Z og:title: The Internet Can't Stop Roasting This Kid's Letter to President Trump og:description: Dylan gets his moment of social media fame og:url: https://time.com/4876288/donald-trump-dylan-letter-internet-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73aecad02cd4ee67/6988d763fb4eac16ae893174/gettyimages-823202880.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: President Trump Speaks To The American Legion Boys Nation And American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Can't Stop Roasting This Kid's Letter to President Trump twitter:description: Dylan gets his moment of social media fame twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73aecad02cd4ee67/6988d763fb4eac16ae893174/gettyimages-823202880.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Can't Stop Roasting This Kid's Letter to President Trump > Sponsored content. 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New White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders read a supportive letter from a nine-year old boy to President Donald Trump this week_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:19 AM UTCPublished: Jul 27, 2017 3:00 PM UTC New White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders read a supportive letter from a nine-year old boy to President Donald Trump this week by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:19 AM UTCPublished: Jul 27, 2017 3:00 PM UTC New White House Press Secretary [Sarah Huckabee Sanders](http://time.com/4868903/sarah-huckabee-sanders-spicer-press-secretary/) read a supportive letter from a nine-year old boy to [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4873955/donald-trump-youngstown-ohio-support/?xid=homepage) this week that has lit up the Internet. In the handwritten note Huckabee read during her press briefing on Wednesday, a boy named Dylan told [Trump](http://time.com/4503998/trump-ohio/) he was his favorite president, the theme of his latest birthday bash, and also questioned why his critics seemed not to like him. The young supporter standing by Trump — “Pickle” to his friends — also had other questions, including how how huge the White House is and Trump’s net worth. “Dylan, I’m not sure, but I know it’s a lot,” Sanders said in response. Sanders let everyone know this may not be the last time she reads a letter from a child at the podium during a press briefing, saying the point is “to remind us a little bit more often about some of the forgotten men, women and children that we’re here to serve.” As soon as Huckabee shared the letter on Twitter, the Internet immediately got down to the [business of roasting](http://time.com/4777213/donald-trump-few-exceptions/) it with takes that criticized the publicity move, took stabs at the President using the note — and some that found the note endearing. > [](https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee/status/890302663266643970) One patriot demanded more Angela Lansbury. > [](https://twitter.com/Slade/status/890309943529795588) Of course there were jokes about the writing. > [](https://twitter.com/JeffBailey%5F/status/890343638185775104) > [](https://twitter.com/A%5Fl%5Fa%5Fn%5F%5FG/status/890293922097967104) > [](https://twitter.com/koks/status/890467041575960576) And further examination. > [](https://twitter.com/Phonycian/status/890311057952182275) > [](https://twitter.com/maggieserota/status/890303757476663300) > [](https://twitter.com/WombatRock/status/890321194079137792) Some tweets were more pointed. > [](https://twitter.com/JohnnyMcNulty/status/890315639721558016) People had stationery theories. > [](https://twitter.com/Pawlusi1/status/890568651568447493) > [](https://twitter.com/mikel1814/status/890452763821441025) One person wanted to know about the letter’s real estate in the White House kitchen. > [](https://twitter.com/palkls/status/890403812388634624) Another wanted part two. > [](https://twitter.com/chris%5Fbaugh%5F/status/890348286091051008) There were follow-up questions. > [](https://twitter.com/imaginarymou/status/890338080493666304) > [](https://twitter.com/mattdramos/status/890306135164682240) Naturally, Rugrats scion Dylan Pickles was invoked numerous times. > [](https://twitter.com/aDyslexicdoG/status/890320781615476737) ## Transcript [00:00] I'd like to read you a letter from nine year old Dylan. [00:03] My name is Dylan Harbin, but everybody calls me [00:06] Pickle. I'm nine years old and you're my favorite [00:09] President. I like you so much that I had a birthday [00:12] about you. My cake was the shape of your hat. And [00:15] then Dylan goes on and ask a few questions, how old [00:18] are you? Dylan, President Trump is 71 years old. How [00:22] big is the White House? The White House is 168 feet [00:25] long, it's 70 feet tall on the south side, and 60 feet, [00:29] 4 inches tall on the north. And it takes 300 gallons of [00:33] white paint to cover the exterior of the White House [00:36] residence. It has 132 rooms and approximately [00:40] 55, 000 square feet. How much money do you have? [00:44] Dylan, I'm not sure, but I know it's a lot. I don't know [00:48] why people don't like you. Me either, Dylan. You [00:52] seem really nice. Can we be friends? I'm happy to say [00:55] that I directly spoke to the President, Dillon, he will be [00:58] more than happy to be your friend. My picture is in [01:01] here, so if you can see me and say hello. Dillon, I hope [01:04] you're watching, cuz the President wanted me to [01:06] personally tell you hello. Your friend Dillon. Dillon [01:10] thanks for writing to the president, and if you're ever in [01:12] Washington DC, I hope you'll stop by and let us show [01:15] you around the White House. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4876288/donald-trump-dylan-letter-internet-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4876288/donald-trump-dylan-letter-internet-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Can't Stop Roasting This Kid's Letter to President Trump","datePublished":"2017-07-27T15:00:21.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T05:19:03.000Z","description":"Dylan gets his moment of social media fame","url":"https://time.com/4876288/donald-trump-dylan-letter-internet-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73aecad02cd4ee67/6988d763fb4eac16ae893174/gettyimages-823202880.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73aecad02cd4ee67/6988d763fb4eac16ae893174/gettyimages-823202880.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Speaks To The American Legion Boys Nation And American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation","caption":"President Trump Speaks To The American Legion Boys Nation And American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation","creditText":"Mark Wilson—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/4876288/donald-trump-dylan-letter-internet-reactions/","name":"The Internet Can't Stop Roasting This Kid's Letter to President Trump"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Huckabee Sanders Reads This Kid's Letter to President Trump","description":"New White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders read a supportive letter from a nine-year old boy to President Donald Trump this week","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/hl9nHIX9/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-07-27T16:20:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/hl9nHIX9.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4876288/donald-trump-dylan-letter-internet-reactions/","duration":"PT1M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4876288/donald-trump-dylan-letter-internet-reactions/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```