--- title: Donald Trump Gives Halloween Candy to Kids at White House description: President Donald Trump on Friday doled out candy to the children of White House reporters. "Well, you have no weight problems," he said. canonical: https://time.com/5001109/president-trump-halloween-oval-office/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-27T22:17:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:02:01.165Z article:section: Politics og:title: 'You Have No Weight Problems.' 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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks while meeting with children of the White House press corps dressed in Halloween costumes at the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 27, 2017 10:17 PM UTC [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/5001054/ryan-zinke-whitefish-energy-contract/) on Friday doled out candy to the children of White House reporters ahead of [Halloween](http://time.com/5000373/halloween-game-of-thrones-night-king-olympics-costume/) on Tuesday. “Well, you have no weight problems, that’s the good news, right?,” Trump said to the costumed trick-or-treaters as he handed out candy. “So you take out whatever you need. If you want some for your friends, take them. We have plenty.” As the children surrounded Trump by his desk in the Oval Office, the President couldn’t help but make jabs at his [contentious relationship with the press](http://time.com/4898644/trump-campaign-ad-charlottesville-protest/), saying the reporters did a “good job” with their children, though he does not feel they do a good job with him. “I cannot believe the media produced such beautiful children,” he said. Later, addressing the kids, he added: “I bet you get treated better by the press than anybody in the world.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5001109/president-trump-halloween-oval-office/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5001109/president-trump-halloween-oval-office/"},"headline":"'You Have No Weight Problems, That's the Good News.' 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