--- title: Donald Trump Jr Tweets Halloween Lesson, Internet Reacts description: The Internet had lot to say about Donald Trump Jr. attempting to teach a lesson about socialism using his child's Halloween candy. canonical: https://time.com/5005219/donald-trump-jr-halloween-socialism-lesson-reactions/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-01T14:59:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:24.751Z og:title: The Internet Didn't Hold Back on Donald Trump Jr.'s Halloween Tweet About Socialism og:description: "Trick-or-treating IS socialism" og:url: https://time.com/5005219/donald-trump-jr-halloween-socialism-lesson-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3d4405659d89697/6988e41e22fb85c64de237ff/donald-trump-jr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald-Trump-Jr-Halloween-Tweet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Didn't Hold Back on Donald Trump Jr.'s Halloween Tweet About Socialism twitter:description: "Trick-or-treating IS socialism" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3d4405659d89697/6988e41e22fb85c64de237ff/donald-trump-jr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Didn't Hold Back on Donald Trump Jr.'s Halloween Tweet About Socialism  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 1, 2017 2:59 PM UTC  Donald Trump, Jr. attends the 139th White House Easter Egg Roll on April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump, Jr. attends the 139th White House Easter Egg Roll on April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC.Leigh Vogel/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 1, 2017 2:59 PM UTC The Internet had lot to say about [Donald Trump Jr.](http://time.com/4975821/trump-jr-kimmel-weinstein/) attempting to teach a lesson about [socialism](http://time.com/4344905/history-socialism-in-america/) using his child’s [Halloween candy](http://time.com/4998824/healthy-halloween-candy-sugar/). The First Son took to Twitter on Tuesday to share a photo of his daughter Chloe holding up her trick-or-treating haul with a caption saying he was going to take half of it away from her. “I’m going to take half of Chloe’s candy tonight & give it to some kid who sat at home,” [he wrote](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/925495970032443392). “It’s never to early to teach her about socialism.” The tweet drew backlash from some online, with celebrities such as J.K. Rowling, John Legend and Zach Braff calling out Trump Jr. for both his grammar and message. “Fill her bucket with old candy left by her great-grandfather, then explain that she has more because she’s smarter than all the other kids,” [Rowling wrote](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/925645750608060416) in response. “She was given candy for free. You inherited all your money. You met with Russian spies. It’s ‘too,'” [Braff added](https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/925537508640808960). > [](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/925495970032443392) > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/925645750608060416) > [](https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/925537508640808960) See some of the reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/925503657629454337) > [](https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/925517855843422208) > [](https://twitter.com/justingrimmer/status/925526435246280704) > [](https://twitter.com/jayduplass/status/925586895710535680) > [](https://twitter.com/jaboukie/status/925551359385931778) > [](https://twitter.com/Bearpigman/status/925506848358305792) > [](https://twitter.com/meaganmday/status/925528677823102976) > [](https://twitter.com/espiers/status/925511137894043648) Donald Trump Jr Tweets Halloween Lesson, Internet Reacts ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5005219/donald-trump-jr-halloween-socialism-lesson-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5005219/donald-trump-jr-halloween-socialism-lesson-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Didn't Hold Back on Donald Trump Jr.'s Halloween Tweet About Socialism","datePublished":"2017-11-01T14:59:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:24.751Z","description":"\"Trick-or-treating IS socialism\"","url":"https://time.com/5005219/donald-trump-jr-halloween-socialism-lesson-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","twitter","halloween","Donald Trump Jr."],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3d4405659d89697/6988e41e22fb85c64de237ff/donald-trump-jr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3d4405659d89697/6988e41e22fb85c64de237ff/donald-trump-jr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald-Trump-Jr-Halloween-Tweet","caption":"Donald Trump, Jr. attends the 139th White House Easter Egg Roll on April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC.","creditText":"Leigh Vogel/WireImage","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/5005219/donald-trump-jr-halloween-socialism-lesson-reactions/","name":"The Internet Didn't Hold Back on Donald Trump Jr.'s Halloween Tweet About Socialism"}}]}] ```