--- title: Best Reactions to Bunny at 2018 White House Easter Egg Roll description: People couldn't stop speculating what the Easter Bunny at the 2018 White House Easter Egg Roll was thinking? Here are the best reactions canonical: https://time.com/5224866/2018-white-house-easter-egg-roll-trump-bunny/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-02T17:01:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:04:51.467Z og:title: What's That Easter Bunny Thinking About at the White House Egg Roll? 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In keeping with tradition, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host the 140th Easter Egg Roll on the White House’s South Lawn Monday._ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 2, 2018 5:01 PM UTC In keeping with tradition, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host the 140th Easter Egg Roll on the White House’s South Lawn Monday. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 2, 2018 5:01 PM UTC Even the President of the United States has to cede the spotlight to the guy in the big bunny suit at the [White House Easter Egg Roll](http://time.com/5224694/melania-trump-lawn-bowling/). President Trump took to the Truman balcony with First Lady Melania Trump to give his remarks at the [140th annual White House Egg Roll](http://time.com/5221306/white-house-easter-egg-roll-2018-trump-watch-online/) on Monday. “This is a special year. Our country is doing great. You look at the economy, you look at what’s happening. Nothing’s ever easy, but we have never had an economy like we have right now. And we’re gonna make it bigger, better and stronger,” Trump said before briefly discussing military funding. [The Easter bunny](http://time.com/3767518/easter-bunny-origins-history/)‘s appearance at the White House Easter Egg roll isn’t new, but that didn’t stop it from sparking a ton of annual online fun. People watching the White House Easter Egg Roll took to Twitter to speculate what was going through the human-sized bespectacled bunny’s mind. Is this balcony scene _Evita_ with a twist or a brand new White House staffer? See below for all manner of takes in the form of Easter Egg Roll bunny memes on the internet. > [](https://twitter.com/stellaaaa/status/980824541365612544) > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/980819955577999365) > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/980820064743063552) > [](https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/980842668757540865) > [](https://twitter.com/shylaura/status/980840443486359554) > [](https://twitter.com/speechboy71/status/980838517722042368) > [](https://twitter.com/speechboy71/status/980838676434481152) > [](https://twitter.com/liamstack/status/980828497424904192) > [](https://twitter.com/Kryingkrys/status/980819316995223552) > [](https://twitter.com/ShelaghFogarty/status/980820700117204994) > [](https://twitter.com/Haitch7/status/980822237078020097) There was, of course, fodder about some other characters in the mix too, but it was officially the bunny’s meeting. > [](https://twitter.com/betsy%5Fklein/status/980845328940269571) ## Transcript Welcome to the 2018 White House Easter Egg Roll. So many people, you know it's supposed to be pouring, the weather, it was supposed to be very rainy and nasty and cold and windy, and look what we have, perfect weather. Perfect weather, beautiful weather. Thank you all for being here folks. Thank you all. I want to really thank the first lady, Melania, who has done an incredible job. She worked so hard on this event and so I want to thank you. Also, I want to thank the white house historical association and all of the people that worked so hard with Melania, with. Everybody to keep this incredible house or building, or whatever you wanna call it, because there really is no name for it, it is special. And we keep it in tip top shape, we call it sometimes tippy top shape, and it's a great, great place. It's an honor To have everybody. On behalf of the Trump family, many of whom are with right here in the audience, I just wanna thank you. This is a special year. Our country is doing great. Look at the economy, you look at what's happening. Nothing's every easy, but we have never had an economy like we have right now. And we're gonna make it bigger and better and stronger. Our military Is now a level, will soon be at a level that's it's never been before. You see what's happening, and you see what's happening with funding. The funding of our military is so important. And so many military people are with us today. So just think of $ 700 billion, because that's all going into our military this year. So I wanna thank you all for being here. The band, unbelievable. I love you people. I hear them a lot. They're as talented as anybody and any players anywhere. So thank you very much, and now I'm gonna come down, and we're gonna watch this roll. Thank you all and have a great time. Thank you. Happy Easter. Thank you very much. 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