--- 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: 2026-04-13T07:51:47.837Z og:title: What's That Easter Bunny Thinking About at the White House Egg Roll? 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(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump (C) and first lady Melania Trump (L) walk out onto the Truman Balcony. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images 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) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5224866/2018-white-house-easter-egg-roll-trump-bunny/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5224866/2018-white-house-easter-egg-roll-trump-bunny/"},"headline":"What's That Easter Bunny Thinking About at the White House Egg Roll? 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