--- description: President Trump used the opportunity of the White House Easter Egg Roll to talk with children about building the U.S.-Mexico border wall. title: President Trump Bragged About the Border Wall to a Group of Children at the Easter Egg Roll image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c7f42c3df53b267/698948b87cdbac1f9fd5f670/trump-easter-egg-roll-border-wall.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # President Trump Bragged About the Border Wall to a Group of Children at the Easter Egg Roll by [Shannon Pettypiece and Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Shannon Pettypiece and Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 22, 2019 6:34 PM CUT  U.S. President Donald Trump shows off pages from a coloring book while coloring with children during the 141st Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 22, 2019 in Washington, D.C. U.S. President Donald Trump shows off pages from a coloring book while coloring with children during the 141st Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 22, 2019 in Washington, D.C.Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Shannon Pettypiece and Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Shannon Pettypiece and Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 22, 2019 6:34 PM CUT President Donald Trump used the opportunity of the White House Easter Egg Roll to address some of his youngest supporters about one of his signature policy initiatives: building a wall on the southern U.S. border. “Oh it’s happening, it’s being built now,” Trump told a group of children as he colored pictures with them on Monday in celebration of Easter on the White House’s South Lawn. “Here’s a young guy just said ‘keep building that wall.’ Do you believe it? He’s going to be a conservative someday,” the president said. Trump continues to push controversial policies to halt migration from Central America. The administration’s botched efforts have ranged from separating migrant children from their families to ultimatums against Mexico that have proved too costly to enforce. The president has hammered on immigration since the day he launched his presidential campaign in 2015\. It remains one of the most divisive issues of his presidency and he’s promised it will feature prominently in his 2020 re-election campaign. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5575602/trump-touts-border-wall-to-children-easter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5575602/trump-touts-border-wall-to-children-easter/"},"headline":"President Trump Bragged About the Border Wall to a Group of Children at the Easter Egg Roll","datePublished":"2019-04-22T18:34:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T23:21:54.998Z","description":"'Oh it’s happening, it’s being built now,' he said while coloring with kids","url":"https://time.com/5575602/trump-touts-border-wall-to-children-easter/","keywords":["Donald Trump","White House","Bloomberg","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c7f42c3df53b267/698948b87cdbac1f9fd5f670/trump-easter-egg-roll-border-wall.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Shannon Pettypiece and Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c7f42c3df53b267/698948b87cdbac1f9fd5f670/trump-easter-egg-roll-border-wall.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump Brags About Border Wall to Children at Easter Egg Roll","caption":"President And Mrs Trump Host Annual White House Easter Egg Roll","creditText":"Win McNamee—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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5575602/trump-touts-border-wall-to-children-easter/","name":"President Trump Bragged About the Border Wall to a Group of Children at the Easter Egg Roll"}}]}] ```