--- title: Here's What Trump Told The Children of White House Reporters description: "I actually like you much more than your parents," Trump told children of the White House press corps. canonical: https://time.com/5578412/trump-reporters-kids/ author: Abby Vesoulis article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-04-25T23:51:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T23:23:41.979Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here's What Trump Told The Children of White House Reporters og:description: 'I actually like you much more than your parents,' Trump told the children og:url: https://time.com/5578412/trump-reporters-kids/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfe91f2410cd4f6a/6989490f97cdffad9a6b7bb1/trump-white-house-reporters-kids.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5686 og:image:height: 3198 og:image:alt: President Trump Delivers Remarks On Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What Trump Told The Children of White House Reporters twitter:description: 'I actually like you much more than your parents,' Trump told the children twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfe91f2410cd4f6a/6989490f97cdffad9a6b7bb1/trump-white-house-reporters-kids.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What President Trump Told the Children of White House Reporters > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Abby Vesoulis](https://time.com/author/abby-vesoulis/)  ## Abby Vesoulis Apr 25, 2019 11:51 PM UTC  President Donald Trump greets children on the south lawn of the White House April 25, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump greets children on the south lawn of the White House April 25, 2019 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee—Getty Images  by [Abby Vesoulis](https://time.com/author/abby-vesoulis/)  ## Abby Vesoulis Apr 25, 2019 11:51 PM UTC President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/tag/donald-trump/) spent some time chatting with kids who were at the White House for “Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day” on Thursday — and used the opportunity to give the media a lot more credit than usual. Children of the White House press corps had a chance to get up close and personal with the President, and hear his thoughts on the moms and dads who cover him daily. “It’s a very special day,” Trump said from the South Lawn of the White House. “I even love the media today. I see these beautiful children, products of the media, and I actually like you much more than your parents.” Trump then went on to compliment the media after his quip, and briefly explained the role White House reporters play in society. “They let you know how we’re doing and often times they report correctly,” Trump said. “Actually, most of the time.” > [](https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1121524048394059781) His words directed at the media were noticeably kinder than they have been in recent weeks, especially since a redacted version of [Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s](http://time.com/tag/robert-mueller/) report on Russian interference in the 2016 election was made public. “The Fake News Media is doing everything possible to stir up and anger the pols and as many people as possible seldom mentioning the fact that the Mueller Report had as its principle conclusion the fact that there was NO COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA. The Russia Hoax is dead!” he wrote on April 20. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1119572078175367168) Trump also told the children about some of the positive things that have occurred under his leadership. “Our country is doing very well,” he said. “Our economy is at a level that perhaps it’s never been at and all over the world they’re talking about our great country and how well we’re doing.” He then provided them with some words of advice before wrapping up. “Never take drugs, don’t drink alcohol, don’t smoke, enjoy your life. You don’t need it. It causes a lot of problems. If you learn one thing. I didn’t come up here to say that, but I say it all the time to my kids,” he said. In Oct. 2017, [Trump opened up about his older brother](http://time.com/4999318/donald-trump-opioid-crisis-brother-fred-trump-jr/), Fred Trump Jr., in a speech in which he declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency. His brother died in 1981 after a long battle with alcoholism, and the President said at the event that he’s never had a cigarette and never drinks alcohol because of his brother’s advice to steer clear. Before Trump took some time with the children on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders provided an off-the-record [“kids-only”](http://time.com/5578147/white-house-press-briefing-kids/) press briefing in the morning. Parents of these children haven’t had the same opportunity in 45 days, when Sanders [last briefed the press on March 11.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-holds-1st-press-briefing-since-feb-28-but-for-kids/2019/04/25/f6cea134-676c-11e9-a698-2a8f808c9cfb%5Fstory.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5578412/trump-reporters-kids/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5578412/trump-reporters-kids/"},"headline":"Here's What President Trump Told the Children of White House Reporters","datePublished":"2019-04-25T23:51:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T23:23:41.979Z","description":"\"I actually like you much more than your parents,\" Trump told children of the White House press corps.","url":"https://time.com/5578412/trump-reporters-kids/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfe91f2410cd4f6a/6989490f97cdffad9a6b7bb1/trump-white-house-reporters-kids.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abby Vesoulis","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/abby-vesoulis/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfe91f2410cd4f6a/6989490f97cdffad9a6b7bb1/trump-white-house-reporters-kids.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Delivers Remarks On Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day","caption":"President Trump Delivers Remarks On Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day","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":"https://time.com/5578412/trump-reporters-kids/","name":"Here's What President Trump Told the Children of White House Reporters"}}]}] ```