--- title: Trump Puts Candy on Kid's Head at White House Halloween description: While handing out Halloween candy to trick-or-treaters, President Donald Trump was approached by a child wearing a minion costume. canonical: https://time.com/5713145/trump-halloween-white-house/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-29T18:30:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:00.220Z og:title: Donald and Melania Trump Putting This Candy Bar on Trick-or-Treater Dressed As Minion's Head Has Become a Flashpoint og:description: The encounter took place during this year's White House Halloween celebration og:url: https://time.com/5713145/trump-halloween-white-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f8d2b159f693a24/698a050686f68e0c6e6edcd7/trump-halloween.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Trump-Halloween og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald and Melania Trump Putting This Candy Bar on Trick-or-Treater Dressed As Minion's Head Has Become a Flashpoint twitter:description: The encounter took place during this year's White House Halloween celebration twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f8d2b159f693a24/698a050686f68e0c6e6edcd7/trump-halloween.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald and Melania Trump Putting Candy Bar on Head of White House Trick-or-Treater Dressed As Minion Has Become a Flash Point  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 29, 2019 6:30 PM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hand out candy to children as they trick-or-treat during a Halloween at the White House event at the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC on October 28, 2019. U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hand out candy to children as they trick-or-treat during a Halloween at the White House event at the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC on October 28, 2019.Alex Wong—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 29, 2019 6:30 PM UTC While handing out [Halloween candy](https://time.com/5709912/halloween-party-snacks/) to [trick-or-treaters at the White House](https://time.com/5432535/white-house-halloween-2018/) on Monday, [President Donald Trump](https://time.com/5712347/trump-chicago-embarrassing-comments/) and First Lady Melania Trump were approached by a child wearing a minion costume from the _Despicable Me_ movies. But instead of placing a treat in the minion’s trick-or-treat bag, a video recorded by [Sky News](https://news.sky.com/video/share-11848249) shows Trump patting the kid on the head with a Hershey’s chocolate bar before leaving it on top of the costume. Melania follows suit with her offering and both candy bars fall off as the child walks away, seemingly unaware of the move. The encounter took place during this year’s White House Halloween celebration, the Trumps’ third time hosting the annual pumpkin-decorated festivities. According to [CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/28/politics/donald-melania-trump-halloween-white-house/index.html), the trick-or-treaters in attendance were children of military families as well as local elementary school students. The kids reportedly “waited for more than an hour in a line that stretched to the east wing side of the White House, winding through the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden” for their turn to snag some candy from the president and first lady. > [](https://twitter.com/stpeteyontweety/status/1189236539743715329) > [](https://twitter.com/Marshall4House/status/1189240282652598273) > [](https://twitter.com/PoliticalKathy/status/1189196502800965633) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5713145/trump-halloween-white-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5713145/trump-halloween-white-house/"},"headline":"Donald and Melania Trump Putting Candy Bar on Head of White House Trick-or-Treater Dressed As Minion Has Become a Flash Point","datePublished":"2019-10-29T18:30:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:00.220Z","description":"The encounter took place during this year's White House Halloween celebration","url":"https://time.com/5713145/trump-halloween-white-house/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","Donald Trump","onetime","Halloween 2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f8d2b159f693a24/698a050686f68e0c6e6edcd7/trump-halloween.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/blt7f8d2b159f693a24/698a050686f68e0c6e6edcd7/trump-halloween.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump-Halloween","caption":"U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hand out candy to children as they trick-or-treat during a Halloween at the White House event at the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC on October 28, 2019.","creditText":"Alex Wong—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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5713145/trump-halloween-white-house/","name":"Donald and Melania Trump Putting Candy Bar on Head of White House Trick-or-Treater Dressed As Minion Has Become a Flash Point"}}]}] ```