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_Published 2018-04-02. 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._


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## Transcript

[00:00] Welcome to the 2018 White House Easter
[00:04] Egg Roll. So many people, you know it's supposed to
[00:08] be pouring, the weather, it was supposed to be very
[00:11] rainy and nasty and cold and windy, and look
[00:15] what we have, perfect weather. Perfect weather,
[00:18] beautiful weather. Thank you all for being here folks.
[00:21] Thank you all. I want to really thank the first lady,
[00:25] Melania, who has done an incredible job. She worked
[00:28] so hard on this event and so I want to thank you. Also,
[00:35] I want to thank the white house historical association
[00:39] and all of the people that worked so hard with
[00:41] Melania, with. Everybody to keep this incredible
[00:46] house or building, or whatever you wanna call it,
[00:49] because there really is no name for it, it is special. And
[00:54] we keep it in tip top shape, we call it sometimes
[00:58] tippy top shape, and it's a great, great place. It's an
[01:02] honor To have everybody. On behalf of the Trump
[01:06] family, many of whom are with right here in the
[01:10] audience, I just wanna thank you. This is a special
[01:13] year. Our country is doing great. Look at the economy,
[01:17] you look at what's happening. Nothing's every easy,
[01:20] but we have never had an economy like we have right
[01:23] now. And we're gonna make it bigger and better and
[01:25] stronger. Our military Is now a level, will soon be at
[01:29] a level that's it's never been before. You see what's
[01:33] happening, and you see what's happening with
[01:35] funding. The funding of our military is so important.
[01:40] And so many military people are with us today. So just
[01:44] think of $ 700 billion, because that's all going into our
[01:48] military this year. So I wanna thank you all for being
[01:51] here. The band, unbelievable. I love you people. I hear
[01:55] them a lot. They're as talented as anybody and any
[01:58] players anywhere. So thank you very much, and now
[02:02] I'm gonna come down, and we're gonna watch this roll.
[02:05] Thank you all and have a great time. Thank you.
[02:08] Happy Easter. Thank you very much. [ APPLAUSE ]

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