In a speech to parents and children awaiting the start of the South Lawn festivities, Trump called Easter a day to “celebrate Jesus” and “religion” before veering into a rally-like, rambling speech in which he touched on the U.S. military rescue in Iran and his talk of America being “dead” before he returned to office.
“One year ago — a little bit more — our country was dead. We had a dead country. We had an administration that didn’t know what the hell they were doing,” Trump began as his wife and the costumed rabbit stared blankly into the distance.
Trump continued, “Today, we have the hottest country anywhere in the world; we’re respected by everybody, and that’s the way we’re going to keep it.”
Elsewhere in the speech, Trump appeared to lose track of the first lady despite her being directly next to him, although he may have been attempting a joke.
Trump’s bunny bud clapped on a few occasions during the speech, but mostly just in celebration of the event and the first couple being there.
Later, when the Trumps made their way into the crowd with the human-sized Easter bunny hopping along with them, the president asked if anybody in the egg industry had voted for his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris in 2024.
“She’s a low-IQ person. Who’s a lower IQ person: Biden or Kamala?” Trump asked as the rabbit behind him issued a few half-hearted claps.