Trump gets a bump from Melania during Easter egg roll
President Trump broke another pledge after having to be reminded — with an apparent nudge from his wife — to place his hand over his heart during the National Anthem Monday morning, reports New York Daily News.
A video shows the US First Lady Melania Trump and the couple’s 11-year-old son, Barron, lifting their hands to their chests as the first notes of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ waft over the White House Easter Egg Roll.
Five seconds in, the President raises his own hand after his wife appears to deliver a light bump with her free wrist.’
‘This is the 139th easter egg roll. Think of it, 139,’ Trump said from the balcony overlooking the south grounds of the executive mansion. He was accompanied by somebody dressed up in an Easter bunny costume.
The Trumps then went down and joined the crowd briefly.
The day-long, family-oriented event features many activities including an actual roll in which kids race against each other, pushing colored eggs along the ground with a wooden spoon.
‘We will be stronger and bigger and better as a nation than ever before,’ said Trump, before wishing the crowd a happy Easter under overcast skies in Washington.
The Easter egg roll at the White House was started in 1878 when Rutherford Hayes was president.