Trump Screams At Children About Military Spending At Easter Egg Roll

Trump couldn’t take part in the White House Easter Egg Roll without giving himself credit for the economy and ranting at children about military spending.

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Transcript of Trump’s remarks as provided to PoliticusUSA by the White House:

I wish I had that voice. He was fantastic. Thank you very much.

Well, welcome to the 2018 White House Easter Egg Roll. So many people. You know, it was supposed to be pouring, the weather. It was supposed to be very rainy and nasty and cold and windy. And look what we have: perfect weather. Perfect weather. Beautiful weather.

Thank you all for being here, folks. Thank you all. I want to really thank the First Lady, Melania, who has done an incredible job. She worked so hard on this event, and I so want to thank you. That’s beautiful. Also, I want to thank the White House Historical Association and all of the people that work so hard with Melania, with everybody, to keep this incredible house or building, or whatever you want to call it — because there really is no name for it; it is special — and we keep it in tip-top shape. We call it sometimes tippy-top shape. And it’s a great, great place.

It’s an honor to have everybody. On behalf of the Trump family, many of whom are with us right here in the audience, I just want to thank you. This is a special year. Our country is doing great. You look at the economy; you look at what’s happening. Nothing is ever easy, but we have never had an economy like we have right now. And we’re going to make it bigger and better and stronger.

Our military is now at a level — will soon be at a level that it’s never been before. It’s a — you see what’s happening, and you see what’s happening with funding. The funding of our military was so important. And so many military people are with us today. So just think of $700 billion, because that’s all going into our military this year.

So I want to thank you all for being here. The band, unbelievable. I love you people. I hear them a lot. They’re as talented as anybody and any players anywhere. So thank you very much.

And now, I’m going to come down, and we’re going to watch this roll. Thank you, all. And have a great time. Thank you. Happy Easter. Thank you very much.

Why was Trump yelling at children about military spending?

Trump is showing that he is unhinged and unfit to be seen in public. It doesn’t matter who the audience is or why they are in front of him. Trump is going to rave about whatever is on his mind. There are a lot of military families in attendance at the Easter Egg Roll, but it isn’t a political event. Children and their families are at the event to have fun. The last thing they need to hear is campaign commercial from an insecure president about what a great job he thinks he is doing.

On Easter Sunday, Trump shoved aside Jesus to blow a gasket over immigration. His second act was to stomp all over the Easter Egg Roll to give himself credit for military spending.

It doesn’t matter whether it is the resurrection of Christ or a child’s smile, nothing comes before Donald Trump.

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Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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