Trump Offers White House Easter Egg Roll to Highest Bidder

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I missed this a few days ago.



Trump Offers White House Easter Egg Roll to Highest Bidder

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-offers-white-house-easter-163529949.html

Corbin Bolies Sun, March 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM CDT

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The White House has begun soliciting offers from corporate sponsors—with packages ranging from $75,000 to $200,000—for this year’s Easter Egg Roll, according to CNN.

Sponsors who have received the pitch deck have been promised “valuable brand visibility and national recognition” for supporting the event. The businesses would also be responsible for providing activities and giveaways, according to CNN.

Sponsors would also get access to an “invite-only brunch hosted inside the White House” by First Lady Melania Trump and a private White House tour. It was unclear whether the American Egg Board, which has sponsored the egg roll in the past, would remain part of the event.

The money raised through the sponsorships will go to the White House Historical Association, a private nonprofit organization, the administration told CNN.

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The Easter Egg Roll dates back to 1878 during the Rutherford B. Hayes administration and has become a time-honored tradition across partisan lines.........................

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[Deuxcents]

1. Wonder what kind of pressure is being used to participate to put your company logo on Easter trinkets

Are they gonna use real eggs while shoppers are complaining about the prices or will there be a grift for that, too?

[LoisB]

2. Will the money all go into his pocket or will he share it with eLoon and Melania (assuming

she shows up for a photo-op).

[Paladin]

3. The U.S. presidency, reduced to a blatant money-scrounging device.

Without so much as a weak effort to portray it as anything else. God damn every trump voter---and all stay-at-home Democratic non-voters---to hell.