Easter weekend 2025: President Trump won't visit his Florida home for the holiday
In a surprising turn of events, President Donald Trump is not expected to spend any part of Easter weekend in Palm Beach.
This will be only the third weekend that Trump hasn't visited Florida since taking office, visiting his Florida home and private club, Mar-a-Lago, nine times since his Jan. 20 inauguration.
This weekend is unusual because the president typically spends at least a portion of his Easter weekend at his 'Southern White House.'
But this is good news for Palm Beach residents who dread the added traffic and local road closures that Trump's weekends at Mar-a-Lago bring.
Here's what we know about Trump's Easter 2025 plans, the White House Egg Roll and what to know about Mar-a-Lago.
No President in Palm Beach for Easter: Signs point to no Trump visit to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach on Easter weekend
For the first time in years, the Trumps are not expected to spend the holiday at Mar-a-Lago, according to the Palm Beach Daily News. The president and first lady will likely spend the holiday weekend in Washington, D.C. and are hosting the 147th annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 21.
Usually, when the president comes to town, the FAA issues temporary flight restrictions for the West Palm Beach area and the town of Palm Beach sends out alerts regarding local road closures. As of Good Friday, April 18, there were no plans from the town of Palm Beach for road closures in anticipation of the president's arrival. There also were no temporary flight restrictions that indicate Trump's travel to Florida.
The first lady also hosted the annual White House Easter Egg Roll in Washington, D.C., on the Monday after Easter Sunday from 2017 through 2019, during her husband's first term as 45th president of the United States.
When Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to President Joe Biden, Donald and Melania Trump spent every Easter Sunday at their church, Bethesda-By-the-Sea (where they were married), followed by an Easter brunch at Mar-a-Lago.
Now that Donald Trump is the 47th president, he and Melania Trump will once again host the 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll in Washington, D.C. And for the first time in years, the couple will not partake in Easter activities at their Palm Beach home.
In February, the first lady released initial details for the 147th White House Easter Egg Roll, which will be Monday, April 21, 2025, on the south lawn of the White House. Families with children 13 years old and younger were invited to join Donald and Melania Trump, White House staff and their families.
Easter at the White House: Melania Trump to host 2025 White House Easter event
The White House Easter Egg Roll is a tradition, dating back to 1878 during the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes. During the White House Easter Egg Roll, children gather on the South Lawn of the White House to participate in an egg roll, an egg hunt and other Easter activities, hosted by the sitting president and first lady.
When Donald Trump was the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2020, he and First Lady Melania Trump hosted the White House Easter Egg Roll in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, there was no White House Easter Egg Roll in 2020. There also was not a White House Easter Egg Roll in 2021, with then-President Joe Biden and then-First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, due to the pandemic.
When they lived there, Barron Trump, the sole child of Donald and Melania Trump, attended the White House Easter Egg Roll events along with his nieces and nephews: Kai Madison Trump, Donald Trump III, Spencer Frederick Trump, Tristan Milos Trump and Chloe Sophia Trump (children of his half-brother, Donald Trump Jr. and his ex-wife Vanessa Trump).
Mar-a-Lago is a private club, and is generally not open to the public. The main entrance to the private club is on South Ocean Boulevard. To see Mar-a-Lago, you have to settle for just driving by. People can park and walk by, though you'll be in the roadway.
It's not uncommon for people to pull over their cars to catch a view. It is, however, very dangerous because there is no sidewalk, and there's no shoulder on the side of the road. Since Mar-a-Lago is a members-only club, there are no Easter events posted on its website for the public to see.
Mar-a-Lago closes on Mother's Day after the traditional final brunch of the social season and reopens on Halloween.
Contributing: Kristina Webb, Palm Beach Daily News
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Trump's Easter plans don't include Florida: What we know
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