Trump really showed kids 'assassination trading card' at White House Easter event

On April 21, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump hosted the White House Easter Egg Roll, an annual tradition where families gather to roll colored eggs down the White House lawn. A purported photograph from the event spread on Reddit and X, supposedly showing Trump displaying a collectible card to a group of children with what appeared to be a photograph from the assassination attempt targeting him in July 2024.

As the photo circulated, The Daily Mirror, a British tabloid, published the headline, "Trump blasted for showing assassination trading card to kids at White House event."

The above photograph is real. It was not created using artificial intelligence software or manipulated using digital editing tools. As such, we rate this claim true.

We found the photograph in Getty Images' database of photojournalism. The image was shot by Chip Somodevilla, with the caption:

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a collectors card depicting the assassination attempt during the Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. The White House is expecting thousands of children and adults to participate in the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn, a tradition started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The photograph on the card was taken by Jabin Botsford for The Washington Post, moments after a gunman opened fire at a Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. That photograph can be found on Getty Images here. 

The card also included text stating the date of the attempted assassination and captions reading, "Trump assassination attempt" and "Fight to save America 'Stand Strong'":

(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

At the Butler rally, one person was killed and two others were wounded when the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, opened fire from a nearby roof as Trump spoke. Secret Service agents fatally shot Crooks and rushed Trump off stage after a bullet struck his ear. 

The Trump administration does not appear to be selling this specific collectible card through official channels, though cards with the same photograph and captions are available on the e-commerce platform eBay as of this writing. Similar trading cards are available for sale on sites unaffiliated with Trump. The Trump Organization is selling a book of photographs with an image from the assassination attempt on its cover.