At Easter Egg Roll, Trump told children "tomorrow is going to be infrastructure day in Iran"
One day before agreeing to a ceasefire, the president described the F-15E rescue mission and previewed infrastructure strikes to an audience of children on the White House South Lawn.
President Trump used the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 6 to deliver extended remarks about the Iran war to an audience that included hundreds of children in pastel dresses, bow ties, and bunny ears.
"Tomorrow is going to be infrastructure day in Iran," Trump said, repeating the line seconds later. The remark -- a reference to planned strikes on Iranian bridges, railways, and power infrastructure -- came one day before the administration agreed to a two-week ceasefire.
The president also described the rescue of an F-15E Strike Eagle crew shot down over Iran's Zagros Mountains, recounting the military operation in detail to the South Lawn crowd. Wire reported on that mission separately -- it involved 155 aircraft over 50 hours.
What else he said
Trump's remarks at the children's event ranged across several topics unrelated to Easter:
On Biden: "You know, Biden would use the autopen. He'd have an autopen following, you know, Joe Biden, he didn't sign. He was incapable of signing, so they'd follow him around with this big machine, you know what it's called, an autopen."
On his autograph: "I could sign autographs for you guys and then tonight you can sell them for 25,000 on eBay."
On Harris: Trump questioned Vice President Kamala Harris's intelligence in front of the families in attendance.
The setting
The Easter Egg Roll is a White House tradition dating to 1878. The 2026 edition, themed around America's 250th birthday, featured egg rolling on the South Lawn, a reading nook where First Lady Melania Trump read to children, and musical performances.
The event took place during the most intense phase of the U.S.-Iran conflict. The day before, April 5, U.S. strikes had continued against Iranian military and infrastructure targets. The day after, Trump announced the two-week ceasefire contingent on Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
C-SPAN aired the full event live. The White House posted video on its website.