Timeline of the second Trump presidency (2025 Q2)

The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the second quarter of 2025, from April 1, 2025, to June 30, 2025. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald Trump presidencies. For the Q3 timeline see timeline of the second Trump presidency (2025 Q3).

Timeline

April 2025

Date Events Photos/videos
Tuesday
April 1
First Lady Melania Trump delivers remarks at the 19th International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony.
Wednesday
April 2
  • President Trump announces 10% global tariffs on all imports (except those from Canada and Mexico) and additional "reciprocal" tariffs based on tariffs allegedly levied against the United States.[1][2]
  • In what he calls "Liberation Day", President Trump announces a baseline 10% universal tariff on all goods brought into the U.S. taking effect on April 5. He also announces that discounted reciprocal tariffs will take effect April 9.[3]
  • New York District Court judge Dale Ho dismisses the criminal charges against New York City mayor Eric Adams with prejudice. Judge Ho declined to order the dismissal without prejudice initially requested by the Department of Justice.[4][5]
President Trump displays a chart detailing his "reciprocal tariff" policy.
Thursday
April 3
  • Secretary Rubio travels to Brussels to attend the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting.[6]
Friday
April 4
  • President Trump shares video footage of a U.S. military airstrike against the Houthi armed militia in Yemen.[7]
Video footage of the U.S. military airstrike against Houthi terrorists in Yemen
Saturday
April 5
  • The Hands Off protests are held across the country in all 50 states. With the support of over 150 progressive groups, millions of demonstrators protest a wide range of the Trump administration's policies.[8]
Hands Off protesters in Washington, D.C.
Sunday
April 6
Monday
April 7
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Tuesday
April 8
Wednesday
April 9
President Trump with the North Dakota State Bison in the East Room.
Thursday
April 10
Friday
April 11
President Trump traveled to the METU Suite of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, for his annual physical examination.
Saturday
April 12
President Trump and Secretary Rubio attend UFC 314 at the Kaseya Center in Miami.
Sunday
April 13
Monday
April 14
President Trump and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
Tuesday
April 15
President Trump with the Navy Midshipmen and head coach Brian Newberry.
Wednesday
April 16
  • President Trump participates in an Easter Prayer Service and Dinner.
President Trump participates in an Easter Prayer Service and Dinner.
Thursday
April 17
President Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Friday
April 18
Saturday
April 19
Sunday
April 20
Monday
April 21
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host the White House Easter Egg Roll.
Tuesday
April 22
Wednesday
April 23
Thursday
April 24
  • President Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at the White House.[23]
President Trump and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
Friday
April 25
Saturday
April 26
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Sunday
April 27
Monday
April 28
President Trump with the Philadelphia Eagles on the South Lawn
Tuesday
April 29
President Trump speaks to members of the Michigan Air National Guard
Wednesday
April 30
President Trump participates in a cabinet meeting

May 2025

Date Events Photos/videos
Thursday
May 1
President Trump and Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki
President Trump delivers remarks at the University of Alabama commencement
Friday
May 2
Saturday
May 3
Sunday
May 4
Monday
May 5
Tuesday
May 6
President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
Wednesday
May 7
Thursday
May 8
  • U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued the memorandum that individuals with a current diagnosis or history of gender dysphoria (GD), or who exhibit symptoms consistent with GD, are not considered fit for military service. Service members affected by the policy were given the option to voluntarily separate—with deadlines of June 6, 2025, for active duty and July 7, 2025, for reservists—after which involuntary separation procedures would begin.[38] Up to 1,000 transgender troops began voluntary separation from the military.[39]
  • President Trump and Vice President Vance congratulate Robert Francis Prevost on being elected Pope Leo XIV. Trump said it was a "surprise" and a "great honor".[40]
Friday
May 9
Saturday
May 10
Sunday
May 11
Monday
May 12
Tuesday
May 13
President Trump participates in a signing ceremony and an exchange of agreements in Saudi Arabia.
Wednesday
May 14
President Trump participates in a signing ceremony and an exchange of agreements in Qatar.
Thursday
May 15
Friday
May 16
Saturday
May 17
Sunday
May 18
Monday
May 19
President Trump signs the TAKE IT DOWN Act into law.
Tuesday
May 20
Wednesday
May 21
President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa
Thursday
May 22
Friday
May 23
Saturday
May 24
President Trump addresses the Army Academy’s Class of 2025.
Vice President Vance addresses the Army Academy’s Class of 2025.
Sunday
May 25
Monday
May 26
President Trump, Vice President Vance and Secretary Hegseth at Arlington National Cemetery
Tuesday
May 27
Wednesday
May 28
  • The US Court of Trade blocks most of the administration's tariffs[56]
  • Elon Musk exits DOGE to return to the space race.[57]
  • President Trump's administration freezes VISA application and pauses foreign student enrollments at Harvard.[58]
  • Vice President Vance delivers remarks at a 2025 Bitcoin Conference.
Vice President Vance delivers remarks at a 2025 Bitcoin Conference
Thursday
May 29
Friday
May 30
President Trump participates in a press conference with Elon Musk.
President Trump delivers remarks on U.S. steel deal in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
Saturday
May 31

June 2025

Date Events Photos/videos
Sunday
June 1
Monday
June 2
Tuesday
June 3
Wednesday
June 4
Thursday
June 5
President Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Friday
June 6
Saturday
June 7
President Trump with women's bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison
Sunday
June 8
  • President Trump threatens to deploy U.S. Marines into the city and "have troops everywhere" if the protests do not disperse.[69]
Monday
June 9
  • Governor Newsom announces his intention to sue the Trump administration for deploying the National Guard without his consent. In response, President Trump agreed with a suggestion that Newsom should be arrested.[70][71]
  • President Trump deploys 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles from Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms alongside an additional 2,000 National Guard troops.[72]
California National Guard and protesters in Los Angeles
Tuesday
June 10
President Trump delivers remarks at Fort Bragg.
Wednesday
June 11
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the Kennedy Center
Thursday
June 12
  • President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host the first Congressional Picnic on the White House South Lawn since his second presidency began.[78]
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the 2025 Congressional Picnic
Friday
June 13
Saturday
June 14
  • President Trump celebrates his 79th birthday.[79]
  • President Trump attended a military parade, held in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Continental Army.[80][81]
  • "No Kings" protests were held across the United States in opposition to many of President Trump's policies, as well as an assumed connection between the parade and the President's birthday.[82]
President Trump at the 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Army Grand Parade and Celebration
Sunday
June 15
Monday
June 16
G7 leaders at the 51st G7 summit
Tuesday
June 17
Wednesday
June 18
Thursday
June 19
Friday
June 20
Saturday
June 21
President Trump and Vice President Vance in the Situation Room of the White House during the attacks.
President Trump addresses the direct strikes against Iran to the nation.
Sunday
June 22
Monday
June 23
Tuesday
June 24
President Trump's statement on the ceasefire on Truth Social
Group photo of NATO leaders before a dinner at Huis ten Bosch
Wednesday
June 25
  • President Trump has breakfast with the King and Queen of the Netherlands.[90]
  • President Trump attends the NATO summit where NATO leaders have committed, to Trump's proposal, to invest 5% of GDP annually on defence and security-related spending by 2035.[91]
President Trump and NATO leaders
Thursday
June 26
Friday
June 27
  • President Trump immediately cuts off negotiations on import tariffs with Canada due to disagreements about a Canadian tech tax and announces he will impose punitive tariffs on Canada within a week.[92]
  • President Trump participates in a visit with the foreign ministers of the Congo and Rwanda.
President Trump Participates in a Visit with the Foreign Ministers of the Congo and Rwanda
Saturday
June 28
Sunday
June 29
Monday
June 30

See also

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