Images: Donald and Melania’s First Year at White House

By Shannon Henderson Published on January 21, 2018

This weekend marks Trump’s first full year in office. It’s been a wild ride.

Things that happened just months ago feel like the news of yesteryear. So many controversies have come and gone. So many tests have come to the president’s door โ€” from tensions with North Korea to terror attacks across the globe, from mass shootings to a stunning series of natural disasters. But there has also been much good โ€” from an ever-growing pro-life movement to increased religious freedom protections, from a strengthening economy to a strengthening military.

One thing’s for certain: It’s never been dull.

Let’s take a walk through some memories of the President and Mrs. Trump’s first year in the White House.

US President Donald Trump takes the oath of office as his wife Melania holds the bible and his children Barron, Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany watch as US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (R) administers the oath during inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 20, 2017.

U.S. President Donald Trump takes the oath of office as his wife Melania holds the bible and his children Barron, Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany watch as U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, right, administers the oath during inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2017.

 

An emotional Carryn Owens, widow of widow of Chief Special Warfare Operator William โ€œRyanโ€ Owens, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, as she was acknowledged by President Donald Trump during his address to a joint session of Congress.

An emotional Carryn Owens, widow of widow of Chief Special Warfare Operator William โ€œRyanโ€ Owens, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, as she was acknowledged by President Donald Trump during his address to a joint session of Congress.

 

President Donald Trump watches as Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy administers the judicial oath to Judge Neil Gorsuch during a re-enactment in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington. Gorsuch's wife Marie Louise Gorsuch hold a bible. Republicans have put President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee on the bench, and theyโ€™re now in a position to fill dozens more federal judgeships and reshape some of the nation's highest courts.

President Donald Trump watches as Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy administers the judicial oath to Judge Neil Gorsuch during a re-enactment in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington April, 2017. Gorsuch’s wife Marie Louise Gorsuch hold a bible.

 

US President Donald Trump, US First lady Melania Trump (2nd R), Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (2nd L) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (L) put their hands on an illuminated globe during the inauguration ceremony of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 21, 2017.

U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. First lady Melania Trump, second right, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, second left, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, left, put their hands on an illuminated globe during the inauguration ceremony of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 21, 2017.

 

US President Donald Trump visits the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City on May 22, 2017.

US President Donald Trump visits the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem’s Old City on May 22, 2017.

 

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Members of the Presidentโ€™s Faith Council gathered around Trump for prayer in the Oval Office on July 10, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

 

US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and son Barron look up at the partial solar eclipse from the balcony of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 21, 2017. The Great American Eclipse completed its journey across the United States Monday, with the path of totality stretching coast-to-coast for the first time in nearly a century.

U.S. President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and son Barron look up at the partial solar eclipse from the balcony of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 21, 2017. The Great American Eclipse completed its journey across the United States, with the path of totality stretching coast-to-coast for the first time in nearly a century.

 

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greet a young Hurricane Harvey victim at NRG Center in Houston on September 2, 2017.

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greet a young Hurricane Harvey victim at NRG Center in Houston on Sept. 2, 2017.

 

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hand out candy to children during a Halloween event at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2017.

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hand out candy to children during a Halloween event at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 30, 2017.

 

US President Donald Trump looks up as he sits beside First Lady Melania Trump and China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan during a tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing on November 8, 2017.

U.S. President Donald Trump looks up as he sits beside First Lady Melania Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan during a tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing on Nov. 8, 2017.

 

US First Lady Melania Trump gives a boy a high-five as they make holiday cards in the East Wing as she tours Christmas decorations at the White House in Washington, DC, November 27, 2017.

US First Lady Melania Trump gives a boy a high-five as they make holiday cards in the East Wing as she tours Christmas decorations at the White House in Washington, DC, November 27, 2017.

 

President Donald Trump and the first lady Melania Trump attend the 95th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting held by the National Park Service at the White House Ellipse in Washington, D.C., November 30, 2017. The Beach Boys, Wynonna, The Texas Tenors, Craig Campbell were among the artists who provided the entertainment.

President Donald Trump and the first lady Melania Trump attend the 95th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting held by the National Park Service at the White House Ellipse in Washington, D.C., Nov. 30, 2017. The Beach Boys, Wynonna, The Texas Tenors, Craig Campbell were among the artists who provided the entertainment.

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to celebrate Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with Republican members of the House and Senate on the South Lawn of the White House December 20, 2017 in Washington, DC.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to celebrate Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with Republican members of the House and Senate on the South Lawn of the White House Dec. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

 

President Donald Trump, accompanied by House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Vice President Mike Pence, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, speaks during a news conference after participating in a Congressional Republican Leadership Retreat at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018.

President Donald Trump, accompanied by House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Vice President Mike Pence, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, speaks during a news conference after participating in a Congressional Republican Leadership Retreat at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018.

 

US President Donald Trump holds hands with First Lady Melania Trump in the Forbidden City in Beijing on November 8, 2017.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds hands with First Lady Melania Trump in the Forbidden City in Beijing on Nov. 8, 2017.

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