Trump marks Diwali at the White House with Indian-American guests in 2025

On 21 October 2025, President Donald Trump marked Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, with a celebration at the White House. The event brought together members of the Indian-American community and was part of the long-running US practice of recognising the holiday at the executive residence and offices.

It was one of the first Diwali observances of Trump's second term, which began in January 2025. Presidents of both parties have marked the festival in recent years, and Indian Americans, one of the country's largest and fastest-growing immigrant communities, have become an increasingly visible political and economic constituency.

The occasion carried extra weight because of the state of US–India relations at the time. Washington and New Delhi were negotiating over trade and tariffs, and the two countries' leaders were in contact around the holiday. Diwali greetings therefore doubled as a gesture of goodwill toward both the diaspora and India itself.

The 2025 celebration became a reference point for later coverage of how the Trump administration engaged with Indian-American communities and Hindu traditions.