Overview
- President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania took part in NORAD’s Santa-tracking tradition from Mar-a-Lago, fielding roughly a dozen calls in about 20 minutes before calling service members.
- Speaking to children in Oklahoma, Trump said they track Santa to ensure a 'bad Santa' is not 'infiltrating' the United States.
- When a Kansas girl said she didn’t want coal, Trump replied, 'You mean clean, beautiful coal,' echoing his pro-coal slogan.
- Some exchanges were placed on speakerphone for reporters; a separate service-member call was reported to have technical problems as aides moved journalists out of the room.
- After the calls, Trump posted on Truth Social wishing 'Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum,' as outlets also noted his inaccurate claim about winning Pennsylvania three times.