Overview
- In a Truth Social message from Mar-a-Lago, the president wished a Merry Christmas while calling opponents the “scum of the radical left.”
- He asserted policy successes including no open borders, low crime, no inflation, and cited 4.3% GDP growth, presenting the claims as evidence of his record.
- Trump and First Lady Melania took NORAD hotline calls with children routed to Mar-a-Lago on Christmas Eve.
- During the calls he said the U.S. tracks Santa to ensure he is not “infiltrated” and told an eight-year-old who asked for “no coal” that coal is “clean” and “beautiful.”
- He extended greetings to U.S. service members worldwide, specifically noting forces operating off the coast of Venezuela.