Overview
- Participating in NORAD’s annual Santa-tracking calls from Mar-a-Lago, Trump told children the U.S. must track Santa to ensure a “bad Santa” does not infiltrate the country.
- He mixed festive banter with politics, defending coal as “clean and beautiful” and praising states that supported him while answering children’s questions.
- In a Christmas message on Truth Social/X, he wished “Merry Christmas” to “the Radical Left Scum” and asserted record markets, 4.3% GDP growth, zero inflation, and tariff-driven gains.
- He framed the post around culture-war themes, declaring there are no open borders, no men in women’s sports, and no weak law enforcement, presenting these as achievements.
- Coverage placed the remarks alongside DOJ disclosures of Epstein-related files that reference Trump, and on Dec. 26 he posted again attacking Epstein’s former associates and claiming their names will be Democrats.