Overview
- From Mar-a-Lago, the president and First Lady Melania Trump joined the decades-old NORAD tradition, taking about a dozen calls from children and service members.
- In the calls, Trump joked about a potential 'bad Santa' infiltrating the U.S., praised 'clean, beautiful coal,' and told reporters he could take calls 'all day long.'
- During one exchange, he wrongly claimed Republicans won Pennsylvania 'in a landslide' and said he had won the state 'three times,' a statement contradicted by his 2020 loss there.
- After the calls, he posted a Christmas message on Truth Social that wished 'Merry Christmas' to 'the Radical Left Scum' and touted his administration's policies.
- Through the night and into Christmas Day, he posted or reposted more than 100 items on Truth Social, boosting election-fraud claims, attacks on Somali immigrants and Rep. Ilhan Omar, and praise of his economic record.