Overview
- The president issued a Christmas statement on the White House website celebrating “the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ” and using devotional language about Jesus as “the Light of the World.”
- The Department of Homeland Security shared a Christmas Eve video with a Nativity scene, the American flag, and text reading “Remember the miracle of Christ’s birth” and “We are blessed to share a nation and a Saviour.”
- Cabinet‑level posts included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s message celebrating Jesus’s birth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s note about “the hope of Eternal Life through Christ,” and the Labor Department’s “Let Earth Receive Her King.”
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State called the messaging divisive and contrary to church‑state neutrality, several commentators objected on constitutional grounds, and a White House spokesperson dismissed the criticism with a brief retort.
- Supporters framed the posts as restoring faith in public life, the Republican Party highlighted Bible verses on its accounts, and the moves fit a year of initiatives such as a DOJ task force, a Religious Liberty Commission, and a White House Faith Office led by Paula White‑Cain.