Every day was Christmas with President Trump, not least of all the Christmases that occurred with him in the White House, such as the one where Trump had a hilarious conversation with a little kid about believing in Santa and at what age kids start to realize Santa might not be real.
One of the best Trump Christmases was in 2018, when a little girl called into the North American Aerospace Defence Command’s (NORAD) Santa Tracker and Trump had a conversation with her about believing in Santa.
In the video of the sweet moment that emerged, then-President Trump picked up the phone and, talking to the young girl, asked, “Are you still a believer in Santa? Because at seven it’s marginal, right?” It’s not clear what the girl said, but, whatever it was, it brought a smile to Trump’s face and he cheerily told her, “Well, you just enjoy yourself.” Watch him here:
Then-First Lady Melania Trump, posting about the experience of answering the NORAD phones, said, “Helping children across the country track #Santa is becoming one of my favorite traditions! @Potus
and I enjoyed working with @NORADSanta- #ChristmasEve”
The NORAD Santa Tracker has been around since 1965. It pretends to use the sophisticated radar tools utilized by NORAD, which exists to track and protect America from incoming aerospace-based attacks, such as nuclear-tipped Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and, when the USSR was around, Soviet bomber fleets, to track Santa on Christmas Eve and show kids to where he has delivered presents and where he is going next, all on a live map.
Trump has been somewhat less lighthearted on Christmas in recent years. On Christmas of 2022, Trump posted on Truth Social, “On this very cold but beautiful Christmas Day, look at our Nation NOW on the Southern Border compared to only a short time ago during the Trump Administration. We had the most SECURE Border in our history, versus the “horror show” that that is happening now, with record setting numbers of people, many of them hardened Criminals (including Killers, Human Traffickers and Drug Dealers), POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY at a rate the likes of which we have never seen before. The USA is dying from within!!!”
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Similarly, on Christmas Eve of that year, he said, “Merry Christmas to EVERYONE, including the Radical Left Marxists that are trying to destroy our Country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation that is illegally coercing & paying Social and LameStream Media to push for a mentally disabled Democrat over the Brilliant, Clairvoyant, and USA LOVING Donald J. Trump, and, of course, The Department of Injustice, which appointed a Special “Prosecutor” who, together with his wife and family, HATES “Trump” more than any other person on earth. LOVE TO ALL!”
Then, on Christmas Eve 2023, former President Trump was posting about the 2020 election, saying, “I wasn’t campaigning, the Election was over. I was doing my duty as President to expose and further investigate a Rigged and Stolen Election. It was my obligation to do so, and the proof found is voluminous and irrefutable. Therefore, among other reasons, of course I am entitled to IMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, I DID NOTHING WRONG. Stop the Witch Hunt NOW!”
Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video