Christmas Eve found President Donald Trump sitting in good spirits at his Mar-a-Lago home and chatting with children on the phone about Santa Claus's whereabouts while NORAD was tracking his sleigh.
“It’s nice, isn’t it?” – he told reporters after the call. “You could do this all day.”
The holiday mood turned sour later that day when Trump delivered a Christmas message that included ridicule aimed at “Radical leftist scum” who, as he wrote, seek to destroy the country.
After midnight, the festive spirit took another political turn. The president posted or reposted more than 100 times on his Truth Social website, in many cases amplifying messages disparaging perceived political opponents.
When Christmas arrived, the president made it clear that he was still enamored with his 2020 loss to Joe Biden.
He reposted one message with an appeal Attorney General Pam Bondi ensure “accountability” by prosecuting former Democratic President Barack Obama over the election.
He also shared a video with Colton Moore A Georgia state senator running for a congressional seat is being vacated by Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene.
“You know, Donald Trump was right all along,” Moore said in the video. “The 2020 election was stolen.” He went on to say that “people should be arrested and tried for treason—a lot of them.”
No evidence has emerged of wrongdoing on a scale that could change the outcome of the 2020 election, although Trump said in June that he wanted special prosecutor to investigate what happened.
With more than 11 million followers on Truth Social, Trump reposted messages that featured familiar faces. Some called for getting rid of Affordable Care Act, signed by Obama 15 years ago (the Republican-led House and Senate left town for the New Year last week). without a health care contract this will prevent insurance premiums from rising for millions of Americans).
In his feed, Trump drew attention to a post with an image of the governor of California. Gavin Newsomepotential Democratic candidate in the 2028 presidential race as a socialist.
Another repost of his is dedicated to his ex Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi growing wealth during her time in Congress. The message Trump shared suggested, without any evidence, that she should go to prison for insider trading. (Sitting behind Trump, Pelosi famously tore up a copy of her State of the Union address after he finished speaking in 2020.)
Trump has shared several posts attacking Somali immigrants. He took special aim Representative Ilhan Omar, The Minnesota Democrat, who was born in Somalia, is reposting a video questioning her U.S. citizenship and writing, “Get her out of the U.S. now!” The President created a scandal disparaging comments about Somali immigrants in recent weeks.
Trump has also used his feed to promote economic policies that have been criticized. Polls show that he has lost ground among voters who rely on him to make groceries, utilities and other essentials more affordable. At 1:15 he reposted Fox News video in which the guest praised Trump's economic management rapid growth of 4.3% gross domestic product in the third quarter.
The White House did not respond Thursday to a request to say whether Trump or one of his aides reposted all the messages.
Trump highlighted the video from Secretary of State Marco Rubio in which he listed the various peace agreements the president said he had reached since taking office in January. Trump said he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, which will be awarded in October 2026. The deals outlined by Rubio form the basis of Trump's nomination for the award, which was won by Obama and three other presidents.
Rubio said in the video that Trump stopped the looming war between India and Pakistan. India disputed this claim. Of the conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, Rubio said: “We have a peace agreement.”
Although the two neighboring countries have reached a ceasefire, more two weeks of border clashes resulted in 86 deaths.
Rubio, who feuded with Trump during the 2016 Republican presidential primary, called his boss “the best president we've ever had.”
Trump ended the day Thursday with a long tirade about Jeffrey Epstein and the bill. he signed the law last month, forcing the Justice Department release all your records about a deceased sex offender.
“Merry Christmas to everyone, including the many scoundrels who loved Jeffrey Epstein!” he wrote.
For Trump, combining partisan grievances with holiday cheer has become something of a tradition.
After being elected president during Thanksgiving last year, he extended good wishes to everyone, even “The Radical Left is Crazy.”
