US EditionTrump warns against infiltration by a 'bad Santa,' defends coal in jovial Christmas calls with kids
President Trump defended the concept of 'clean, beautiful coal' and warned children about a potential 'bad Santa' during NORAD calls, highlighting political themes and praising the economy's 4.3% GDP growth.
- On Dec. 24, 2025, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participated in NORAD 'Tracks Santa' calls at Mar-a-Lago, answering about a dozen children callers before speaking with U.S. military service members.
- NORAD's long-running tradition tracks Santa every Christmas Eve since 1955, and its Santa-tracking hotline received nearly 400,000 calls last year.
- Asked by a child about tracking, President Donald Trump said, `We track Santa all over the world. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. Trump continued` and defended coal, saying, `You mean clean, beautiful coal. He added to` its importance.
- Later, on Truth Social, the president posted attacking the 'Radical Left Scum' and referencing stronger-than-expected GDP numbers, sparking online criticism.
- Trump peppered the calls with political lines, praising states he won and claiming he won Pennsylvania 'actually three times,' then thanked service members and touted a tax-free $1,776 special warrior dividend.
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Trump warns against a ‘bad Santa,’ defends coal in Christmas calls with kids
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump marked Christmas Eve by quizzing children calling in about what presents they were excited about receiving, while promising to not let a “bad Santa” infiltrate the country and even suggesting that a stocking full of coal may not be so bad. Vacationing at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, the president and first lady Melania Trump participated in the tradition of talking to youngsters dialing into the North…
While on vacation at his home in Mar-a-Lago in Florida, a heritage property declared a National Historic Mile located in Palm Beach, and which Trump acquired in 1985, he and Melania fulfilled the republican tradition of talking to young people at these parties.The call was made from the North American Aerospace Defense Command, where they symbolically follow “Santa Claus’s journey around the world.” “We want to make sure Santa Claus behaves well…
The sequence has not escaped and is buzzing across the Atlantic. It is a habit in the United States: every year thousands of children call the center...
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DnoticiasSpeaking to children on the phone, Trump asked that students expected to receive and made sure that they would not allow the entry of a "Mau Father Christmas" in the country.
During the traditional Christmas phone call, the American president also told one of the children that a bad Santa Claus cannot enter the country.
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