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Trump warns against infiltration by a 'bad Santa,' defends coal in jovial Christmas calls with kids

President Trump and First Lady Melania answered nearly 400,000 NORAD Santa calls at Mar-a-Lago, promoting coal and warning of a ‘bad Santa’ infiltration, while praising military service.

  • On Wednesday, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump answered NORAD Tracks Santa calls from Mar-a-Lago, spending 20 minutes taking family calls before phoning U.S. military service members.
  • NORAD's long-running program has presidents answering children’s calls, and Trump said 'We track Santa all over the world' while NORAD showed Santa over Copenhagen despite radar limits.
  • A child raised coal and President Donald Trump replied, 'You mean, clean, beautiful coal?' while touting policies to keep coal-fired power plants running and prioritizing coal leasing by federal agencies.
  • Critics noted the calls mixed holiday banter with partisan claims, with Trump saying 'Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum' on Truth Social, and a military call later experienced technical issues.
  • Echoing past rhetoric, the orders aim to keep coal plants online to meet demand from data centers and electric cars, reflecting President Donald Trump's long promotion of coal as reliable and beautiful.
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While American children only wanted to know where Santa is on the road on Christmas Eve, US President Donald Trump used the traditional Christmas calls from Mar-a-Lago for campaign rhetoric and bizarre warnings of a "bad Santa Claus infiltrating into the country." Trump transformed the traditional NORAD Santa hotline on December 24 into a mix of electoral victory celebration and political statement. From his gold-plated resort in Palm Beach, the…

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On the occasion of New Year's Eve, the President of the United States wanted to wish all his fellow citizens a merry Christmas, including the rotting of the radical left.

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Telemundo McAllen (40) broke the news in on Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
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