Dec 24, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump tells child he wants to ensure "bad Santa" isn't "infiltrating" U.S.

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A fair, tan-skinned, graying President Trump, wearing a navy suit jacket, white shirt and gold tie with black polka dots on it smiles as he holds a 1980s-style black telephone with a coil cord while sitting on a chair with gold trim in front of a heavily decorated Christmas tree.

President Trump talks with children as he participates in tracking Santa Claus' movements with the NORAD Santa Tracker on Christmas Eve at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 24. Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

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