U.S. President Donald Trump participates in NORAD Santa tracker phone calls, on Christmas Eve, from the Mar-a-lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 24, 2025. REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak
President Donald Trump inserted himself into the holidays while speaking with children on the phone about ‘tracking Santa’ on the “NORAD Santa Tracker Hotline.”
One child announced that she was “from Pennsylvania,” which Trump took as a cue to announce his two election victories and one false election claim.
“Pennsylvania is great,” Trump told the child. “We won Pennsylvania, actually three times. We won it in a landslide, so I love Pennsylvania!”
Trump did not win Pennsylvania in 2020, as he claimed. Biden reclaimed the state with a 1.16 percent margin after Trump’s victory in 2016. But because of the delayed vote results with in-person ballots being counted first, it appeared early on that Trump had taken the state. Trump watched his win slip away as mail-in votes were tallied through the night.
Social media users were quick to blast the president for making this and other calls from small children about himself and his politics, however.
Meidas Touch Editor-in-Chief Ron Filipkowski posted on X: “Little kid just wants to hear about Santa and Trump wants to talk about himself again.”
“Why would he say this to a kid? Seriously we have the stupidest president in American history,” said another commenter on X.
"’F—— you, kid. You only get one doll this year. Me, I won Pennsylvania three times’. Who does this? It is a child, why you being all weird and s——?” replied another.
“Malignant narcissist and liar at levels previously unheard of,” commented yet another. “Even on Christmas its 100 percent about HIM.”
Sara Cook, a White House producer and Multi-Platform Reporter for CBS News, also noted Trump made a point to insert his politics into other children’s calls. Cook reported Trump telling another child: "We want to make sure that Santa is being good. Santa's a very good person. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa.”
“Santa loves Oklahoma, like I do,” he continued. “You know, Oklahoma was very good for me in the election, so I love Oklahoma. Don't ever leave Oklahoma. Okay?"
"Okay, I'll try," the child responded.
Still another child told Trump “they don't want coal for Christmas,” according to Cook.
“… You mean clean, beautiful coal,” Trump responded. I had to do that, I'm sorry. No, coal is clean and beautiful. Please remember that at all costs."
Watch the video of Trump's call below: