President Donald Trump wished Americans a merry Christmas on Wednesday – though not without plenty of caustic rhetoric directed at his political enemies.
"Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country, but are failing badly," Trump wrote on his Truth social platform in his signature style of oddly placed capital letters.
The president not only attacked his enemies, but also declared victory over the border and transgender Americans. He further boasted about his policies, and touted a "Record Stock Market" and "Trillions of Dollars in Growth and Prosperity" attributed to his steep tariffs on American trade partners (the bulk of which may be ultimately struck down by the Supreme Court).
"We are respected again, perhaps like never before," Trump added. "God Bless America!!!"
The president's post was quickly condemned by various journalists, commentators and experts on social media. New York Times contributor Molly Jong-Fast lamented that Americans have experienced "nearly a decade of this," in reference to Trump's holiday posts taking jabs at his opponents.
"Merry Christmas to all, including Donald Trump’s incompetent DOJ that didn’t pay for adobe premium," attorney Harris Peskin wrote, apparently referencing the recent revelation that some of the redactions in the Jeffrey Epstein documents were made in Adobe Acrobat and can be read by copying and pasting them into word processing software.
"One of my Christmas wishes is that we never, ever get used to this insanity," author Jennifer Erin Valent wrote on X.
New Mexico State University enterprise data architect Ray Silva responded to Trump's post by calling him "a bad example of a leader" with "no professional decorum."
"An evil person," Silva wrote. "A soulless man."
"I know people are going to complain about this … but Trump is directly quoting the original version of the Sermon on the Mount," quipped MS NOW columnist Michael A. Cohen (who is not Trump's former attorney).