{"id":2383568,"date":"2024-12-25T15:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T20:55:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-25T15:55:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T20:55:45","slug":"biden-and-trump-send-christmas-greetings-with-inauguration-approaching-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-and-trump-send-christmas-greetings-with-inauguration-approaching-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden and Trump send Christmas greetings with inauguration approaching &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-and-trump-send-christmas-greetings-with-inauguration-approaching-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2383568&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Christmas morning, both outgoing President Joe Biden and incoming President Donald Trump shared holiday messages with the nation. Biden marked his \u200dfinal Christmas in the White house by visiting Children&#8217;s National Hospital with First Lady Jill biden, spreading cheer to children and \u2064families, \u2063an annual tradition for them. In a social media video, he\u2062 expressed gratitude \u200dand\u200c hope for kindness and compassion in \u200bAmerica. Biden also\u2062 reflected \u200don the past four years while wishing\u200c the\u2064 country a Merry Christmas \u2063for the last time \u2063as president.Conversely, Trump\u200b released a video montage of messages from\u200b his\u200d governance and outlined goals \u2062for \u200dhis upcoming presidency, emphasizing his \u2064plans for his first day in office. Both\u2062 leaders aimed to promote\u200b unity and goodwill during the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">holiday season amid<\/a> the \u200btransition of power.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden and Trump send Christmas greetings with inauguration approaching<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1920385\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"outgoing\">outgoing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"outgoing\">incoming<\/a> presidents shared messages with the country on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"outgoing\">Christmas<\/a> morning as President Joe Biden is marking his final celebration as an occupant of the White House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1871973438132490587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">video montage<\/a> of messages he sent out when he was president and several posts referencing goals for his next administration. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220465\/what-trump-promised-day-one-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT TRUMP HAS PROMISED TO DO ON DAY 1 IN THE OVAL OFFICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden shared a video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faces-intense-backlash-over-plans-to-address-nation-in-next-few-days-25th-amendment-time\/\" title=\"Biden Faces Intense Backlash Over Plans To Address Nation In \u2018Next Few Days\u2019: \u201825th Amendment Time\u2019\">social media documenting<\/a> his visit with first lady Jill Biden to Children&rsquo;s National Hospital that occurred this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-2000-nyc-firefighters-have-called-in-sick-over-past-week-ahead-of-covid-19-vaccine-deadline\/\" title=\"More Than 2,000 NYC Firefighters Have Called In Sick Over Past Week Ahead Of COVID-19 Vaccine Deadline\">past week ahead<\/a> of the Christmas holiday, an annual tradition.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re joining you from Children&rsquo;s National Hospital, where we&rsquo;ve been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-biden-spreading-holiday-cheer-by-telling-us-all-we-are-going-to-die\/\" title=\"Rand Paul: Biden Spreading Holiday Cheer by &#039;Telling Us All We Are Going to Die&#039;\">spreading holiday cheer<\/a> to children and families and them to us as well,&rdquo; Biden said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS\/status\/1871905048403312972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">video <\/a>with photos of their visit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Merry Christmas, America! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LiiUKXiDqb\">pic.twitter.com\/LiiUKXiDqb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1871905048403312972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The video continues with the first lady reflecting on the past four years in which they spent &ldquo;time with these families and the amazing doctors and nurses here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a tradition we look forward to every December from the Biden family to yours, may your Christmas be full of kindness and love, peace, and light,&rdquo; Jill Biden said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3256430\/tariffs-crypto-interest-rates-dominate-2025-economic-agenda-trump-administration-shift-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TARIFFS, CRYPTO, AND INTEREST RATES SET TO DOMINATE 2025 ECONOMIC AGENDA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS\/status\/1871933921631330810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post <\/a>on the @POTUS presidential X account, Biden said: &ldquo;For the last time as your president, it&rsquo;s my honor to wish all of America a very Merry Christmas. My hope for our nation, today and always, is that we continue to seek the light of liberty and love, kindness and compassion, dignity and decency. May God bless you all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS\/status\/1871692330895319092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">posted <\/a>on Christmas Eve on YouTube, Biden narrates a video tour of the White House Christmas decorations, in which he urges everyone to set aside &ldquo;all the noise and everything that divides us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re here on this Earth to care for one another, to love one another,&rdquo; Biden says in a voiceover. &ldquo;Too often we see each other as enemies, not as neighbors, not as fellow Americans,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May our nation be blessed with the peace and light of the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C1gBvivNKU\">pic.twitter.com\/C1gBvivNKU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1871692330895319092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3228769\/elon-musk-government-role-ethical-conundrums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>ELON MUSK&rsquo;S NEW GOVERNMENT ROLE COULD RAISE ETHICAL CONUNDRUMS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113714127314281153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">posted<\/a> a &ldquo;Merry Christmas message on Truth Social, sharing a photo of himself and wife Melania. The Trump War Room X account <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1871973438132490587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">posted<\/a> a video mashup with greetings from the incoming president and first lady at each of the four previous Christmas holidays they spent in the White House.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">MERRY CHRISTMAS! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UUWj16TzKQ\">pic.twitter.com\/UUWj16TzKQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1871973438132490587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The greetings were then followed by dozens of retweets of articles that were<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113714177436010305%20https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2024\/12\/08\/all-we-are-saying-is-give-pete-a-chance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> in support <\/a>of his Cabinet nominees, his idea to <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113714238138046582%20https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2019\/08\/22\/trumps-idea-buying-greenland-is-far-absurd\/\">b<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113714238138046582%20https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2019\/08\/22\/trumps-idea-buying-greenland-is-far-absurd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">u<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113714238138046582%20https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2019\/08\/22\/trumps-idea-buying-greenland-is-far-absurd\/\">y<\/a> Greenland and <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113714238138046582%20https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2019\/08\/22\/trumps-idea-buying-greenland-is-far-absurd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">retake<\/a> the Panama Canal, in addition to a post <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113714144452994237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">criticizing<\/a> Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is set to make history on Jan. 20 by becoming the second president ever to win election to two non-consecutive terms. The first was Grover Cleveland who was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States in the 19th century.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1920385\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1920385\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden and Trump exchanged Christmas greetings as Biden celebrates his last holiday in office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2383569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/trump-resistance-sluggish.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2383568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/trump-resistance-sluggish.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2383568"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2383572,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383568\/revisions\/2383572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2383569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2383568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2383568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2383568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}