{"id":2524728,"date":"2025-12-24T17:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-and-first-lady-make-annual-norad-santa-claus-calls\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T17:58:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:58:54","slug":"president-and-first-lady-make-annual-norad-santa-claus-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-and-first-lady-make-annual-norad-santa-claus-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"President and first lady make annual NORAD Santa Claus calls"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fpresident-and-first-lady-make-annual-norad-santa-claus-calls%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=2524728&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>President Donald Trump adn First Lady Melania Trump participated in teh annual NORAD Santa Claus phone calls on christmas Eve, speaking with children while they prepare to spend Christmas and New Year&#8217;s at Mar-a-Lago. Melania used a headset for calls while the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >president preferred speakerphone<\/a> for the live feed. Trump joked with callers &#8211; telling one child that NORAD &#8220;tracks Santa all over the world,&#8221; teasing about Santa&#8217;s love of cookies and calling him &#8220;cherubic&#8221; with a &#8220;serious appetite,&#8221; and telling another child that coal is &#8220;clean and beautiful&#8221; after she said she hoped not to get coal but rather dolls. A full video of the calls was included with the report.  <\/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\">Trump laughs when children ask about cookies and coal during annual Santa Claus calls<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2450460\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4361685\/trump-order-two-month-quarantine-venezuelan-oil\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> and first lady <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\">Melania Trump<\/a> took part in the NORAD Santa Claus calls on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4361642\/trump-administration-epstein-files-release-few-more-weeks\/\">Trumps<\/a> will spend <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christmas\/\">Christmas<\/a> and New Year&rsquo;s at Mar-a-Lago, the president&rsquo;s private club in West Palm Beach, Florida. However, they took time on Christmas Eve to entertain several children with the holiday tradition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4361685\/trump-order-two-month-quarantine-venezuelan-oil\/\">Trump reportedly ordered two-month &#8216;quarantine&#8217; of Venezuelan oil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4361697\/turtle-island-liberation-front-bombing-plot-los-angeles-suspects-indicted-terrorism\/\">Activists tied to LA bombing plot indicted on terrorism charges<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4361667\/ice-shooting-two-people-injured-baltimore\/\">ICE shooting near Baltimore leaves two injured after agency says car was used as weapon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While the first lady used the phone headset to conduct her Christmas business, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-meets-with-police-firemen-in-nyc\/\" title=\"... Trump meets with police, firemen in NYC\">president opted<\/a> for the speakerphone, as he said it was better for the live feed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We track Santa all over the world. We want to make sure that Santa is being good,&rdquo; the president said during one exchange with a child from Oklahoma. &ldquo;We want to make sure that he&rsquo;s not infiltrating &mdash; that we&rsquo;re not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. So we found out that Santa is good. Santa loves you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A subsequent caller, a young girl from North Carolina, made the president chuckle with a question about what would happen if she did not leave out Santa&rsquo;s preferred snack: milk and cookies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">won&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t get mad, but I think he&rsquo;ll be very disappointed. You know Santa, he tends to be a little bit on the cherubic side. You know what that means? You&rsquo;re big, a little on the heavy side,&rdquo; the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4074519\/trump-pressure-insurance-companies-lowering-premiums\/\"> president<\/a> responded with a laugh. &ldquo;I think Santa would like some cookies. I think Santa has a serious appetite.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The president appeared to confuse one young girl, who told him that she did not want to find coal under the Christmas tree and was hoping for Barbie and American Girl dolls instead.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, you mean clean, beautiful coal. I had to do that. I&rsquo;m sorry,&rdquo; Trump responded, earning laughs from the room. &ldquo;Coal is clean and beautiful. Please remember that at all costs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4361642\/trump-administration-epstein-files-release-few-more-weeks\/\"><strong>TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WON&rsquo;T COMPLETE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE FOR &lsquo;A FEW MORE WEEKS&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the president&rsquo;s calls in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Cjioih3LWng\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Participates in NORAD Santa Calls\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cjioih3LWng?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/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>Trump laughs at kids&#8217; Santa cookie and coal questions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2524729,"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\/2025\/12\/AP25356642321567.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[32641,7496,18381,3669,69421],"class_list":["post-2524728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-first-lady","tag-holiday","tag-norad","tag-president","tag-santa-claus"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25356642321567.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524728","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2524728"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2524732,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524728\/revisions\/2524732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2524729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2524728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2524728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2524728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}