TRANSCRIPT: President Trump Holds Santa NORAD Calls at Mar-a-Lago, 12.24.25
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President Trump: Hello? Good, very good. Let's start. We're ready. Let me speak, and with the first lady, speak to the children.
Melania Trump: Not yet. Hello?
Trump: Well, thank you very much, General. Very good. We have the first lady here and I think she'll be answering calls separately, actually. She'll be talking to some. I'll be talking to some.
Melania Trump: Hello? [Inaudible]
Unidentified: [Inaudible] North America to track Santa. Before we connect you to each caller, a member of our team will briefly share the child's first name, age and city and state where they're calling from, as well as they'll give you Santa's current location. Then there's going to be a brief pause as we connect the child's call and then they'll be placed directly on the line with you. And then you'll hear our team let the child know that they're connected with you, the president.
Trump: That sounds great, General.
Unidentified: Do you have any questions?
Trump: No. General --
Unidentified: OK. I'll [inaudible] callers straight for you if you are [inaudible]
Trump: Thank you very much. Go ahead.
Melania Trump: Perfect.
Unidentified: Mr. President?
Trump: Yes.
Unidentified: Hi. I'm now connecting you to Anastasia, who is four years old, and Jasper, who is 10 years old. They live in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and Santa is currently headed for Prague, Czech Republic.
Trump: Oh, Very good. That's very exciting. Good. Let me have them.
Unidentified: Hello?
Trump: Hello. Hi. How are you? This is the president.
Unidentified: Hello, you are -- Oh my goodness, Jasper, Annie. Hello. Hold on one second.
Melania Trump: Hello, Fred.
Unidentified: The president.
Trump: How are you?
Unidentified: Say, hi.
Trump: Hello, everybody. Hi.
Melania Trump: Merry Christmas.
Trump: I love Oklahoma, by the way.
Unidentified: Merry Christmas.
Trump: Thank you. Merry Christmas to you.
Unidentified: Hi.
Trump: Hi. Merry Christmas.
Unidentified: Merry Christmas, Trump:.
Trump: Thank you very much, honey. Very -- happy Christmas and Happy New Year to you.
Melania Trump: Do you know where he's flying over?
Trump: Do you have a question to ask?
Melania Trump: He's over Germany right now.
Unidentified: What's your question? They ain't got the time. I know.
Melania Trump: What did you ask Santa to bring you?
Trump: Go ahead and you can take your time.
Unidentified: [Inaudible]
Trump: Go ahead, honey.
Unidentified: Santa has a tracker on him.
Trump: Right. Yeah. Go --
Unidentified: He said, how come Santa has a tracker on him?
Trump: Well, we track Santa all over the world. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. Santa is 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. So we found out that Santa is good, Santa loves you, Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election, so I love Oklahoma. Don't ever leave Oklahoma. OK?
Unidentified: OK. I'll try.
Trump: Good. That's good.
Unidentified: Annie, you got a question?
Trump: Go ahead.
Unidentified: Yeah. [Inaudible] do you want to ask when Santa is going to be here? OK. Ready? Yeah. OK. When is Santa going to be here? When's Santa going to be here?
Trump: Well Santa is going to stop over tonight, leave you a lot of beautiful presents, like really beautiful presents. What do you want more than anything else? What present would you like?
Melania Trump: Hello, Emily? Hello. Merry Christmas.
Unidentified: Doll house.
Trump: Wow. A doll house. I think we can work that out. I have a feeling, mommy, that we can work that out, right? I think Santa is going to bring you the most beautiful doll house you've ever seen. OK? Let me know how good the doll house is, but we owe a lot to Santa, so I think Santa will fulfill your wish. OK? Thank you, honey. Take care of yourself.
Unidentified: Merry Christmas.
Trump: Merry Christmas. Say hello to Oklahoma. We love Oklahoma. OK? Thank you.
Unidentified: All right. Merry Christmas. Thank you.
Trump: Thank you, darling. Thank you very much. OK. Next.
Melania Trump: Emily, can you hear me?
Trump: I figure you should hear some of this, otherwise you're not going to know what's going on.
Melania Trump: Oh, maybe she's shy, right?
Trump: She's very good at not listening to this. She's very focused. First lady is very focused.
Melania Trump: Yes. Mmm hmm.
Unidentified: OK. You can go ahead. Next one, General. Yes, Mr. President, we're about to drop the next one into your line. [Inaudible]
Melania Trump: Yes. So I think it's best if they go to sleep. Emily, it's best if you go to sleep and then Santa will arrive to your house.
Trump: Do you like this better, hearing it? It's better for you.
Unidentified: Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Trump: And she's able to focus totally without listening to this. At least this way, you know what's happening, right?
Unidentified: Mr. President [inaudible]
Trump: OK. Go ahead.
Melania Trump: Thank you. Thank you very much.
Unidentified: Mr. President, we are passing you to Anna. She's eight years old and she's from Salisbury, North Carolina.
Trump: Good, good. Hi. How are you? Merry Christmas.
Unidentified: Hi.
Trump: Hi. How are you doing? OK?
Unidentified: Yes. How are you?
Trump: That's good. I'm fine. You sound so beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Unidentified: I'm eight.
Trump: Wow. So smart. You sound so smart. So do you have a question for Santa or do you want to know anything about Santa?
Unidentified: So I do have another question.
Trump: Go ahead.
Unidentified: So I don't know. So will ever get mad if we don't leave him out any cookies?
Trump: This was getting good. Go ahead, say it again, honey. Go ahead. Will Santa ever get mad?
Unidentified: Will Santa ever get mad if we don't leave him out any cookies?
Trump: I think he won't get mad, but I think he'll be very disappointed. You know, Santa, he tends to be a little bit on the cherubic side. You know what cherubic means, a little on the heavy side? I think Santa would like some cookies. You'd like to leave some cookies for Santa, right?
Melania Trump: Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
Trump: But you're not going to forget. You'll leave something. I would leave them. I think Santa has a serious appetite.
Unidentified: Yes.
Trump: Right?
Unidentified: Yes.
Trump: And it's so good to talk to you. Are you looking for something specific from Santa? What would you like to have as a present?
Melania Trump: Are you waiting for Santa?
Unidentified: I don't [inaudible] anything.
Trump: Oh, that's nice, honey. Well, you just take care of yourself. North Carolina is a great place. It's a great place.
Unidentified: Yes.
Trump: And you have great -- you're surrounded by great people and great parents and say hello to them. OK?
Unidentified: OK.
Trump: Thank you, honey. Take care of yourself.
Unidentified: Thank you.
Trump: Good. Say hello to Santa, if you should see him. Goodbye. Bye.
Unidentified: Goodbye.
Trump: Thank you, General. Go ahead.
Melania Trump: What did you ask Santa for?
Trump: General, go ahead.
Unidentified: Yes, Mr. President. Your operator will be dropping another child on your line here in just a second.
Trump: OK.
Unidentified: Thank you, sir.
Trump: Thank you.
Melania Trump: Yeah, fantastic [inaudible] Merry Christmas.
Trump: Nice set up, right? Isn't this beautiful? This way you can hear what's going on. I think it's a little bit better.
Melania Trump: Oh, that's very nice.
Trump: One-sided calls are never good.
Melania Trump: I wish you all the best, all the best.
Trump: But they're less -- much less dangerous.
Unidentified: We are connecting you with Amelia, age eight, from [inaudible], Kansas.
Trump: Good.
Unidentified: And Santa is currently in Sweden.
Trump: OK. Santa is in Sweden.
Unidentified: Hello?
Trump: Hi.
Unidentified: You are now connected with the President of the United States.
Trump: Hi. How are you?
Unidentified: Where is -- how long until Santa will be?
Trump: OK. Well, Santa is now in Sweden, so Santa got quite a trip to get to your great area, your great part of the world, because you live in a terrific place. But I would say Santa will make it in record time, probably in about five hours. Five hours from now. Santa will be coming down your chimney and have a beautiful present for you. What would you like Santa to bring?
Unidentified: Not coal.
Trump: Not coal. No, you don't want -- well, coal is -- you mean clean, beautiful coal. I had to do that. I'm sorry. No, coal is clean and beautiful. Please remember that at all costs, but you don't want clean, beautiful coal, right?
Unidentified: No.
Trump: What would you like?
Unidentified: Barbies, American girl doll.
Trump: Barbie. OK. Well, you'll get that, I'm sure. What else? Anything else?
Unidentified: Clothes.
Trump: Clothes, good. That's good.
Unidentified: Candy.
Trump: Candy. Well, candy is good. Candy is good. Do you eat candy? Do you eat much candy?
Unidentified: Not all the time.
Trump: Well, you just -- you eat as much as you want. Be healthy, OK? But Santa is go -- Santa's going to there in about five hours, leaving Sweden right now. He's taking care of Sweden, leaving right now, OK?
Unidentified: OK.
Trump: And he's going to have beautiful presents. And say hello to your mom and dad. OK, honey?
Unidentified: OK.
Trump: OK. Bye. Bye.
Unidentified: Merry Christmas.
Trump: Thank you very much. Thank you, mom. Thank you. Take care of yourself. Sounds like you have a beautiful daughter.
Unidentified: Thank you.
Trump: Thank you. Thank you very much. Bye.
Melania Trump: Hello?
Trump: This is fun, right? Nice. This is America. OK. I'm ready, General. See, she just keeps storming through.
Melania Trump: Perfect. Thank you.
Trump: That's good.
Melania Trump: Hello, Walker? Hi. Hi. How are you?
Trump: Go ahead, General.
Unidentified: Mr. President, coming right now.
Trump: OK.
Unidentified: Thank you, sir.
Trump: Thank you.
Melania Trump: He's over Sweden. He's over Sweden. Yeah, did you -- are you tracking him? Yeah.
Unidentified: Sorry, it takes a second to get them from line to line [inaudible]
Trump: OK. That's OK.
Unidentified: [Inaudible] right now.
Trump: No problem.
Melania Trump: -- ask Santa? What do you want for Christmas? You don't know.
Trump: This is nice, right?
Melania Trump: [Inaudible] right? OK.
Trump: Do you like the room, everybody? Nice. No ceiling height problem. Plenty of room -- plenty of room for your mics, right? Let's see.
Melania Trump: Yeah. Do you have brothers and sisters? You do. How old they are? Brother. OK. Say hello to him. And --
Unidentified: Mr. President, we are asking you to Crew. He is five years old from State College, Pennsylvania. And Santa is currently [inaudible] for Copenhagen, Denmark.
Trump: Whoa, that's pretty good. Hi. How are you?
Unidentified: [Inaudible] This is Crew.
Trump: Hi, Crew.
Unidentified: Merry Christmas. I'm from Pennsylvania.
Trump: Right. I know. Oh, Pennsylvania is great. We won Pennsylvania, actually three times, but we won Pennsylvania. We won it in a landslide. So I love Pennsylvania.
Unidentified: Ask him where Santa is. Where is Santa?
Trump: So Santa right now is in Copenhagen, Denmark. Denmark. And he's -- but he's heading toward our country.
Unidentified: Far away.
Trump: What would you like from Santa?
Unidentified: What do you want Santa to bring you? A [inaudible] and I want Grave Digger and I want science stuff and a robot.
Trump: Well, you'll get all of it. Mom, I think he's going to get all of it, don't you think, from Santa?
Unidentified: I think so. He was really good.
Trump: Well, he sounds like he's good. Sounds like he's got a good mom too, right?
Unidentified: Yep. Say we love President Trump, right? Yeah.
Trump: Aw, that's so nice.
Unidentified: Yeah. I love it.
Trump: Oh, wow. I'll bet your mom voted properly. Well, we love -- we love that wonderful place you come from. You know, we have very good feelings about it. We did so well there. So I appreciate it, mom. OK? We -- Pennsylvania is a great place, really great place. So I want to thank you and good luck and I hope you get everything you want, but I think Santa will come through. He's heading here from Denmark and he should be here in about five hours, but you'll be sleeping, right?
Unidentified: Yep.
Trump: You sleep. When you wake up in the morning, you're going to be the happiest young man.
Unidentified: Are you excited? Yeah. I'm excited.
Trump: You're excited. Well, I'm excited too because the country is doing well. And mom, thank
you very much. OK? Thank you, mom.
Unidentified: You're welcome. Merry Christmas President Trump.
Trump: And you too. You too and your whole family. Thank you, darling. Take care of yourself. Bye.
Unidentified: Thank you. Take care. Bye-bye.
Trump: Thank you. Nice, right? Could do this all day long. We have to get back to China, Russia, Ukraine. We have to get back to other things, but this is -- you could do this all day long. OK. General, we're ready.
Unidentified: Yes, Mr. President, we'll work another one through.
Trump: OK. 4.3 GDP yesterday. That was two points more than they thought. People were shocked. The tariffs did it. The tariffs came through, as I said, they would. Great numbers, great financial numbers. I don't think the kids are too interested in that. I think they like to talk about other things. How are you doing, First Lady? Oh, look at you.
Melania Trump: I'm waiting for a phone call.
Trump: Is this the greatest first lady? The people love our first lady, right, honey?
Melania Trump: Yeah.
Trump: Look at her. How elegant is the first lady? Look at you. I'm not supposed to be doing this, you know?
Melania Trump: Matt, anybody else? Are they calling?
Unidentified: [Inaudible] push one more to you right now.
Melania Trump: They do? OK.
Unidentified: Yeah. This will be your last call.
Melania Trump: OK. Perfect.
Trump: Is that her last call?
Unidentified: Both of you, one more.
Trump: OK. Good. General, I'm ready.
Unidentified: Thank you, Mr. President. I think that one coming through right now.
Trump: See, we put a general in charge because we want to make sure it works out right.
Melania Trump: Did you make a Christmas list? Yes.
Trump: Are you guys going back or are you going to stay here?
Unidentified: [Inaudible] stay.
Trump: Exciting time, right? For the country, it's exciting.
Unidentified: Yes, sir.
Trump: We're doing well.
Unidentified: Yes, sir. Mr. President --
Trump: Yes.
Unidentified: I have Spencer on the phone for you. He's aged 10 and Beckett, age six. They're from near Tacoma, Washington.
Trump: Good. Wow. That's great. Hi. How are you both? OK?
Unidentified: Yeah, Spencer and Beckett, you are on the phone with the President of the United States.
Trump: And you know who I have here with me, the first lady. We have the first lady of the United States. That's exciting. That's more exciting than the president, actually. That's cute. Go ahead. So you know where Santa is? Santa is very far away, but heading to your state, very quickly heading to your state. And what do you want from Santa?
Melania Trump: Yes. How are you?
Unidentified: Oh, that's a hard one. For me, I probably most want a [inaudible] this year.
Trump: You want what?
Unidentified: A Kindle.
Trump: Oh, wow. That's pretty good. You must be a high IQ person. We need more high IQ people in the country. So -- we definitely need more high IQ.
Unidentified: I would like the most this year, a gumball or [inaudible] pinball machine.
Trump: Oh, pinball -- pinball machine. That's great. You know, Elton John, he did Pinball Wizard. We'll have to send you a copy of Pinball Wizard. Well, that sounds great, actually. So Santa's not going to let you down. Santa is a good. Santa's not going to let you down. Mom, how are you doing, OK?
Unidentified: We're fantastic, sir. Thank you so much for accepting their call.
Trump: Oh, absolutely. You sound fantastic and the kids sound great, right? They sound -- they sound great. The country is doing well. We've saved our country. Our country was not going so good. Now it's doing great. Great numbers, great everything. So we're -- we're in very good shape. This is going to be a good Christmas. But I just want to thank you and I think -- I think that Santa is going to really be good to you tonight, be coming to your area in about six or seven hours when you're sleeping. But Santa is going to be very good to you.
Unidentified: Yes, sir. Thank you.
Trump: No, thank you, honey.
Unidentified: We appreciate it.
Trump: And have a great Christmas. And mom have a great Christmas, OK, and your family.
Unidentified: Thank you so much, Mr. President.
Trump: Thank you very much. You sound so great. You sound great and your kids sound great. Thank you very much. Merry Christmas.
Unidentified: Merry Christmas, sir.
Trump: Thank you. Nice talking to you. And, General, thank you very much. You did a good job.
Unidentified: You're welcome.
Trump: That's not easy coordination, actually.
Unidentified: Merry Christmas.
Trump: Thank you. You too, General. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.
Unidentified: OK.
Trump: Bye.
Unidentified: OK. Goodbye.
Trump: Good job, right? I mean, they did a good job. Thank you all very much.