President Donald Trump and first girl Melania Trump are spending Christmas at their Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Seashore, Florida.
In between rounds of golf on the close by Trump Worldwide Golf Membership in West Palm Seashore, the president introduced a brand new “Trump-class” of ships, referred to as service members to want them a merry Christmas, and spoke to kids whereas monitoring Santa Claus’ journey from the North Pole.
He additionally commented on the Jeffrey Epstein information for the primary time because the Justice Division launched photographs and paperwork on December 19 as a part of the Epstein Recordsdata Transparency Act.
The Christmas vacation marks Trump’s sixteenth go to to Mar-a-Lago in 2025. He’s anticipated to stay in Palm Seashore by means of January 4.
Check out Mar-a-Lago’s lavish Christmas celebrations.
President Donald Trump arrived in Palm Seashore, Florida, on December 20.
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The president flew to Palm Seashore on Air Power One after holding a rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. First girl Melania Trump didn’t look like touring with him.
On December 21, he performed golf at his Trump Worldwide Golf Membership in West Palm Seashore.
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The golf membership is situated round 4.5 miles from Mar-a-Lago.
He introduced the creation of a “Trump-class” of ships for the US Navy’s “Golden Fleet” on December 22.
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Joined by Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump stated that the “Trump-class” would ultimately embody 20 to 25 ships.
Phelan stated the primary of those ships to be constructed would be the USS Defiant, an 880-foot-long, closely armed battleship with a crew of 850. A few of its deliberate weaponry continues to be in improvement, such because the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear, or SLCM-N.
On the press convention, Trump additionally addressed the Epstein information for the primary time since they have been formally launched on December 19.
Trump acknowledged that he appeared in images launched by the Justice Division, saying that Epstein “was throughout Palm Seashore and different locations.”
“What this complete factor is with Epstein is a means of attempting to deflect from the large success that the Republican Celebration has,” he stated.
He returned for extra rounds of golf on December 23.
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Donald Trump rode by means of Palm Seashore in “The Beast,” the armored presidential limousine.
On Christmas Eve, he and first girl Melania Trump referred to as US service members stationed around the globe to want them a merry Christmas.
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Trump thanked service members for his or her “extraordinary devotion and repair to America” and touted his $1,776 “warrior dividend” bonus checks despatched to army members forward of Christmas.
They then fielded calls from kids whereas monitoring Santa Claus’ journey from the North Pole with the NORAD Santa Tracker.
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The North American Aerospace Protection Command, which tracks plane flying over North America, playfully tracked Santa Claus’ sleigh throughout the skies for the seventieth yr.
The president and first girl answered calls from kids throughout the US inquiring about Santa’s actions, presents, and cookie preferences.
When an 8-year-old lady in Kansas informed Trump she hoped Santa would not convey her coal, the president replied, “You imply clear, lovely coal?”
“I had to do this, I am sorry,” he informed members of the press.
The day ended with a Christmas Eve dinner in Mar-a-Lago’s gilded Grand Ballroom.
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Trump moved gold angel statues from the ceiling of Mar-a-Lago’s Grand Ballroom to the doorways within the Oval Workplace, which he has redecorated to extra intently resemble the gold-covered partitions of his Palm Seashore property.
Trump sat with Melania Trump and her father at a desk cordoned off by velvet ropes.
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That evening, Trump shared a vacation message on Fact Social.
“Merry Christmas to all, together with the Radical Left Scum that’s doing every little thing doable to destroy our Nation, however are failing badly,” he wrote.
