Trump rings in Christmas Day with a flurry of posts denouncing perceived foes and casting doubt on the 2020 election

Christmas Eve found President Donald Trump in good humor, sitting in his Mar-a-Lago home and chatting with children on the phone about Santa Claus’ whereabouts as NORAD tracked his sleigh.“Nice, right?” he told reporters after taking a call.

Christmas Eve found President Donald Trump in good humor, sitting in his Mar-a-Lago home and chatting with children on the phone about Santa Claus’ whereabouts as NORAD tracked his sleigh.

“Nice, right?” he told reporters after taking a call. “Could do this all day long.”

The festive mood soured later in the day when Trump delivered a Christmas message that included a taunt aimed at “Radical Left Scum,” who, he wrote, are bent on destroying the country.

After midnight, the holiday spirit took another partisan political turn. The president posted or reposted more than 100 times on his Truth Social website, in many cases amplifying messages disparaging perceived political foes.

As Christmas Day broke, the president made clear he is still captivated by his loss to Joe Biden in 2020.