Even on Christmas Eve, President Trump’s political undertones made their way into his conversations, as he humorously referenced his immigration policies while speaking to children on Wednesday afternoon.
President Trump engaged with young callers from across the United States as he took part in the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa Tracker event, which follows Santa Claus’ journey on Christmas Eve.
During a call with two siblings from Oklahoma, Trump assured them that no “bad Santas” would be allowed into the United States.
“We want to make sure that Santa is all good. Santa is a very good person. We need to ensure he hasn’t been infiltrated,” Trump told the young participants.
He added, “We’re not letting any bad Santa into our country. So rest assured, Santa is good and loves you.”
Trump then expressed his fondness for Oklahoma, saying, “Santa loves Oklahoma, just like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very supportive of me in the election, so I have a special place in my heart for Oklahoma.”
Throughout the slew of conversations, Trump brought up his electoral victories in the states that callers were from, including Pennsylvania, which he ‘won actually, three times.’
One child told Trump that she would not like to receive any coal on Christmas, to which the President urged her to ‘please remember at all costs’ that coal is ‘clean and beautiful.’
U.S. President Donald Trump calls children as he participates in tracking Santa Claus’ movements with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa Tracker on Christmas Eve on December 24, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida.
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in NORAD Santa tracker phone calls, on Christmas Eve, from the Mar-a-lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 24, 2025
Bill Schwamle of Longmont, Colo., wears a shirt while volunteering to answer calls from people wondering where Santa Claus is on his journey around the globe at a call center Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, in NORAD Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado
First Lady Melania Trump calls children as she participates in tracking Santa Claus’ movements with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa Tracker on Christmas Eve on December 24, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida
Trump’s comments were in line with a Department of Energy post made on X earlier on Wednesday, which heralded ‘Beautiful Clean Coal.’
First Lady Melania Trump joined the president in taking calls from a festively decorated room in Palm Beach, Florida.
During the roughly twenty minutes of broadcast calls, the president and first lady tracked Santa’s whereabouts across Europe, including Denmark and Sweden.
This is the 70th year that NORAD has publicly tracked Santa’s sleigh on its global rounds.
The Daily Mail spoke to the NORAD Tracks Santa program manager, US Army Captain Alex Werden, who revealed that nearly 400,000 children will be calling the Colorado Springs base to find out where Santa is this year.
‘Last year, our peak was between 5 and 7pm [Mountain Time]. Each of those two hours, we received just about 60,000 calls per hour,’ Werden said.
Thanks to a major technological update in 2025, he added that children now have more ways to follow Santa’s journey than ever before, including through their main phone hotline, 1-877-HI-NORAD.
To meet the massive demand for information on Santa’s flight, this year’s military tracking program has been upgraded with a fully web-based call center, web calling via Twilio, and Amazon Connect for better handling of global calls.
Since the Colorado base speaks with children from all nations, interpreters fluent in 200 languages provided by Interpreters Unlimited will also be available for international calls so the military can answer questions without language barriers.
The Army captain added that 1,000 volunteers will also be on hand tonight, using laptops and headsets to answer calls, checking on Santa’s real-time location on NORAD’s tracking map, and telling callers exactly when he will reach their home.
