Although Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is targeted totally on the southern border, he admitted on Wednesday that his administration can be monitoring folks coming into the nation from the north.
And yep, that features Santa Claus.
The president and first girl Melania Trump had been answering cellphone calls made to the NORAD Tracks Santa hotline from children questioning about Santa’s present location, when one youngster had a giant query: Does Santa have a tracker on him?
Trump mentioned sure, however then went on a tangent the place he urged Jolly Old St. Nick may not be fully on the up-and-up.
“We track Santa all over the world,” Trump admitted. “We want to make sure that Santa is being good, because Santa is a very good person.”
He then informed the caller, “We want to make sure that he’s not infiltrated, that we’re not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa.”
The president then informed the kid, “We found out that Santa is good, Santa loves you,” earlier than altering the topic to one thing he’s extra conversant in: himself and his wonderful election totals.
“Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election, so I love Oklahoma,” Trump mentioned.
Trump’s mixture of Christmas cheer, obscure threats and self-praise attracted a variety of social media snark.
Others identified that Trump saved the identical vitality with different callers as effectively.
Awkward calls between Trump and common residents appear to be part of the NORAD Tracks Santa custom.
Back in 2017, Trump requested a 7-year-old lady, “Are you still a believer in Santa? Because at 7, it’s marginal, right?”
You can see the Trumps speak up Santa within the video beneath.
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