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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump spoke with several children on Christmas Eve as Santa Claus made his rounds around the world, praising “clean, beautiful coal” and referring to one child as “someone with a high IQ.”
The couple joined the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s (NORAD) Santa Tracker Hotline from the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, where they received calls from children about what they hoped St. Nick would give them for Christmas.
One child spoke to Trump about wanting a Kindle, the e-reader designed and marketed by Amazon.
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participate in phone calls to track down Santa at NORAD on Christmas Eve at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. (Reuters/Jessica Koscielniak)
He replied: “That’s very good. You must be a person with a high IQ. We need more people with a high IQ in the country.”
An 8-year-old North Carolina girl asked if Santa would be upset if she didn’t leave him cookies.
“I think he won’t be angry, but I think he’ll be very disappointed,” Trump said. “Santa tends to be a little on the angelic side.”
Trump asked a child in Kansas to make a Christmas wish.
“Not coal,” the child replied.
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pose for their official Christmas photo. (white house)
“Not coal. No, you don’t want coal. You mean nice, clean coal. I had to do that, I’m sorry,” Trump said.
He added: “No, coal is clean and beautiful. Please remember that at all costs.” “But you don’t want nice, clean coal, do you? What do you want?”
Trump has often referred to coal as “clean” and “beautiful” in an attempt to promote its use.
During a call with a child in Oklahoma, he said he was in love with the state he won in the 2024 presidential election.
“Santa loves you. Santa loves Oklahoma as much as I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election. So, I love Oklahoma. Never leave Oklahoma, okay?” He said.
During the same call, Trump talked about tracking Santa.
White House staff and volunteers decorate for Christmas on November 30, 2025. (Official White House photo by Andrea Hanks)
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He said: “We track Santa all over the world. We want to make sure that he is not an infiltrator, and that we are not infiltrating our country like the bad Santa Claus.” “We found Santa to be good!”