December 24, 2023

On This Day In 2018

Trump spoils the Christmas Eve secret for a 7-year old

What could go wrong? On Christmas Eve, OTDI 2018, the president answered phone calls from kids who called NORAD’s traditional Santa Tracker. 

Well, it was Donald Trump. One of his calls came from a 7-year-old girl in South Carolina named Collman Lloyd. Here’s what the “genius” in the White House asked Collman:

"Are you still a believer in Santa? 'Cuz at 7 it's marginal, right?”

o   ABC News has the video.  You gotta see it to believe it:  https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-asks-year-believes-santa-claus/story?id=60006120

o   The Post and Courier have some commentary: https://www.postandcourier.com/news/do-a-marginal-number-of--year-olds-believe-in/article_2c86d3ec-0876-11e9-a470-87234a04ef7e.html