President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have taken to social media with very different Christmas messages.
“From our family to yours: Merry Christmas, America,” Biden wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter, alongside an image of a Christmas tree surrounded by gifts on Monday morning.
The president also posted a Christmas Eve message on the platform.
“This Christmas Eve, my wish for you and your family is that you take a few moments of quiet reflection and find that stillness that’s at the center of the Christmas story,” he wrote. “May you find peace in this silent night. And warmth from those surrounding you.”
Trump, meanwhile, posted on his Truth Social platform on Monday to air his grievances as well as wish his followers a “merry Christmas.”
“It’s hard to have a truly great Christmas when you have a Crooked and Incompetent President who wants to put his Political Opponent in jail, and who has been working hard (for a change!), illegally using all of the levers of Law Enforcement, to do so. We are in the fight of our lives to save our Country from MADNESS & DOOM. MAGA 2024!!!” he wrote.
“2024 WILL GO DOWN AS THE YEAR OF GREAT AND FULLY COORDINATED ILLEGAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY CROOKED JOE BIDEN, THE WORST AND MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, THE DOJ, FBI, A.G.’s, & D.A.’s THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT DESPITE IT ALL, IN THE END, THERE WILL BE A BIG AND GLORIOUS VICTORY FOR THOSE BRAVE AND VALIANT PATRIOTS WHO WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!” he said in another post.
In a post on Sunday night, he wrote: “THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN, LIED TO CONGRESS, CHEATED ON FISA, RIGGED A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ALLOWED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, MANY FROM PRISONS & MENTAL INSTITUTIONS, TO INVADE OUR COUNTRY, SCREWED UP IN AFGHANISTAN, & JOE BIDEN’S MISFITS & THUGS, LIKE DERANGED JACK SMITH, ARE COMING AFTER ME, AT LEVELS OF PERSECUTION NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN OUR COUNTRY??? IT’S CALLED ELECTION INTERFERENCE. MERRY CHRISTMAS!”
The former president earlier on Sunday posted a video that was warmer in tone, but also referenced his bid to regain the White House in 2024.
“Melania and I would like to wish everyone a happy, joyous, and wonderful Christmas season,” he said.
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“In this holy time of year, Christians everywhere give thanks that over 2,000 years ago, God sent his only son into the world to be the savior of all mankind. The birth of Jesus Christ is the true miracle we celebrate each Christmas.”
He added: “We pray for the safety of our men and women in uniform at home and abroad. And we ask God to guide us, give us strength, and watch over us in this pivotal year ahead. With His help, by this time next year, we will be well on our way to making America safer, stronger, greater, and more prosperous than ever before… May 2024 be the best year of our lives.”
Early on Christmas Day, Trump also posted a video on Truth Social of a speech he delivered in 2017 after lighting the National Christmas Tree at the White House.
Trump is leading the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 while facing charges in four criminal cases, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
He is also awaiting a verdict in his civil business fraud trial that threatens to disrupt his real estate empire and stop him from doing business in his native New York. Closing arguments are set for January 11. Judge Arthur Engoron has already ruled that Trump and his company deceived banks, insurers and others by massively overvaluing his assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork used in making deals and securing financing.
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