The outgoing and incoming presidents shared messages with the country on Christmas morning as President Joe Biden is marking his final celebration as an occupant of the White House.
President-elect Donald Trump shared a video montage of messages he sent out when he was president and several posts referencing goals for his next administration.
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Biden shared a video on social media documenting his visit with first lady Jill Biden to Children’s National Hospital that occurred this past week ahead of the Christmas holiday, an annual tradition.
“We’re joining you from Children’s National Hospital, where we’ve been spreading holiday cheer to children and families and them to us as well,” Biden said in the video with photos of their visit.
Merry Christmas, America! pic.twitter.com/LiiUKXiDqb
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 25, 2024
The video continues with the first lady reflecting on the past four years in which they spent “time with these families and the amazing doctors and nurses here.”
“It’s a tradition we look forward to every December from the Biden family to yours, may your Christmas be full of kindness and love, peace, and light,” Jill Biden said.
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In a separate post on the @POTUS presidential X account, Biden said: “For the last time as your president, it’s my honor to wish all of America a very Merry Christmas. My hope for our nation, today and always, is that we continue to seek the light of liberty and love, kindness and compassion, dignity and decency. May God bless you all.”
In an earlier video posted on Christmas Eve on YouTube, Biden narrates a video tour of the White House Christmas decorations, in which he urges everyone to set aside “all the noise and everything that divides us.”
“We’re here on this Earth to care for one another, to love one another,” Biden says in a voiceover. “Too often we see each other as enemies, not as neighbors, not as fellow Americans,” he said.
May our nation be blessed with the peace and light of the holiday season.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. pic.twitter.com/C1gBvivNKU
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 24, 2024
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Trump posted a “Merry Christmas message on Truth Social, sharing a photo of himself and wife Melania. The Trump War Room X account posted a video mashup with greetings from the incoming president and first lady at each of the four previous Christmas holidays they spent in the White House.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! pic.twitter.com/UUWj16TzKQ
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) December 25, 2024
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The greetings were then followed by dozens of retweets of articles that were in support of his Cabinet nominees, his idea to buy Greenland and retake the Panama Canal, in addition to a post criticizing Biden.
Trump is set to make history on Jan. 20 by becoming the second president ever to win election to two non-consecutive terms. The first was Grover Cleveland who was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States in the 19th century.