Donald Trump's Christmas Phone Calls With Children Are Going Viral

by · BuzzFeed

Donald Trump answered phone calls from children on Christmas Eve.

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They were something, alright!

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In one phone call, he told a child who didn't want coal that coal is "clean and beautiful."

🚨TRUMP: What would you like Santa to bring?"

KID: "Not coal!"

TRUMP: "Coal is clean and beautiful"

Trump should be barred from speaking to children. pic.twitter.com/YU0Q8cGFaJ
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He told another child who wanted a Kindle that they must be "a high IQ person" and that "we need more high IQ people in the country."

Child: I want a kindle

Trump: That is pretty good. You must be a high IQ person. We need more high IQ people in the country. pic.twitter.com/m8P4tn55hF
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In another call, he went off about the 2020 election.

Trump to child from Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania is great, we won Pennsylvania, actually three times. We won it in a landslide. pic.twitter.com/LKpsc4LqSn
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"Oh, Pennsylvania is great. We won Pennsylvania, actually three times," he said.

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Note: Trump did not actually win Pennsylvania three times. 

He talked about Elton John with a kid who wanted a pinball machine:

Child: I would like a pinball machine. 

Trump: Pinball, that is great. You know Elton John? He did pinball wizard. We’ll have to send you a copy of pinball wizard. pic.twitter.com/8yxatME9J5
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He told another kid that he wanted to make sure that Santa was being good and that he's not "infiltrated:"

Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election pic.twitter.com/9ZrhYBqYa8
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 24, 2025

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Anddd finally, he told an 8-year-old that they sounded "beautiful and cute."

Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?

Caller: I am eight pic.twitter.com/fm3rGty3xl
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Uhh, Merry Christmas!

ABC

Bye!