President Trump said Wednesday he wants to make sure “a bad Santa” is not “infiltrating” the United States, as he fielded calls from children who were calling North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to track Santa Claus’s movements on Christmas Eve.
Trump helped kick off the NORAD Santa-tracking tradition, now in its 70th year, from his home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida and put the calls on speakerphone to let the press in on the conversations.
At one point, a child from Oklahoma called and asked the president why Santa has a tracker on him.
“Well, we track Santa all over the world. We want to make sure that Santa is being good because Santa’s a very good person. We want to make sure that he’s not infiltrated, that we’re not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. So we found out that Santa is good,” Trump responded.
“Santa loves you. Santa loves Oklahoma, like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election, so I love Oklahoma. Don’t ever leave Oklahoma, OK?” he continued.
NORAD is a joint United States and Canadian operation typically charged with monitoring the skies for threats. On Christmas Eve, NORAD has shifted some of its attention to monitoring St. Nick and his reindeer in flight.
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