Just to update everyone on this story from Christmas Eve, no, the president DID NOT ruin Santa for that 7-year-old girl that phoned the NORAD Santa tracker:
The @postandcourier found the 7-year-old who the president talked to about Santa. She didn’t know what “marginal” meant and still believes in Santa https://t.co/FtvV1fuPtP
— Mark Berman (@markberman) December 25, 2018
“Crisis averted”:
Crisis averted https://t.co/v32ErubfRi
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) December 25, 2018
Somehow the media turned this event into Fake News:
Helping children across the country track #Santa is becoming one of my favorite traditions! @Potus and I enjoyed working with @NORADSanta – #ChristmasEve pic.twitter.com/CYNkARbFaI
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) December 25, 2018
The president, as we told you on Monday, was accused of ruining Christmas for this girl:
In my self-imposed news blackout I missed that POTUS ruined Santa for a 7yo. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! https://t.co/ywvoxZeKNQ
— Amanda Becker (@AmandaBecker) December 26, 2018
He was the “Christmas dream crusher”:
Donald Trump Was A Christmas Dream Crusher for This Santa Believing Child https://t.co/LcS0axBsEg
— TMZ (@TMZ) December 26, 2018
And worse:
Folks, this kid will be fine…it’s not like he’s locked in a cage or dead after attempting to seek asylum. https://t.co/riPGvt3KxB
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) December 26, 2018
But it really always was a Fake News story:
Only today did I watch the video & discover that the second half of this quote was in response to something the kid said. https://t.co/B9KVx96r1n
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) December 26, 2018
Way to end the year on a low note, media:
I don’t think the clip of Trump asking the kid if he still believed in Santa is as bad as you’re all making it out to be. You don’t even know what the kid said to him before he said it was marginal at that age.
— Caleb Hull ???? (@CalebJHull) December 25, 2018
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Related:
Trump’s Christmas Eve chat with a 7-year-old who called NORAD’s Santa tracker threatens to break the Internet https://t.co/Ybv0ubmc10
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 25, 2018
