The outgoing and incoming US presidents had different messages for the Christmas holidays, with Democrat Joe Biden urging Americans to reflect and unite and Republican Donald Trump offering holiday wishes and politically-focused social media posts. A flurry of.
Biden narrated a video tour of the White House Christmas decorations that was published on YouTube late on Christmas Eve, in which he urged Americans to “set aside all the noise and everything that divides us.”
“We are put on this earth to take care of each other, to love each other,” Biden says in voiceover as his camera pans past evergreen trees and decorated fireplaces inside the White House . “Too often we see each other as enemies, not as neighbors, not as fellow Americans,” he said.
Biden urged Americans to find a moment of “quiet reflection” to remind themselves to treat each other with dignity and respect, to “live in the light” and to remember that dividing Americans is There is much more to unite than comparison. “We’re really lucky to live in this country,” he said.
Trump published a mid-morning “Merry Christmas” message along with a photo of himself and his wife Melania on Truth Social on Christmas Day, followed by retweets of more than two dozen articles or other social media posts on controversial topics including defense But his political stance was supported. Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth and his discovery of Greenland and the Panama Canal.
One of these was a meme mocking Barack Obama that featured a photo of the 44th president and Trump at his 2017 inauguration, with the message “When you see the guy who said ‘You’ll never be president’ at his inauguration.” “Will not be made.”
Biden vowed to end this savage war that pits “red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal” in 2021 and said he would seek the 2024 presidential race in July to unify the country. Got out of.
By some measures, polarization has increased in the country, including during the 2024 campaign that pitted Biden against Trump again, before Democrat Kamala Harris took office.
Trump has called for prosecution of alleged political enemies and vowed to restructure the federal government.
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