“As families and friends join to light the Kinara, Melania and I extend our warmest wishes for a joyful holiday season and a prosperous year to come,” Trump said in the statement. (MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP)
The war on Kwanzaa is over.
President Trump issued a brief statement on Tuesday acknowledging the African heritage festival.
“Together, let us celebrate during this joyous time the richness of the past and look with hope toward a brighter future,” Trump said in the statement.
The sentiment appeared to be a stark change in tone for Trump, who has taken credit for ending the proverbial “war on Christmas” and railed against using the politically correct term “happy holidays.”
“As families and friends join to light the Kinara, Melania and I extend our warmest wishes for a joyful holiday season and a prosperous year to come,” the statement continues.
Trump, spending the week at his lavish Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, was golfing at one of his nearby courses when the statement was released.
The President spent Christmas bragging about what he sees as his role in making it acceptable to say “Merry Christmas” again.
Trump famously criticized his predecessor in 2011, tweeting the Obama had “issued a statement for Kwanzaa but failed to issue one for Christmas.” (KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS)
“People are proud to be saying Merry Christmas again. I am proud to have led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!” he tweeted on Christmas Eve.
Trump wished “happy holidays” for years before using the words “Christmas” on Twitter in 2011 — the same year hes said he was interested in running for President.
Former President Obama wished people a “Merry Christmas” every year, despite Trump’s assertions otherwise.
What a convenient mistake: @BarackObama issued a statement for Kwanza but failed to issue one for Christmas. http://t.co/DodG53Rx
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2011
Trump famously criticized his predecessor in 2011, tweeting the Obama had “issued a statement for Kwanzaa but failed to issue one for Christmas.”
Trump included a link to a story by the conservative website Gateway Pundit that referred to the seven-day celebration as a “fake holiday.”
Obama wished Americans a “Merry Christmas” from his Twitter account that year, much like Trump did on Tuesday.
There was no official Christmas statement issued by the Trump administration, but the President tweeted out cheers throughout the holiday weekend.
- ny news
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