Miami, December 26 (RHC)-- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump published a mid-morning “Merry Christmas” message on Truth Social on Christmas Day on Wednesday with a photo of himself and his wife Melania, followed by more than two dozen re-posts of articles or other social media posts that backed his political positions on topics including defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth and his pursuit of Greenland and the Panama Canal.

Later, Trump published a more lengthy “Merry Christmas” message that claimed Chinese soldiers were operating the Panama Canal, and criticised Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Biden and Democrats.

“Merry Christmas to the Radical Left Lunatics, who are constantly trying to obstruct our Court System and our Elections,” Trump wrote.  “They know that their only chance of survival is getting pardons from a man who has absolutely no idea what he is doing.”

“Also, to Governor Justin Trudeau of Canada, whose Citizens’ Taxes are far too high, but if Canada was to become our 51st State, their Taxes would be cut by more than 60 percent,” Trump wrote.

Biden took office in 2021 promising to “end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal,” and said he bowed out of the 2024 presidential race in July to unite the country.

Biden’s Democrats lost every battleground state and both houses of Congress in the November election.

By some measures, polarisation in the country has increased, including during the 2024 campaign that saw Biden face Trump, again, before Kamala Harris took over the Democratic candidacy before she eventually lost the presidential election.

Trump has called for the prosecution of perceived political enemies, the U.S. takeover of the Panama Canal and pledged to restructure the federal government.