Did President Trump say this was our last Christmas?
Executive summary
President Donald Trump did not utter the exact phrase "this was our last Christmas," but on Christmas Day he posted an ominous line — "Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!" — in social media tirades that included attacks on Democrats and references to the Jeffrey Epstein files, while an official White House Christmas statement released the same day was a traditional religious greeting signed by the president and the First Lady [1] [2].
1. What he actually said — the words and their targets
The specific wording widely quoted across outlets was “Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!” delivered as the sign‑off to a series of posts that singled out “the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein” and criticized Democrats and media outlets; multiple outlets reproduced the line verbatim from his social posts [3] [1] [4]. Reporting shows the message framed the comment as a threat or warning tied to the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, with Trump suggesting people will be “badly hurt and reputationally tarnished” when names surface [3] [5].
2. Where it was said and how it sat next to an official statement
The ominous line appeared in a flurry of social‑media activity — more than 100 posts on Truth Social on Christmas Day, according to reporting — and was part of a broader online tirade rather than the White House’s formal holiday message [6] [7]. By contrast, the White House posted an official presidential Christmas message signed by the president and First Lady that wished Americans a Merry Christmas, emphasized faith and family and prayed for peace — a markedly different, traditional tone [2] [8].
3. How outlets characterized the comment and the split in coverage
Mainstream outlets described the line as ominous or cryptic and connected it to Trump’s attacks over Epstein files and his criticism of the “Radical Left” and media, while right‑leaning outlets pushed back against negative takes and framed routine holiday greetings and religious language as appropriate or overblown by critics [1] [5] [9]. Some outlets emphasized the contrast between the social‑media rant and the official religious message from the White House, noting both the sectarian language used by administration accounts and the more confrontational posts from the president himself [10] [6].
4. Interpretations, political context and motives to consider
Interpretations fall into two buckets: critics read the line as a thinly veiled threat or an attempt to intimidate political opponents amid the Epstein records release; supporters and sympathetic outlets portrayed the remarks as a combative rhetorical flourish consistent with the president’s style and as part of a broader pushback against what he calls a “Radical Left Witch Hunt” [3] [11] [5]. Reporting establishes the link between the comment and the Epstein files only to the extent that Trump referenced those files in his posts; this analysis cannot determine intent beyond the public record [3] [4].
5. What can be concluded and what reporting does not show
The factual record in the reporting shows Trump did write and post the line “Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!” on Christmas Day and that it was aimed at opponents and tied to Epstein‑related revelations, while the White House simultaneously issued a conventional religious Christmas statement [1] [4] [2]. The reporting does not establish private remarks or additional context beyond the public posts, nor does it prove a legal or operational threat connected to the statement; those would require evidence not contained in the cited coverage [3] [6].