Trump augurs divisive year in angry Christmas rant Most global leaders mark Christmas with a plea for peace and unity, but not Donald Trump. Trump

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Trump predicts a divisive year with his angry Christmas speech

Most world leaders celebrate Christmas with a call for peace and unity, but not Donald Trump.

Trump unleashed a torrent of fury and bitterness over his legal difficulties, making false claims about his attempts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election.

Three weeks before voting begins in the race for the Republican nomination, Trump underscored the extent to which false claims about voter fraud remain the anchor of his political project.

Trump showed a mix of anger and self-pity by making multiple false or questionable claims in one of his posts.

Trump predicts a divisive year with his angry Christmas speech

Most world political, spiritual, and national leaders celebrate Christmas with a call for peace or by emphasizing the virtues of family and unity. That's not Donald Trump's style. The former president unleashed a torrent of fury and bitterness online, largely over his legal difficulties, which spanned Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, anticipating the discord and personal obsessions he will inflict on the nation in a crucial election year in 2024.

Trump's false claims and extreme rhetoric

Trump angrily criticized President Joe Biden and special counsel Jack Smith, making broad and false claims that their attempts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election represented a vital defense of American democracy and were therefore perfectly legal. In a wave of all-caps invective on his Truth Social network, Trump ramped up extreme rhetoric on immigration that has drawn comparisons to Nazi demagoguery of the 1940s and repeated his vision of unlimited presidential power that makes his critics fear autocracy if he wins the next elections.

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Impact on Trump's political project

Just three weeks before voting begins in the race for the Republican nomination, the front-runner also underscored the extent to which false claims about voter fraud from three years ago remain the anchor of his political project. And his tirades, at a time when Americans celebrating Christmas are gathering with loved ones and seeking a moment of peace, hint at a state of mind of fury and extreme denialism. This is likely to raise new concerns about his temperament and his suitability to serve again as commander in chief and are a dark harbinger of what another Trump term could bring.

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