Little Girl Has Faith In Santa Reaffirmed Despite Trump’s ‘Marginal’ Comment

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 24: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump speak on the phone with children as they track Santa Claus with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, on Christmas Eve in the State Dinning Room of the White House on December 24, 2018 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post)
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 24: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump speak on the phone with children as they track Santa Claus with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, on Christmas Eve ... WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 24: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump speak on the phone with children as they track Santa Claus with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, on Christmas Eve in the State Dinning Room of the White House on December 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Collman Lloyd, the 7-year-old South Carolinian girl who had a phone conversation with President Donald Trump during which he called belief in Santa “marginal” among her age set, wasn’t shaken by the implicit doubt cast on the jolly red elf — mostly because she didn’t know what “marginal” meant.

According to a Tuesday Post and Courier interview, any suspicions she might have had about Santa’s veracity were put to rest Christmas morning when she saw cookies eaten and a new American Girl Doll under the tree.

The call with the President, which has since sparked widespread outrage and snark, came as a surprise to the child, who was calling in to discover Santa’s whereabouts via the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s tracker.

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  1. Yes, Virginia, there is a Dotard…

  2. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    Hey the GOP is no better in this department… their belief that tRump is doing a good job is also marginal

  3. Donald likes ‘marginal’ people…

  4. Cadet Bone Spurs was a granted a military exemption from a podiatrist in this place as a favor to Fred who owned the building.

    “I know it was a favor,” said one daughter, Dr. Elysa Braunstein, 56, who along with her sister, Sharon Kessel, 53, shared the family’s account for the first time publicly

  5. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    There’s a very good reason why a married man with 5 children and numerous grandchildren and where money is no object, is left alone on Christmas to his own machinations. In that context, it makes perfect sense he’d try to destroy a young girl’s fantasy. No one likes him and no one wants to be around him.

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