Biden, Trump send different Christmas messages in US
Al Jazeera
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The outgoing and incoming United States presidents had different messages for the Christmas holiday, with Democrat Joe Biden urging Americans to reflect and unite, while Republican Donald Trump offered a holiday greeting and then took aim at his political opponents.
Biden narrated a video tour of the White House Christmas decorations that was published on YouTube late on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, in which he urged Americans to set aside “all the noise and everything that divides us”.
“We’re here on this Earth to care for one another, to love one another,” Biden said in a voiceover as a camera pans past adorned evergreen trees and bedecked fireplaces inside the White House. “Too often we see each other as enemies, not as neighbours, not as fellow Americans,” he said.
Biden urged Americans to find a moment of “quiet reflection” to remind themselves to treat each other with dignity and respect, to “live in the light” and remember there was more to unite than divide Americans. “We’re truly blessed to live in this nation,” he said.
