Trump: ‘They’re going to be saying Merry Christmas again’

Ahead of the January 15th caucus in Iowa, former President Donald Trump visited Waterloo to warm up a crowd of supporters. He said wishing others a ‘Merry Christmas’ used to be an instinctive reaction around the holidays.  Ever since what he dubs a “War on Christmas” began, it hasn’t been so common. In 2021, Trump said that around the time he announced his presidential bid in 2015, the country had started going a little “woke” towards Christmas.  “It was embarrassing for stores to say, ‘Merry Christmas.’ You’d see these big chains; they want your money, but they don’t want to say, ‘Merry Chris