Amid a social media posting frenzy on Christmas Day, President-elect Donald Trump expressed his desire to somehow seize control of Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal as he lobbed insults at his political enemies.

US President Joe Biden and his incoming successor Donald Trump issued starkly contrasting Christmas messages Wednesday, with the latter doubling down on recent comments about seizing the Panama Canal,

Donald Trump made some special mentions in a recent Christmas message shared online, including President Joe Biden and the people he recently granted clemency.

The outgoing and incoming U.S. presidents had different messages for the Christmas holiday, with Democrat Joe Biden urging Americans to reflect and unite and Republican Donald Trump offering a holiday greeting and a flurry of politically focused social media posts.

Christmas was a quiet day in Washington, but the president and incoming president used their social media to wish the country a Merry Christmas.

"Ukraine was brutally attacked on Christmas Day," said Keith Kellogg, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Ukraine and Russia envoy.

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had asked the Defense Department to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine, after condemning Russia's Christmas Day attack on Ukraine's energy system and some of its cities.

Trump-nominated Ukraine-Russia envoy General Keith Kellogg has condemned Russia's large-scale missile strike against Ukraine this Christmas. Source: General Keith Kellogg on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: Kellogg said that Christmas ought to be the time of peace,