Donald Trump is spending Christmas at Mar-a-Lago. Photos show his lavish holiday celebrations.

The president flew to Palm Beach on Air Force One after holding a rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. First lady Melania Trump did not appear to be traveling with him.

The golf club is located around 4.5 miles from Mar-a-Lago.

Joined by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump said that the "Trump-class" would eventually include 20 to 25 ships.

Phelan said the first of these ships to be built will be the USS Defiant, an 880-foot-long, heavily armed battleship with a crew of 850. Some of its planned weaponry is still in development, such as the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear, or SLCM-N.

At the press conference, Trump also addressed the Epstein files for the first time since they were officially released on December 19.

Trump acknowledged that he appeared in photos released by the Justice Department, saying that Epstein "was all over Palm Beach and other places."

"What this whole thing is with Epstein is a way of trying to deflect from the tremendous success that the Republican Party has," he said.

Donald Trump rode through Palm Beach in "The Beast," the armored presidential limousine.

Trump thanked service members for their "extraordinary devotion and service to America" and touted his $1,776 "warrior dividend" bonus checks sent to military members ahead of Christmas.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which tracks aircraft flying over North America, playfully tracked Santa Claus' sleigh across the skies for the 70th year.

The president and first lady answered calls from children across the US inquiring about Santa's movements, gifts, and cookie preferences.

When an 8-year-old girl in Kansas told Trump she hoped Santa wouldn't bring her coal, the president replied, "You mean clean, beautiful coal?"

"I had to do that, I'm sorry," he told members of the press.

Trump moved gold angel statues from the ceiling of Mar-a-Lago's Grand Ballroom to the doorways in the Oval Office, which he has redecorated to more closely resemble the gold-covered walls of his Palm Beach estate.

That night, Trump shared a holiday message on Truth Social.

"Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country, but are failing badly," he wrote.