'Do you still believe in Santa?' Trump risks blowing the Christmas magic for a seven-year-old caller to NORAD's Santa tracker   

It is safe to assume any child calling the NORAD Santa Tracker on Christmas Eve believes in the existence of Santa Claus, but that did not stop President Trump from asking a seven-year-old named Coleman if he did. 

President Trump capped off a terrible week for himself nearly ruining Christmas for the young caller by questioning his belief in Santa Claus.  

“Are you still a believer in Santa?” Trump asked a caller named Coleman, the Daily Mail says, citing pool reports. 'Because at seven it's marginal, right?'

Trump appeared to try to keep thing light as he sat beside his wife, Melania, in front of a roaring fireplace beneath a portrait of former President Abraham Lincoln. He had spent the day complaining about his decision to remain at the White House because of the partial government shutdown.

Despite a day of travel, Melania Trump looked stunning in a dark blue, high-necked dress and deep red heels, ready to take calls. 

Trump, who had been scheduled to leave for his Florida vacation home on Friday, had opted instead to stay at the White House during the shutdown so far, which occurred after he and top lawmakers failed to end an impasse over funding for his proposed wall along the border with Mexico.

Instead of enjoying the warmth of the Florida sun, Trump has spent the lead-up to the holiday meeting with lawmakers and Cabinet officials.

This forced first lady Melania to get back into a plane and fly back to Washington D.C. today from the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. 

He has also used the time to tweet about people and subjects such as outgoing Defense Secretary James Mattis, who abruptly resigned last week following Trump's decision to withdraw US troops from Syria; North Korea; the Fed; and Senate Foreign Relations chairman Bob Corker.

“I am all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed Border Security,” Trump tweeted on Monday.

Trump's Republican Party holds majorities in both congressional chambers until Jan. 3, when Democrats take control of the House of Representatives. 

While on the previous Christmas Eve the Trumps took the phone calls in the living room of Mar-a-Lago, Melania cut short her time in Florida this year to be with her husband for the holiday tradition.

First lady Melania Trump joined the president and told a caller Santa was in the Sahara. 

Several minutes later, she reported that Santa was far away in Morocco but would be at the caller's home on Christmas morning.

'Helping children across the country track #Santa is becoming one of my favorite traditions! @Potus and I enjoyed working with @NORADSanta - #ChristmasEve' the first lady tweeted about the event.    

But even Christmas could not keep out news about the shutdown. Asked by reporters if any progress had been made on government funding talks, Trump said there was nothing to report. 

President Trump also spent most of Christmas Eve while waiting for the first lady to return watching Fox News and tweeting his demands for funding of a border wall.

Despite the stock market taking major hits lately, he also took time to tweet an attack on the Federal Reserve as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 650 points on what was being described as the market's worst Christmas Eve ever.

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