Trump gave 2019 Christmas message while lighting National Christmas Tree

“In 1923, President Calvin Coolidge lit the first National Christmas Tree. Later that night, African American community centers held an outdoor worship service on these grounds. And during that service, the Washington Monument was illuminated with a beautiful cross, a powerful reminder of the meaning of Christmas,” then-President Donald Trump said at the tree-lighting ceremony near the Washington Monument on Dec. 5, 2019.