At a White House Christmas reception, President Donald Trump opens by offering condolences for the recent attacks at Brown University, Bondi Beach in Australia, and on US troops in Syria, vowing that ISIS will “pay a big price” and praising a “very brave” civilian who confronted one of the Bondi shooters. He then pivots to a celebratory tone, boasting of record foreign investment and tariff revenue since his November 5 reelection, touting what he calls the “greatest economy” and job numbers in US history.