Trump offers holiday greetings to US troops(after keeping them waiting while staring at empty chair)
Trump offers holiday greetings to US troops (after keeping them waiting while staring at his empty chair) before he finally arrives and launches into a diatribe about the government shutdown and wanting to build his wall
By JESSICA FINN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 17:00 EST, 25 December 2018 | UPDATED: 17:02 EST, 25 December 2018
President Donald Trump on Tuesday wished U.S. troops stationed around the country and the world a merry Christmas, but only after making them wait for a video conference while they stared at his empty chair.
When he did take his seat he quickly thanked the troops for their service and then immediately went onto to talk about the government shutdown and his desire to get the US- Mexico border wall built.
After being greeted by a lieutenant colonel in Guam who wished him a merry Christmas, Trump responded, 'Well, I want to wish everybody a really Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year. Just remember: the people in our country, we're very proud of you. The country is doing well. We have a little bit of a shut down because we believe in walls and we believe in borders and we believe in barriers.'
'And, you know, we have a special country; people have to come in through the legal process, not just walk in. We have no idea who they are. And we're stopping drugs at a record rate, but we need some help and the help is the wall, we need a wall to help us. Otherwise, they just flow through no matter what you do,' Trump continued.
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