Headline Roundup • December 24th, 2019
President Trump Holds Christmas Eve Teleconference with Troops Overseas
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—President Trump called U.S. troops deployed around the world to offer holiday greetings on Christmas Eve, saying they were “tremendous warriors” who have “kept the Taliban running scared.”
“You’re tremendous warriors, and we appreciate it so much,” Mr. Trump told members of the military over a video teleconference from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. “You kept the Taliban running scared. You are incredible people.”
The president’s comments come after the Pentagon announced Monday the death of a U.S. service member in Afghanistan. This year has seen at...
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump lashed again Tuesday at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democrats involved in his impeachment after a teleconference in which he exchanged holiday greetings with members of the military stationed around the globe from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
“She hates the Republican Party,” Trump said of Pelosi, predicting that she would lose her speakership. “She hates all of the people who voted for me and the Republican Party. … She’s doing a tremendous disservice to the country.”
Speaking to reporters who had...
President Trump is spending part of his holiday vacation calling American troops overseas to wish them a merry Christmas.
The president spoke via video conference on Tuesday with service members of all five branches of the military from Mar-a-Lago, his private golf club in Florida. Trump will be at the resort through the holidays in what is expected to be at least a two-week stay.
"I want to wish you an amazing Christmas," Trump said.
The service members on the call included Marines in Afghanistan, Army soldiers in Kuwait, Navy...
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