President Donald Trump boards Air Force One to depart home to the U.S. from Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines November 14, 2017.
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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One to depart home to the U.S. from Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines November 14, 2017.
President Donald Trump on Thursday told members of the military positioned across the globe that they're winning big under his watch.
Trump said in a teleconference with the troops on Thanksgiving Day that more progress has been made in recent months in Afghanistan and in fighting the Islamic State group than had been made in years of the previous administration.
He said of the situation in Afghanistan that: "Everybody's talking about the progress you've made in the last few months since I opened it up."
Trump accused the previous administration of not allowing soldiers on the ground to do their jobs. But he said that now, "We're not fighting anymore to just walk around, we're fighting to win."
He added that, "We're being talked about again as an armed forces. We're really winning." Before, he said, "They weren't letting you win."
Earlier Thursday, Trump tweeted a Thanksgiving Day message for the nation: Look at all I've done.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING, your Country is starting to do really well. Jobs coming back, highest Stock Market EVER, Military getting really strong, we will build the WALL, V.A. taking care of our Vets, great Supreme Court Justice, RECORD CUT IN REGS, lowest unemployment in 17 years....!
Trump told followers in an early-morning holiday tweet that, "your Country is starting to do really well."
He said: Jobs are "coming back, highest Stock Market EVER, Military getting really strong, we will build the WALL, V.A. taking care of our Vets, great Supreme Court Justice, RECORD CUT IN REGS, lowest unemployment in 17 years....!"
Trump is celebrating the holiday from his private club Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump and first lady Melania Trump later visited a Coast Guard station in Riviera Beach, Florida.
The president praised the Coast Guard for its work in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Texas.
"There's no brand that went up more than the Coast Guard," he said. "What a job you've done."
The first couple provided lunch for the men and women spending Thanksgiving at the station near Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, including turkey sandwiches, giant muffins, heaping baskets of fruit, chips and cookies.
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