Watch: Donald Trump wishes 104-year-old WW2 veteran on birthday after viral video
In March this year, Ohio resident Denver Moore went viral on Tiktok for inviting Trump to his birthday which falls in May. The video amassed over 890,000 views.
The World War 2 veteran, a Trump supporter, said in his video, "I got to vote for you again and I hope I can vote for you some more.'
To Moore's surprise, on Thursday, May 15, he received a video from the President through his congressman, Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Ohio.
Seated in the iconic Oval Office, Trump wished Moore on his birthday. "Hi Denver. I want to wish you a very happy one hundred and fourth birthday from all your all-time favourite President, that's me, Donald Trump."
Trump then went on to apologise for not being able to make it to his birthday party which took place in Denver's hometown of Canal Fulton. His reason? "I'm working on Russia, Ukraine, China and all sorts of other places that I know you want to us to do well," explained Trump.
He then went on to thanks Denver for his "incredible service" to the nation and for his "support for making America great again".
According to a local media outlet, Moore reacted to the video by saying it "couldn't happened to a nicer guy".
As per the outlet, since the video went viral, fans from across the country sent Denver birthday wishes, with some even coming from Africa.
Moore, who has supported the President, said while speaking to another US-based outlet, "He may make a mistake or two, but he's doing almost everything right."
According to media reports, the veteran soldier worked in the US Army Air Corps during WW2 before working for the US Postal Service. He had three children with his late wife Thelma Lee, who he was married to for 75 years before she died in 2022 at the age of 95.
US President Trump was recently on a trip to the Middle East, his first international trip during the second term of his presidency. The leader visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, where each country signed their respective deals with the American nation.
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