President Donald Trump made a surprise visit to Afghanistan, landing on Thursday to visit with the troops for Thanksgiving.

On Wednesday night, Trump secretly left Mar-a-Lago, in Florida, to make the trip. It is Trump’s second holiday trip to a combat zone to see the troops. Last year, he made a Christmas trip to Iraq.

Trump landed at Bagram Airfield. He was accompanied by White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien, a small group of aides and Secret Service agents, and a pool of reporters. Trump met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and addressed U.S. troops.

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President @realDonaldTrump visits U.S. Soldiers at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan…. pic.twitter.com/HpHd6PxEqn

— Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸 (@Scavino45) November 28, 2019

United States Army General and the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley introduces the 45th President of the United States @realDonaldTrump at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/uMRA5t5yyk

— Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸 (@Scavino45) November 28, 2019

From Washington Examiner:

In the president’s address to the troops, he claimed that the Taliban wants “to make a deal.”

“We’ll see if they want to make a deal,” he said. “It’s got to be a real deal, but we’ll see. But they want to make a deal. And they only want to make a deal because you are doing a great job. That is the only reason they want to make a deal. So I want to thank you and I want to thank the Afghan soldiers for — I’ve spoken to a lot of you today and you say they are really fighting hard. I was impressed with that actually. So I want to thank you.” [….]

“There is nowhere that I’d rather celebrate this Thanksgiving than right here with the toughest, strongest best and bravest warriors on the face of the Earth. You are indeed that,” Trump added.

He served up some of the meals and then had a little himself.

In a hush hush secret covert mission— our @POTUS
while we were sleeping, flew 8,338 miles to serve our brave troops at Bagram AFB Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/NxofnqnFzE

— BibleBeltMomma ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@BibleBeltDarlin) November 28, 2019

President @realDonaldTrump made a surprise visit to our troops in Afghanistan. #HappyThanksgiving pic.twitter.com/iwQ9pGVynN

— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) November 28, 2019

Surprise! Trump travels 8,000 miles to have Thanksgiving dinner with troops in Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/rY8p4w0IDL

— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) November 28, 2019