(NewsNation) — President Trump on Thursday said a friend of his cut a check to the federal government for $130 million to help pay any budgetary shortfall the U.S. military faces amid the ongoing shutdown.

“That’s what I call a patriot,” Trump said during a roundtable at the White House. The president said the individual did not wish to be named.

The announcement came as a reporter asked Trump about federal workers’ paychecks during a congressional impasse that has shut down portions of the government and delayed payments to employees. Trump then brought up the multimillion-dollar donation, though he did not specifically say it would go toward paying enlisted service members.

According to the president, the unnamed individual told him, “I'd like to contribute, personally contribute, any

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