President Donald Trump went wildly off script in a call with U.S. military service members conducted during his Thanksgiving holiday at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump, 79, bluntly broke the news of the death of Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guard member who was shot near Farragut Square Metro Station in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, on a Thanksgiving call with members of six U.S. military units deployed around the globe.

“She’s just passed away,” Trump said of the 20-year-old. “She’s no longer with her. She’s looking down at us right now. Her parents are with her. It’s just happened. She was savagely attacked. She’s dead.”

Trump, who avoided the military draft five times, then personally addressed some of the service members on the call.

“I just want to thank you so much, incredibl

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