GERMANY/IRAQ/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s trip to Iraq (all times local): 5 a.m. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, have greeted U.S. troops in Germany. It was the president’s second visit to U.S. troops abroad in the last day. He stopped at Ramstein Air Force Base on his way back from Iraq. Trump slowly made his way down a rope line at the Ramstein base, shaking hands, chatting and posing for photos. Some service members held up ‘Make America Great Again’ caps for Trump to sign. The president’s earlier visit to a base in western Iraq was his first to U.S. forces in harm’s way overseas. Both visits were unannounced. 4 a.m. President Donald Trump is making a second unannounced visit to U.S. troops abroad. On his way back from meeting troops in Iraq, Trump stopped at Ramstein Air Force Base for refueling and to see service members there. The president’s earlier visit to a base in western Iraq was his first to U.S. forces in harm’s way overseas.”
–Associated Press, “The Latest: Trump Greets US Troops in Germany,” The New York Times online, December 26, 2018