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The Gold Star father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan has finally received a check for $25,000 from the president - months after he first promised to send the money.
Chris Baldridge, from Zebulon, North Carolina told the Washington Post earlier this month that he received a phone call from Trump back in July shortly after his 22-year-old son Dillon was one of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan on June 10 by a police officer.
And now, after initially just receiving a condolence letter, Baldridge told ABC 11 he's 'speechless' that the check actually came.
'We are so moved and grateful, and we promise to use the money to honor Dillon's legacy.'
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Chris Baldridge, from Zebulon, North Carolina, said he finally received a check for $25,000 from the president - months after he first promised to send the money
The check is dated October 18- which is the same day that the Post reported Trump hadn't fulfilled his promise to send Baldridge the check
It came with a letter that said: 'I'm glad my legal counsel has finally approved this contribution to you
The check is dated October 18 - which is the same day that the Post reported Trump hadn't fulfilled his promise to send Baldridge the check.
It came with a letter that said: 'I'm glad my legal counsel has finally approved this contribution to you.
'Enclosed is a check for $25,000 - I hope this will make things a bit easier, but nothing will every replace your son, Dillon, he was an American hero.'
Dillon was one of three soldiers gunned down in Afghanistan in June by an Afghan police officer
This news comes at a pressing time for the president - who has been under fire for the past week for the way he handled the death of four American military personnel in Niger.
He was widely criticized for allegedly telling Sgt La David Johnson's widow, Myeshia Johnson, that her husband 'knew what he signed up for.'
Though he denies telling her that - he has received criticism from across the aisle for being insensitive.
Rep. Frederica Wilson was sitting beside Johnson's widow Myeshia when Trump called and told her that her husband 'knew what he signed up for' by enlisting.
'It was the wrong thing to say, but that's not the worst part,' Wilson told the ABC.
'He did not even know La David Johnson's name. He kept referring to him as your guy. He never called his name. So that was even more painful.'
Heartbreaking footage later showed Johnson's widow, who is expecting the couple's third baby in January, sobbing as she leaned over her husband's flag-draped coffin at Miami airport on Tuesday.
The couple's six-year-old daughter stood by the coffin with her mother, while their two-year-old son waited in the arms of a relative standing nearby.
Trump on Tuesday called the families of the four US troops who were killed in Niger nearly two weeks ago.
President Trump phoned Myeshia Johnson afternoon to give his condolences over the death of her husband Sgt. La David Johnson
Johnson, who is expecting the couple's third baby in January, later sobbed as she leaned over her husband's coffin
Earlier this month Baldridge spoke to the Post, saying that he appreciated the condolences for his deceased son from the President, but that he was disappointed that the check he was promised never came through.
Instead, all he got was a condolence letter.
'I opened it up and read it, and I was hoping to see a check in there, to be honest,' he said.
'I know it was kind of far-fetched thinking. But I was like, "Damn, no check." Just a letter saying 'I'm sorry.''
After Baldridge spoke out, White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters told reporters that the check had been sent, but didn't give a time frame for when it was put in the mail.
'The check has been sent,' Walters said in a statement.
'It's disgusting that the media is taking something that should be recognized as a generous and sincere gesture, made privately by the President, and using it to advance the media's biased agenda.'
Trump's interactions with the bereaved relatives of soldiers killed in action made headlines this week after he claimed to have called every family
After Baldridge spoke out, White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters revealed on Wednesday afternoon that the check had been sent
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