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Trump: U.S. Navy hospital ship is ‘message of hope and solidarity’ to New York

President Donald Trump speaks in front of the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va., Saturday, March 28, 2020. The ship is departing for New York to assist hospitals responding to the coronavirus outbreak. Defense Secretary Mark Esper is at right. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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President Trump said Saturday the 70,000-ton Navy hospital ship Comfort is a “message of hope and solidarity” being sent to the people of New York, which has the most COVID-19 cases in the nation.

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