The Greek Diaspora was welcomed to the White House the Donald Trumpfor the anniversary of the March 25th celebration.
Each year, the US president hosts prominent Greeks of the Greek Greek community and signs the established declaration by which the United States honors the anniversary of Greek independence. This year, the present, as a guest of the US President, gave the Vangelis Marinakispresident and owner of PAE Olympic. Vangelis Marinakis was a proposal by former US ambassador to Athens, George Tsounis, who is associated with close friendship with him.
“We are grateful for your support in Greece and justice in Cyprus. You remind me of Constantine the Great with your leadership“Said, among other things, the Archbishop of America Elpidoforos, who predicted Donald Trump and donated a golden cross.
“I didn’t expect that but I will get it“, Trump said for the gift. “We love Greeks and their hard work in the US. We celebrate 204 years of Greek independence and freedom and this is a huge thing“, Said Donald Trump, personally thanking some expatriates.
“We’ve been missing 4 years, but bad things happen. But great things come this four years at levels we have never seen before“, Trump stressed. She also thanked the Greek and Cypriot Embassy for her presence, saying that “The legacy of democracy and the Greeks is always among us”
The new US Ambassador to Athens, the Kimberly Gilfilestressed: ‘It is a life honor for me to serve my country and to do so in Greece under the leadership of the most important leader the country had. I know that it loves the people of Greece and its great history and its democracy. Under Trump you will sleep quietly in the evenings and wake up optimistic because you will know that someone will fight for the US and Greece economy, for religious freedoms and freedom and to continue the alliance of Greece and America. May God have you well”
The guests to the White House were 450. At the event, the son of the Prime Minister, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, was present at the event, who is known to study in Washington. Indeed, Mitsotakis JR had a handshake with the US president.
Source: Sport Fm
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