President Trump on Sunday told Navy sailors not to “worry about” their paychecks that are being held back by the current government shutdown.

“As your commander in chief, I will always stand for you. I promise you that,” Trump said at a celebration of the Navy’s 250th anniversary. “You know that, that's why you voted for me in numbers that nobody's ever seen before. And I want you to know that despite the current Democrat-induced shutdown, we will get our service members every last penny."

“Don't worry about it. Don’t worry about it. Don’t worry about it. Do not worry about it, it’s all coming,” the president added.

The federal government formally went into a shutdown Wednesday in the wake of congressional leaders failing to come to a deal on a stopgap spending bill, leaving lawmakers s

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