Trump gets standing ovation at Florida Christmas mass
By Reuters
25 December 2016 |
4:57 pm
President-elect Donald Trump receives a standing ovation at Florida's Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church where he and his wife Melania attend Christmas Eve mass.
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