<p class="title">A dying fan of Donald Trump had a bucket list wish come true when his sister, a local Democratic politician, arranged for the president to call him and chat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jay Barrett, a 44-year-old man from Connecticut, is terminally ill with cystic fibrosis and is receiving palliative care.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His sister Bridgette Hoskie, a local politician in New Haven, around 60 miles north of New York, organized the call for her dying brother, who once voted for Barack Obama but has since become a steadfast fan of the Republican president.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She posted a video on her Facebook page of her brother talking on the phone to the president for several minutes. "This is a big one," she wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You're my kind of man, Jay," Trump told him. "I'm very proud of you." "I'll talk to you again, Jay, OK? You keep that fight going. We both fight," the president added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Mr President, through thick and thin, you know there's been a lot of thicks, and there's been a lot of thins, I support you," said Barrett, who only recently became a Republican.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I wish you could come to a rally," said the president, to which Barrett replied, "I plan on coming down to DC between now and my expiration date."</p>.<p class="bodytext">When Trump urged him not to talk about dying, and Barrett said he intended to be around to vote for the president in 2020.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the phone call ended, Barrett -- who had breathing tubes in his nostrils and throat, looked at his sister who was filming the exchange.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"That's pretty crazy," he said. "Did I just talk to the president of the United States on the phone?" he said.</p>
<p class="title">A dying fan of Donald Trump had a bucket list wish come true when his sister, a local Democratic politician, arranged for the president to call him and chat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jay Barrett, a 44-year-old man from Connecticut, is terminally ill with cystic fibrosis and is receiving palliative care.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His sister Bridgette Hoskie, a local politician in New Haven, around 60 miles north of New York, organized the call for her dying brother, who once voted for Barack Obama but has since become a steadfast fan of the Republican president.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She posted a video on her Facebook page of her brother talking on the phone to the president for several minutes. "This is a big one," she wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You're my kind of man, Jay," Trump told him. "I'm very proud of you." "I'll talk to you again, Jay, OK? You keep that fight going. We both fight," the president added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Mr President, through thick and thin, you know there's been a lot of thicks, and there's been a lot of thins, I support you," said Barrett, who only recently became a Republican.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I wish you could come to a rally," said the president, to which Barrett replied, "I plan on coming down to DC between now and my expiration date."</p>.<p class="bodytext">When Trump urged him not to talk about dying, and Barrett said he intended to be around to vote for the president in 2020.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the phone call ended, Barrett -- who had breathing tubes in his nostrils and throat, looked at his sister who was filming the exchange.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"That's pretty crazy," he said. "Did I just talk to the president of the United States on the phone?" he said.</p>