Trump applauds NYPD for response to Trump Tower climber

Trump Tower climber captured after three-hour ascent

Donald TrumpDonald TrumpTrump slams Clinton again over NAFTA deal Donald Trump gets Detroit and the economy all wrong Dems: Trump should apologize for "unhinged" ISIS comments MORE responded to the attempted summit of his Trump Tower in New York by thanking the New York Police Department for its response to the incident.

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"Great job today by the NYPD in protecting the people and saving the climber," he tweeted Wednesday night.

Great job today by the NYPD in protecting the people and saving the climber.

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 11, 2016

A 20-year-old Virginia man, who told police he wanted to earn a meeting with the GOP presidential nominee, scaled about 20 stories of the outside of the Manhattan building using suction cups Wednesday afternoon.

He was eventually pulled into the building by police and taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/291065-trump-applauds-nypd-for-response-to-trump-tower-climber