US President Donald Trump fulfilled a dying man's wish on Tuesday evening by giving him an encouraging phone call, Daily Mail reported.

Jay Barrett, of West Haven, Connecticut, is terminally ill with cystic fibrosis and has just six months to live but was able to cross off his bucket list wish of contacting the president on Tuesday.  

The 44-year-old is currently in palliative care after he left a hospital last weekend.  

With help from his sister West Haven City Councilwoman Bridgette Hoskie, who hails herself as a '100 percent Democrat', and the internet, his bucket list reached Washington and caught the attention of the president. 

On Monday he was surprised with a phone call by Eric Trump and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regional chief Lynne Patton, and just when he thought things couldn't get better, he got a call from the man in office himself.  

On Tuesday Trump called Barret and in touching video of their phone conversation the president is heard telling him 'you look handsome to me'. 

Trump asked him 'How are you doing? How is it going Jay? ... You're a champ. You're fighting it right?'
'That's what the Irish do, right?' Barrett replied. 

'You just hang tough. We'll be talking from 10 years from now too,' Trump assured. 

Barrett responded saying: 'I plan on voting for you in 2020' to which the president responded, 'you better'.