WASHINGTON — President Trump made a surprise appearance during the 2020 Republican National Convention kick-off on Monday, interviewing frontline workers from the East Room at the White House.

Trump met with a half a dozen essential workers, including a truck driver, police officer, postal service employee, and several nurses — many of them who had been infected with the coronavirus.

“I want to thank you all very much. It’s an honor to have you at the White House,” Trump said.

“You represent an incredible group of people and we love you all,” he said.

The video showed Trump making small talk with the workers and asking them about their professions.

“I love the truckers, you know they’re on my side. I think all of them, frankly, pretty much all of them,” the president said after one truck driver introduced himself.

One nurse told Trump she was “in awe of his leadership,” while the president lavished praise on a postal worker as he continues blocking US Postal Service funding over mail-in ballots which he claims are fraudulent.

“We’re taking good care of our postal workers. That I can tell you. We’re not getting rid of our postal workers,” he said.

“I want to thank you very much and thank everybody in that whole, beautiful postal system. We appreciate it.”

The president earlier Monday flew to Charlotte, NC to personally thank delegates at a subdued convention center after the event was moved entirely online amid the pandemic.

Unlike Biden who appeared on the final night of last week’s Democratic convention, Trump is expected to take center stage and speak at each night of the RNC.