London: US President Donald Trump has made an eleventh-hour intervention in the case of terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard by offering help to save him. The 10-month-old English boy has been at the centre of a lengthy legal battle as his parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, fought for him to be allowed to undergo a therapy trial in the United States. Having lost the fight, the couple are spending their last hours with him before his life-support is turned off. Trump waded into the legal struggle via Twitter to state that he would be “delighted” to help the terminally ill baby. If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the UK and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so,” he wrote. His intervention came after Pope Francis called for Charlie’s parents to be allowed to “accompany and treat their child until the end”. The support will likely offer Charlie’s parents a glimmer of hope after exhausting every avenue in their heart breaking legal battle. A White House spokeswoman said: “Although the president himself has not spoken to the family — he does not want to pressure them in any way — members of the administration have spoken to the family in calls facilitated by the British government. The president is just trying to be helpful if at all possible.” It is understood that a doctor and a hospital have been lined up to help if an agreement is reached. Theresa May’s official spokesman said that the prime minister’s thoughts were with Charlie and his family but declined to comment on Trump’s tweet. Her official spokesman said: “This is a very sensitive case. I don’t think it would be appropriate for me to talk about it here at this point other than to say our thoughts are with him and his family.” Charlie’s parents were given more time to say goodbye to their son, who suffers from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage, after making an emotional video plea. Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London had been due to turn off his life support last Friday. His plight has touched people around the world and the family received donations totalling more than pounds 1.3 million to take him to the United States for therapy. His parents, both in their 30s and from Bedfont, west London, asked European court judges in Strasbourg to consider their case after judges in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in London ruled in favour of the doctors. But last week the European Court of Human Rights refused to intervene. On Sunday, campaigners carrying a banner that said “It’s Murder” gathered outside Buckingham Palace to protest against the court’s decision. A specialist who would oversee any treatment Charlie had at a hospital in the United States told the High Court that therapy would provide a “small chance” of a meaningful improvement in Charlie’s brain function. Giving evidence via a telephone link from America, he said: “It may be a treatment, but not a cure. “(Charlie) may be able to interact. To smile. To look at objects.”