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President Trump has said repeatedly that he could’ve gotten the hostages out without giving anything in exchange. What do you say to that?"
Only one of them was in custody when [Trump] was President."
Another user made the same criticism of Phang’s original statement, saying You got a problem with it? Take it up with Trump, who, again, didn’t bring them home. President Biden did,
Phang stated on the social media platform Thursday Must you demonstrate your hackiness every single day? Two of the three Americans were wrongfully detained during Biden's presidency. It's good to see our lame-duck president being, well… lame."
A conservative X account slammed the journalist, commenting #truth Trump repeatedly said he could bring them home. He never did."
The MSNBC anchor shared the clip of Biden’s retort, and commented No word is strong enough for this…. I was sure I was going to die in prison,
he told his family who were in attendance with Biden in the Oval Office We have waited 491 days for Evan’s release, and it’s hard to describe what today feels like,
Gershkovich’s family said earlier in a statement A lot of your favourite rappers are only alive because of our sacrifices,
The enemy, and those who are behind the enemy, must await our inevitable response,
I spent a month in prison in Yekaterinburg where everyone I sat with was a political prisoner. Nobody knows them publicly, they have various political beliefs, they are not all connected with Navalny supporters, who everyone knows about. I would potentially like to see if we could do something about them as well. I’d like to talk to people about that in the next weeks and months,
Motherland does not forget about you for a minute,
Putin told the assembled returnees He must be stopped, and only Russian society itself can do this
There is nothing beyond our capacity when we act together — nothing, nothing, nothing.”
To the American people, he said I don’t buy this idea that you’re … going to let these people rot in jail because other people may be captured,
I remain concerned that continuing to trade innocent Americans for actual Russian criminals held in the U.S. and elsewhere sends a dangerous message to Putin that only encourages further hostage-taking by his regime,
Michael McCaul, the Republican chair of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement There was no trust involved in this relationship or negotiation,
Finer told broadcaster CNN This is Momma. Do you hear me? It's your mom,
Gershkovich's mother tells her son in the clip, posted on Biden's social media account on the X platform Some of these women and men have been unjustly held for years,
President Joe Biden said in a statement Thursday I will not stop working until every American wrongfully detained or held hostage around the world is reunited with their family.”
Since the arrest of Evan Gershkovich in March 2023, Jewish Federations have been actively in advocating for his release,
the Jewish Federations of North America wrote in a statement Thursday