AP: Trump demands immediate release of Oct. 7 hostages, says otherwise there will be 'HELL TO PAY'

[Dennis Donovan]

AP - Trump demands immediate release of Oct. 7 hostages, says otherwise there will be ‘HELL TO PAY’



By JILL COLVIN
Updated 2:53 PM EST, December 2, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is demanding the immediate release of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza, saying that if they are not freed before he is sworn into office for a second term there will be “HELL TO PAY.”

“Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social site.

He added that, “Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!”

It was not immediately clear whether Trump was threatening to directly involve the U.S. military in Israel’s ongoing campaign against Hamas in Gaza. Trump allies have said he hopes there will be a ceasefire and hostage release deal before he returns to office early next year.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office declined comment. But the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, welcomed Trump’s comments in a social media post.

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Ooh! Tough guy...

[lame54]

1. There must be a plan to release them...

And Trump is hijacking the credit

[Jit423]

2. Precisely what I was going to say. Kamala should say that she spoke with a key player and that he or she agreed

to Biden's plan and that Biden guaranteed it would come together before Jan 20 OR soon after.

Kee 'em guessing.

[Initech]

3. He can't do shit, he's not president yet.

All he can do is threaten.

[Captain Zero]

4. He probably has an idea from his briefings

So he is out in front of the plan running his fat mouth so it looks like his threats got the deal done.

He is such a fucking blowhard.

[soandso]

19. Blowhard is right

but it still makes me nervous. I think he's reacting to that video that Hamas just released of the American-Isreali hostage crying and begging for his life. Bombing Gaza harder is not to going to help him and the others. Only Israel can get them out and they don't seem to want to.

[Hekate]

15. Kind of like Reagan torpedoing Jimmy Carter? It has been done before.

[tonekat]

22. All noise. N/T

[Efilroft Sul]

5. ALL HEIL TOUPEE

[Lovie777]

6. Syria has been overtaking by Israeli......

Enemies, not looking good.

[spanone]

7. FUCK YOU don trmp

[NoMoreRepugs]

8. Says the Worlds BIGGEST CANDYASS.

[yardwork]

9. Sounds like a threat to annihilate Gaza.

[DET]

10. Sounds more like Steven Miller than Trump

The dictatorial tone. Plus, he used a couple of big words.

[sakabatou]

11. More saber rattling

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

12. Thought he didn't like people that get captured?

Flip-Flopped again?

[kerry-is-my-prez]

13. They don't know what they are in for by releasing them.

They were out of control already and now they are “graduating” from prison with even more skills and knowledge. We all know how well prisons handle “reformation” and the recidivism rates of people who return to prison are very high.

[sarisataka]

21. Who is being released from prison? nt

[kerouac2]

14. Mmmm, yeah. He wrote that huh?

Unhinged but not unhinged enough for him to have typed in alone imo. Long and storied history... He doesn't seem to write like that. But that's the least of our problems ig.

[edhopper]

16. There will be?

What does he think Gaza has gone through already?

[Hekate]

17. So how is this Mango Mussolini threat to wipe out a Muslim population sitting with the people...

…who listened to Jill Stein and voted for Trump to “show Biden and the Dems” ?

Just asking for a friend.

[themaguffin]

18. that fucker wants a Reagan moment. F him.

[patphil]

20. We already paid Hell by electing a Satan.

And that Satan doesn't like Arabs. Expect the war in the middle east to get a lot worse after Trump is sworn in.
Remember, he doesn't care about people dying. He'll give Netanyahoo the green light to complete his ethnic cleansing project.
In just a few years the Israeli dream of a nation from the river to the sea will be a reality.
The West Bank and the Gaza Strip will be part of Israel.

[DFW]

23. This should go over well with the Lebanese in Michigan and the Somalis in Minnesota that voted for him

Not that I give a rat's ass, you understand...............

[kysrsoze]

24. As opposed to what's already happening. What a turd.