Trump Threatens 'Hell to Pay' Unless Gaza Hostages Are Freed Before Inauguration

[speak easy]

Source: New York Times

President-elect Donald J. Trump on Monday demanded that the hostages taken in the Hamas-led attack on Israel be released from Gaza before his inauguration in January, or there will be “hell to pay” in the Middle East for those responsible.

Writing on Truth Social, and without naming any militant group, Mr. Trump said in his post: “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. 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!”

About 250 hostages were captured in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct, 7, 2023, and about 100 of them remain in Gaza, with about a third believed to be dead, according to the Israeli authorities. The Biden administration has been working since last year with Israel and international mediators, including Qatar and Egypt, on a cease-fire deal that would include release of the hostages.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/world/middleeast/trump-gaza-hostages-inauguration.html

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1980 - 81 : Carter / Reagan / Iran

[Klarkashton]

1. I don't know who he is threatening. All the Hamas

Leadership has been assassinated as far as I know.

[speak easy]

3. Iran

[Ray Bruns]

27. What's he going to do? Make the rubble into smaller rubble?

[Beachnutt]

2. He is doing this so

in the event that they are released he can take credit for it

[speak easy]

6. "he can take credit for it"

without doing any of the hard work

[Sucha NastyWoman]

8. Remember that he now has access to daily security briefings.

Because of this he is probably aware that the hostages are going to gibe released prior to the inauguration .

So he’s trying to make it look like it happens because of his threats.

[GB_RN]

13. Key Words...

“Access to…” are not even in the same universe as “Actually pays attention to and absorbs the information.” 😂
Let’s face it, unless they included cartoons (my word), Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent didn’t even bother to look like he was paying attention to the briefings. And that was before he was as deranged as he is now, so I don’t think that situation is going to change anytime soon.

[AZ8theist]

19. He won't bother with the PDB......

...unless it mentions HIM about 1000 times.....

[Big Blue Marble]

4. Too Late, Hell has been paid over and over. The account is nearly exhausted. N/T

[IzzaNuDay]

5. the dotard bullying his way for a Nobel Peace Prize

I think the Nobel prize adjudicators know there are folks more qualified than him. Too bad no one is telling the dotard it’s a futile effort. What’s he going to do, threaten to harm the adjudicators?

[Irish_Dem]

7. Is he trying to interfere with Biden's negotiations?

I thought the US only had one president at a time?

[kelly1mm]

9. How much more 'rubble bouncing' in Gaza will needed to prod Hamas to release the hostages? nt

[walkingman]

10. I think you are exactly right - the man is an absolute of garbage.

1980 - 81 : Carter / Reagan / Iran

It is all a setup for the despicable MAGA to claim their felon POTUS is a great man and promote him as a great dealmaker when in fact he is a total con man.

[C0RI0LANUS]

12. Nixon interfered with LBJ's 1968 peace talks with South Vietnam too. GOP playbook: Weaken Dems, take credit later.

Nixon's "treason" against LBJ link: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21768668

Netanyahu could easily release any of the THOUSANDS of Palestinians held incommunicado in IDF prisons to free the Israeli and American hostages in a prisoner swap after Joe Biden is gone. Three such exchanges took place before 2024. The freed hostages will make Trumpf look strong like Ronald Reagan in 1981.

Then the Dotard repays Bibi with more funding and ignoring other sins. This is the Repub-Likud way.

[Aussie105]

11. So this 'Hell' Trump is threatening to escalate?

Bluffing?
Going to send more bombs to Bibi?
American boots on the ground?
Going to send Bibi some nukes?

Don't forget Trump is prone to being stupid, and the more stupid it sounds to you and me, the more likely Trump is to do it.

[speak easy]

15. Give the OK to bomb Iran IMO

[AZ8theist]

20. "PRONE TO"??????????????

I think that ship sailed decades ago. The man-baby is an absolute IMBECILE.

[we can do it]

14. Oh well

[Picaro]

16. What a blowhard

Guarantee Hamas is not scared of Trump.

[hadEnuf]

17. Now he thinks he's fucking Ronald Reagan.

[PSPS]

18. Reagan did the same shtick

Back then, Iran was on track to release the hostages but saint ronnie bribed them to keep them until after the election so he could cinch the election and then claim credit.

In this case, since trump is purely transactional, this is probably something like his way of giving his fellow criminal bibi cover to raze all of gaza so trump/kushner can build resorts on the Mediterranean.

[LudwigPastorius]

21. There won't be any non-cultists to get in the way of Trump's whims this time.

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/03/trump-asks-why-us-cant-use-nukes-msnbcs-joe-scarborough-reports.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/milley-acted-prevent-trump-misusing-nuclear-weapons-war-china-book-n1279187

[usonian]

22. If Joe gets them released, Caligula gets credit.

If Joe doesn't, Joe gets the blame.

[C0RI0LANUS]

23. The Biden administration worked hard to get the hostages freed. SECSTATE Antony Blinken flew to Israel 11x.

This editorial is from Netanyahu's enemy in Israel, Ha'aretz, a newspaper he wants to close down:

"The Hostages Are Both Suffering and Dying, and Netanyahu Doesn't Care"



Israeli media estimated that about 10,000 people attended this protest, while organizers placed the number at 25,000. (Photo: Menahem Kahana /AFP)

Sources:

No paywall: https://archive.is/L8nzX

Original: https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2024-07-23/ty-article-opinion/the-hostages-are-both-suffering-and-dying-and-netanyahu-doesnt-care/00000190-e11b-dbe5-a7fa-f77b564b0000

[Figarosmom]

24. Hes just trying to rob Biden of the glory if there is a cease fire

He'll say it was because they are afraid of him. He's going to flatten Gaza either way. It benefits him to have Gaza gone

[Pototan]

25. Maybe Trump will carpet bomb Dearborn Mi.

after all, Trump doesn't need those "useful idiots" any longer.

[IronLionZion]

26. His message did not mention Hamas

who are mostly dead and already in hell.

[yaesu]

28. Well, hope those who didn't vote for VP Harris because of gasa are aware that they are responsible for more

gaza deaths when the fascist nazi unleashes his hell.

[machoneman]

29. All hat no cattle for big man with tiny penis!

[DallasNE]

30. Hell Will Be Paid By The Hostages

The hostages will be killed 1-2 per day once Trump starts to bomb.