President Donald Trump stated yesterday that the hostages being released by Hamas are “coming back in pretty bad shape.” During his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Trump commented, “October 7th would have never happened if I was president. Iran was broke. They had no money for Hamas or Hezbollah. They had no money to give. Everybody knows that. Jewish people in the audience know that. Iran was broke. They were not giving money around.”
He went on to explain that following his departure from office, the Biden administration “took all the sanctions off, and Iran became rich very quickly. With oil, you can become rich very, very quickly. And the rest is history.”
Trump also highlighted that Biden got “none” of the hostages back and “would have never gotten any of them back,” adding, “They’re coming back in pretty bad shape. It’s a horrible thing. And many are dead. Many are dead. So we’ll see how that all ends up. But I just want you to know we’re working on that.”
The remarks at CPAC were similar to those Trump made to reporters before his departure for the event, when he said that the six hostages released by Hamas on Saturday were “not in great shape.” He noted, “We had a lot of news over the last 24 hours. We had the hostages given back today, it’s disgraceful what’s going on there. They’re not in great shape, but we’ve also seen them in worse shape,” adding, “What a terrible situation it is.”
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