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Trump Jr Credits His Father for Release of 3 Hostages – Neglects to Mention When 2 Were Captured
President Donald Trump Wednesday morning coyly tweeted that North Korea has finally released three Americans it was holding hostage. The three men had been sentenced to years of hard labor.
Secretary Pompeo and his “guests” will be landing at Andrews Air Force Base at 2:00 A.M. in the morning. I will be there to greet them. Very exciting!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 9, 2018
In response, Donald Trump Jr. took the opportunity to not just praise his father, but to attack President Barack Obama by extension.
It’s so nice to have an actual leader as president. https://t.co/EfrM97mGNR
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 9, 2018
It’s not known what – if anything – President Trump did to arrange for their release.
One week ago Trump tweeted this lie:
As everybody is aware, the past Administration has long been asking for three hostages to be released from a North Korean Labor camp, but to no avail. Stay tuned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018
Only one of the hostages was taken when Barack Obama was president.
Tony Kim, Kim Hak-song, and Kim Dong-chul are the three men held hostage. Two, Tony Kim and Kim Hak-song, were taken hostage last year – when Trump was president.
These are the three Americans released by North Korea https://t.co/IQzonswgGN pic.twitter.com/1dIXf4udPD
— CNN (@CNN) May 9, 2018
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