FOX: President Trump is well known for his brash and confrontational style of governing – but it could be the more diplomatic side of his administration generating some of the biggest victories in 2017.
Amid all the debate over issues like the travel ban, the border wall and health care, senior officials in the White House and State Department have quietly worked behind the scenes to resolve a major concern of the president: securing the release of American citizens detained by foreign governments and terror groups.
“Immediately after President Trump took office, he told Secretary [of State Rex] Tillerson to prioritize bringing home Americans who’ve been wrongfully detained or held hostage in foreign countries,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told Fox News in an email. “We are proud that we’ve been able to secure the release of several Americans as a result of U.S. diplomatic efforts.”
While the administration has been successful in securing the release of numerous Americans held abroad, officials noted there are at least 10 other U.S. citizens – like Joshua Holt in Venezuela – who are being wrongly detained.
“The work, however, is not complete as we continue to press foreign governments for the release of other wrongly held U.S. citizens,” Nauert said.
From college students who ran afoul of the law abroad to a family held for years by a terror group, here is a look at some of the most prominent Americans freed from captivity in 2017. LIST
Of all the Obama incompetencies the one I hated most was his failure and refusal to gain the release of Americans abroad. Why didn’t the Leftists see what an ass Obama was, this being a prime example?
The dems and the media will still put a negative spin on this.
But he should have left the UCLA thugs in China for a few weeks. As Obama would say, it would be a teachable moment.
MAJack, I agree…maybe he should send them back, I would!
Would a President John McCain, who covered up the existence of our POWs in Vietnam long after the war ended, be doing this? Not a chance in hell.
I wish he would take care of our military who are incarcerated in the US for actions that don’t even remotely reach what Bergdahl did. (Like the guy who took a selfie on a sub)
Amazing how easy these things work out when you don’t have a US-hating piece of shit like Obama in the White House. Fuck that bastard and his ugly tranny wife now and forever. Fuck the party that installed him now and forever.
@Corky — I think he’s working on that. I know he mentioned it again recently. I wouldn’t be surprised.