President-elect Donald Trump demanded Dec. 2 in a post to Truth Social, his social medium platform, that Hamas release all the hostages that it holds by January 2025, the date he is to assume the office of Presidency, or else there will be “ALL HELL TO PAY.” Trump wrote:
“Everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire World, in the Middle East—But it’s all talk, and no action! 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 added in his post, “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!”
