Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, President Trump was asked about concerns of 9/11 families, and whether Israel is being sidelined in his Middle East trip.
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00:00The agent, the 9-11 families want the Saudi intelligence agent to be extradited to the United States to face charges.
00:07I don't know. Did that come up with the conversation now?
00:09No, I didn't. I know all about it, but it didn't come up.
00:12It's on Israel. You're not going to Israel? Does this trip sideline Israel at all?
00:17No, not at all. No, this is good for Israel. Having a relationship like I have with these countries,
00:23in the Middle Eastern countries, essentially all of them, I think it's very good for Israel.
00:29Can I ask you again on Israel? On the hostage deal, did any of your people speak with Israel about the release of the American hostage?
00:39I'm sorry, on the sanctions lifting and ceiling?
00:42He did.
00:43Well, let me ask him to heat up first. What credit does Israel deserve, if any, for that release of the hostage?
00:51Well, they've been fighting a long time. They've been warring. And I think they deserve a lot of credit.
00:58I think white people deserve a lot of credit, maybe the most credit.
01:03Lucky wouldn't be there before us. He wouldn't be living right now. Probably none of the hostages would be living right now.
01:10We probably have 20 that are living. And we'll be getting out, step by step.
01:17You know, we've gotten a lot of them out. And last time, a couple of weeks ago, 10 people walked into my office, the Oval Office,
01:29and they said they had a 59 on their shirt on the front. And I said, what does that represent, the number of hostages?
01:38I said, wow, that's a lot. And they said, well, 24 are living. And now it's 20. The number is 20 and living.
01:4724 are living is now down to 20. And we got E done out. His family was so thankful. We did a good job with it. We'll continue to do it.
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