Trump extremely committed to getting all hostages back, US VP tells captives’ relatives

US Vice President JD Vance tells families of hostages held by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza that President Donald Trump is making supreme efforts to get all of their loved ones freed soon.

“Our message to the hostages is that President Trump loves you, he hasn’t forgotten your loved ones and he’s going to fight every single day to bring them home. That is exactly what he has been doing, and that’s what he’ll keep on doing,” Vance tells the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC, with several relatives of hostages in attendance.

“It’s just a question of leadership,” he continues. “You need a president who is able to pick up the phone and say: ‘You’ve got to bring these people home. No, no no no. We’re not focused on that crap right now. We’re focused on bringing hostages home.’

“And then, when negotiations hit a wall because they always do, you need a president who gets on the phone and says: ‘Cut this crap out. You’ve got to make progress. You’ve got to keep that pace going.’ It’s leadership. I saw it behind the scenes.

“What the president did was empower… his dear friend Steve Witkoff as an emissary of the United States. He said: ‘Steve, you speak for me. Get it done. And if there are problems, call me.’”

He adds: “Steve Witkoff, with the president’s leadership, got it done.”

He acknowledges, though, that “we’ve still got work to do. We’ve got to finish the process. The president is committed to this more than any leader in my lifetime. We’re going to keep on fighting for it.”