'We'll get them out,' Trump tells group of released hostages meeting him in the Oval Office

US President Donald Trump has wrapped up a meeting at the White House with a group of eight released hostages.

The hostages line up in front of the Resolute Desk where he is sitting, with several of them offering brief messages to the president during the short meeting.

“You’ve been sent by god to release them. You can really help. You have the power to do it,” says Omer Shem Tov.

“You were our hope when we were there, and now you’re their hope,” says Naama Levy.

“So you didn’t think until I came along — you didn’t think you were going to get out?” Trump asks the group. Several of the hostages reply, “No.”

“Once you were elected, we heard that you want to do everything to make a deal as soon as possible… You gave us hope,” Levy says.

“Well, we said, ‘You better let us have those people back, you better let them out.’ We did say that and something happened, right. Now we’ve got to get the rest out,” Trump says.

“Please do it again,” says Eli Sharabi.

“Thank you all. We’re working on it very hard,” Trump says, as he shakes each of the freed hostages’ hands. “We’ll do the best we can… Horrible stories. Not even believable… We’ll get them out. Watch. We’ll get them out.”

He tells several of the freed hostages to take care of themselves as they thank him and leave the Oval Office.

To Shem Tov, the last to thank him, Trump says: “You’ve got a good future. I’m telling you.”

Shem Tov leaves with a broad smile.