Freed hostage Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage held by Hamas, spoke to President Donald Trump at the White House and revealed that he knew Trump had won the election when his captors started treating him much better.
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During a visit to the Oval Office on Thursday, Alexander and his parents were greeted by Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. Alexander, who was held in captivity for nearly 600 days before being freed on May 12, said that Trump’s victory in November resulted in an immediate change by his Hamas captors.
Someone off-camera asked Alexander to “tell the president what happened when they announced that he had won the presidency, how the treatment was. It changed.”
“It [became] a good place,” Edan replied.
Trump responded, “So they treated you bad,” and Edan Alexander nodded in agreement.
President @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS welcome Edan Alexander, American citizen held hostage by Hamas for 584