Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley told Newsmax on Monday that President Donald Trump is working hard to fulfill a campaign promise.

“Yeah, the president has made it very clear that getting American hostages back home is a priority,” Whatley told “American Agenda.”

Whatley added that it’s a good feeling when Americans are released by their captors and allowed to return home.”[Edan Alexander] is the 26th hostage, American hostage, that’s been released since [Trump] became the president, that he could bring home.”

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