The Trump administration has had “history-making” success securing the release of U.S. citizens held hostage or wrongfully detained in foreign countries, Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, told The Epoch Times.
The administration has orchestrated the release of 115 U.S. citizens, Gorka said in an exclusive interview with Epoch Times senior editor Jan Jekielek that aired on Oct. 27.
“No other president has liberated 115 Americans in 20 months ever,” he said.
Gorka repeatedly maintained that the United States has not made concessions to foreign regimes in exchange for the release of American hostages and detainees….