Donald Trump actually said...

"I think a lot of the hostages are dead."

"It's my honor to do it. I've watched him. He was set up by a lot of bad people. Some of the same people that I had to deal with. I think he's a -- just a very fine person, and this shouldn't have happ..."

"I think that it’s a big mistake to allow people — the Palestinians, or the people living in Gaza — to go back yet another time."

"Accomplishing the immigration objectives established by President Trump and the attorney general is every bit as important, if not more so, as the objectives that the prior administration pursued."