Speaking to Ben Shapiro on his podcast at the Daily Wire, Donald Trump recounted meeting hostage families and saying, “Whatever I can do, I’ll do for them.”

Trump recounted meeting the family of hostage Idan Alexander, an American citizen, during a ceremony commemorating the Hamas massacre on October 7th, a year on.

“They really don’t know [if he is alive],” Trump said. “It must be almost harder when they don’t know; they’re not sure whether or not he’s alive or not alive. They think he is. But, you know, being alive over there is rough stuff. Before, it was rough, but now it’s probably even rougher.”