According to a transcript released Sunday evening by the AP, Mr. Trump asked reporter Julie Pace before she could flesh out a question about his first 100 days in office, “did you see Aya,” who had been detained in Egypt since 2014.
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When asked if he could describe how the release had come about, Mr. Trump said No, just — you know, I asked the government to let her out.”
“You know Obama worked on it for three years, got zippo, zero,” Mr. Trump said.
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