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Trump administration hostage envoy Adam Boehler has reportedly been removed from negotiations after he said “We’re the United States, we’re not an agent of Israel. We have specific interests at play.”
The entire interview clip can be seen at the end of this article.
Adam Boehler has withdrawn his candidacy to serve as special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, a senior US official told The Times of Israel on Friday, clarifying that he will continue to manage the file, which deals with efforts to release Americans wrongfully detained or held captive worldwide, but from a lower-level position that does not require Senate confirmation.
Boehler will continue to work on the issue on behalf of US President Donald Trump and in particular will keep assisting special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff’s efforts to secure the release of Israeli hostages from Gaza, a second US official told The Times of Israel.
The second US official said Trump asked Boehler to report to him as a special government employee at White House instead of the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs (SPEHA) role he was originally tapped to fill because the latter position “comes with red tape” that the administration would prefer to avoid.
Boehler tried to walk back the comments after the interview that created a firestorm in Jewish circles.
The internet was abuzz on both sides of the issue.
“Following his stupid negotiations with Hamas and the joke they turned america into, Adam Boehler, Trump’s envoy for hostage affairs, has been fired”, declared Israeli journalist Amir Tsarfati on his Telegram channel.
