Steve Witkoff: “We did not know, honestly that we were going to get the last…”

“Like, we got who we got out. And I don't know how, we're just, I don't know how I'm going to sleep at night and just be thankful for that. We did not know, honestly that we were going to get the last 20 out. In fact, if you were betting polymarket, the odds would be that they were never coming home. But we had success and that sort of propelled us to, you know, to think that we'd have success in Russia, Ukraine.” (49:31–49:35)

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