Trump’s tough talk on Hamas hostages delivers America’s righteous fury — at last

If they have any instinct for self-preservation, Iran and Hamas should be monitoring President-elect Donald Trump’s communications very closely these days.

A couple of weeks ago, there was the Truth Social post promising “ALL HELL TO PAY” if Hamas didn’t release its hostages by Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.

“Those responsible,” Trump noted, “will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America.”

He followed up during a press conference Monday.

When asked what he meant by his prior threat, Trump left it menacingly vague. “Well,” he said, referring to our adversaries, “they’re going to have to determine what that means, but it means it won’t be pleasant. It’s not going to be pleasant.”