Trump celebrates return of US missionary kidnapped in West Africa
President Trump on Friday celebrated the release of an American missionary pilot who was held captive in Niger since last October. “I am proud to announce that Kevin Rideout, a wonderful Christian Missionary, is back in United States Custody,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
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President Trump on Friday celebrated the release of an American missionary pilot who was held captive in Niger since last October. “I am proud to announce that Kevin Rideout, a wonderful Christian Missionary, is back in United States Custody,” the president wrote on Truth Social. Trump’s post follows a statement earlier Friday from Rideout’s Evangelical...
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- President Trump on Friday celebrated the release of an American missionary pilot who was held captive in Niger since last October. “I am proud to announce that Kevin Rideout, a wonderful Christian Missionary, is back in United States Custody,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
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