Absolutely correct. There’s an obscure circumstance where a close electoral vote could precipitate a challenge by the other side. Trump could easily change his residence to New Jersey.
Hostages are always going to be a casualty of war. Changing policy in sympathy for a few people who are almost certainly broken by now anyway can’t be allowed to influence the overall mission and its success. Harsh, yes, but that’s the reality. The Israelis would be wrong to sacrifice their future for a few hostages. Rewarding hostage takers inevitably leads to more hostage taking.
This does not in any way excuse Biden’s meddling in the conduct of the war or his empty platitudes about the American hostages…when he bothers to mention them at all.