President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday at Mar-a-Lago, flanked by Republican governors, that he was being briefed on a deal that could bring three Americans held hostage by the Taliban home. . About 12 hours later, one of the hostages, Ryan Corbett’s wife, Anna Corbett, was on a plane bound for the “Winter White House.”

Anna announced in a tweet Thursday night that she was packing her bags and heading to the president-elect’s residence.

Anna has no concrete plans and, as of this article’s publication, had not held any talks with Mr. Trump about the plans. She has only one mission: to do whatever she can to bring her husband home.

“This situation has been going on for a very long time for our family, and today marks 883 days. I beg for a meeting with President Biden and hope that this situation will be resolved during this administration. However, the president has not yet been granted a meeting with President Biden. Anna told The Daily Caller in an interview while waiting for her connecting flight to Palm Beach. “In desperation, I decided to plan a trip to Mar-a-Lago with my children in hopes of meeting President-elect Trump.”

Anna told the caller that several politicians are working to get her to meet with the president-elect.

“I’ve been waiting so long to meet with President Biden, and I think it would be absolutely amazing to meet him within a day of my request. I’m absolutely devastated,” Anna said. .

Anna packs her things, kisses her kids goodbye, and heads to Mar-a-Lago to meet with President Trump. Because we know President Trump can bring Ryan home. Please help us make sure he sees this video. We cannot thank you enough for your support. #freeryancorbett #playing cards #Bidenpic.twitter.com/vLf5nttcSX

— Free Ryan Corbett (@freeryancorbett) January 10, 2025

Ryan Corbett, a US citizen from upstate New York, previously lived in Afghanistan with his family from 2010 to 2021, a source said. Website I focused on bringing him home. Mr Corbett ran a local NGO in Afghanistan before starting his own micro-lending and consulting business there.

Mr Corbett left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, but decided to return to get his business visa renewed and visit his staff in January 2022. During his second visit on a business visa in August 2022, Corbett was captured by the Taliban.

Anna Corbett has traveled to Washington, D.C., 16 times in the past two years to meet with President Joe Biden about a potential deal to rescue her husband, she previously said. said Wall Street Journal (WSJ). However, Biden has never met Anna in all 16 of his visits.

But Anna is hopeful that President Trump will help her get something done.

“President Trump is a dealman. He has a strong track record of making very difficult and important deals,” a spokesperson for Anna told the Caller.

“Presidents of the United States, their job is to make the most difficult decisions, and those are the ones that come to your desk. And for 883 days, Anna has been trying to get President Biden to make those difficult decisions, and President Biden We didn’t want that. And we hope this will be different,” the spokesperson added.

Biden, who is nearing the end of his term, is reportedly considering a deal to bail out Corbett. The Biden administration has been in talks with the Taliban for a deal since at least July, and in November it traded George Glezman, Ryan Corbett and Mahmoud Habibi for U.S.-backed Afghan national Mohammad Rahim al-Afghani. proposed to the Taliban the release of three Americans. The government alleges he was a senior al-Qaeda aide, officials told the Journal.

About 800 days without Ryan. please @POTUS take him home #freeryancorbett photograph.twitter.com/mSBv356lno

— Free Ryan Corbett (@freeryancorbett) October 15, 2024

The Taliban responded to the Biden administration’s proposed deal on the same day it was presented, the WSJ reported. The Taliban offered to accept Rahim and two others in place of Glezman and Corbett. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan reportedly told the House Foreign Affairs Committee in December that Biden had not yet decided on a deal.

“President Biden’s term is coming to an end. Before he departs, there is talk that he may exchange Guantanamo, an al-Qaeda detainee, and three American hostages being held by the Taliban. Should we?” Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked Trump on Thursday.

“Well, I haven’t seen it yet, so I’m going to look at it. They’re showing me the trade tomorrow morning…I don’t support the trade they made, but I’m going to look at it tomorrow. “There will be an announcement tomorrow,” Trump replied.

Anna hopes to make a direct pitch to President Trump to bring her husband home for his family. Anna, who was held captive for nearly two-and-a-half years, explained that Ryan misses watching her three children, Kessia, 19, Miriam, 17, and Caleb, 14, grow up. did.

“We are very close as a family and have done everything together. Living together abroad has presented many challenges. The children have had to return to a new life in Western New York without Ryan. “We went through so many changes and opportunities and it was very, very difficult for us to have Ryan miss all of that,” an emotional Corbett told the caller. .