I believe that's because Trump is aware that Assange has been dead (or in some deep black site) since October 2016. No sense wasting precious political capital demanding the release of a deceased person. And even less sense announcing it as his reason for declining such request when very few possess the capacity to believe it.
So Assanges family; parents, wife and children, are simply playing along? They speak out adamently and have been able to visit him regularly. He recently married the mother of his 2 small children while in jail.
I believe that's because Trump is aware that Assange has been dead (or in some deep black site) since October 2016. No sense wasting precious political capital demanding the release of a deceased person. And even less sense announcing it as his reason for declining such request when very few possess the capacity to believe it.
So Assanges family; parents, wife and children, are simply playing along? They speak out adamently and have been able to visit him regularly. He recently married the mother of his 2 small children while in jail.
Oh yeah, I saw that picture of his wedding. Oh wait, no I didn't. Neither did anyone else.