Trump Names John Coale as Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs

🎖️ HOSTAGE DIPLOMACY — New envoy while Qatar holds the only open channel. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Coale is a Trump-orbit lawyer, not career State — his pick puts a loyalist on hostage files. With Iran holding US personnel and Qatar running the only live channel, a dedicated envoy creates a parallel lane: swaps decoupled from Hormuz talks. That could unlock a prisoner deal without blockade concessions — or fracture coherence if tracks contradict.