Major Prisoner Swap - Gershkovich/Whelan Released

[ThunderKiss1965]

Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan have been freed from a Russian prison.

Thank you President Biden and Vice-President Harris!

Did we give up more Death Merchants ?

 

[Crepitus]

Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan have been freed from a Russian prison.

Thank you President Biden and Vice-President Harris!

This is a disaster!

Joe Biden never should have agreed to this without the Russians promising to take tRump back!!!

Kidding, of course.

 

[Synthaholic]

“The deal that made this possible was a feat of diplomacy — and friendship,” Biden said Thursday as he announced that three American citizens and one green-card holder had been released from Russian prisons. “For anyone who questions whether allies matter, they do. They matter. And today is a powerful example of why it’s vital to have friends in this world — friends you can trust, work with and depend upon.”

The line was a thinly veiled jab at Republican nominee Donald Trump, who has often criticized allies while pushing an “America first” agenda.

Asked directly what he would say to Trump, who has previously attacked Biden over Americans held abroad, the president responded with a question of his own.



“Why didn’t he do it when he was president?” Biden said. About an hour later, Trump blasted the deal, saying it set a “bad precedent.”

 

[Synthaholic]

Yeah, why DIDN'T Trump do it?

 

[Synthaholic]

Trump took to his social media site to suggest that U.S. negotiators had gotten the short end of the bargain, without expressing any gladness that the captives returned home safely.

“How many people do we get versus them? Are we also paying them cash? Are they giving us cash (Please withdraw that question, because I’m sure the answer is NO)?” Trump wrote on Truth Social about the deal with Russia. “Are we releasing murderers, killers, or thugs?”

Trump falsely claimed he freed Americans held abroad with “never any cash.” In 2017, Trump authorized a $2 million payment to North Korea to bring home American college student Otto Warmbier