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Trump criticizes reported prisoner swap of Brittney Griner for Russian arms dealer
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- Former President Trump criticized a reported offer to swap WNBA star Brittney Griner for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
- Trump called Griner a “potentially spoiled person” who went to Russia “loaded up with drugs.”
- Trump said the deal “doesn’t seem like a very good trade” because Bout “killed many Americans.”
Former President Donald Trump criticized a proposed deal to swap WNBA player Brittney Griner for a Russian arms dealer, calling Griner a “potentially spoiled person.”
The Biden administration has proposed trading Griner and detained former marine Paul Whelan for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence.
Trump commented on Griner and the proposed deal during an interview on a radio show called “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show.”
“She went in there loaded up with drugs into a hostile territory where they’re very vigilant about drugs. They don’t like drugs,” Trump said. “And she got caught. And now we’re supposed to get her out – and she makes, you know, a lot of money, I guess – and we’re supposed to get her out for an absolute killer and one of the biggest arms dealers in the world.”
Griner has been detained in Russia since she was arrested in February when authorities said they found cannabis oil in her luggage at an airport outside of Moscow. Her lawyers said she had a prescription for medical marijuana for pain. She pled guilty to drug-smuggling charges in what experts called a “show trial” with a “predetermined” outcome.
Among other things, Bout was accused of selling weapons to Al Qaeda and the Taliban, the New York Times reported.
“He’s going to get a free card, and we’re gonna get her,” Trump said. “She knew you don’t go in there loaded up with drugs, and she admitted it. I assume she admitted it without too much force because it is what it is.”
The former president added: “It certainly doesn’t seem like a very good trade, does it? He’s an absolute– one of the worst in the world, and he’s going to be given his freedom because a potentially spoiled person goes into Russia loaded up with drugs.”
Source: Fox News
Leslie
August 1, 2022 at 9:32 pm
SICK JUST SICK this is wrong, the only reason they think this person a “Super Star” is it’s a man playing a womens sport! WHAT IS A WOMAN? WHAT ISN’T A WOMAN?
1. A woman doesn’t have “ADAMS apple” in throat. 2. A woman playing BB without a shirt, doesn’t have a man’s chest!
Britney is a man pretending to be a woman, probably because he wasn’t anything special on the mens team! Anytime a man can’t cut it in mens sports, they pretend to be a women. This cheats real women and girls of their wins, competing against their equals.
There should be WOMENS SPORTS – MENS SPORTS – TRANS SPORTS let them compete against EQUALS
(By the looks of it WNBL has a few of these)
Black, transgender, gay, DOES NOT make him/her immune to punishment! Stay in Moscow, when you do come home (if) respect America!
Was your choice to go for $$$, should respect other countries laws. Stop feeling “ENTITLED “
Wonder how Russians feel about men pretending to be women in sports?
Neta Rice
August 2, 2022 at 7:08 am
He did the crime and plead guilty so he should do the time.
Porfy McGillicuddy
August 2, 2022 at 8:36 am
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat
CharlieSeattle
August 3, 2022 at 10:56 pm
This ‘Russian Spy’ verses ‘Any Available US Citizen’ Cold War style swap was why Russia snatched her! It has been done like this for decades.