Donald Trump took to his social media platforms for a bizarre passage, boasting that he turned down a deal to bring Paul Whelan home from a Russian prison.
Trump wrote on Truth Social:
I turned down a deal with Russia for a one-for-one exchange with so-called dead businessman Paul Whelan. I wouldn’t trade a hundred people for a guy who killed countless people in an arms deal. However, I will rescue Paul, as I have rescued a record number of other hostages. Griner’s deal was crazy and bad. It won’t even happen during my administration, but if it does, I’ll get her out ASAP!
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Trump is a great negotiator who chose to put an American citizen in prison while ignoring one of his main duties as President of the United States.
Donald Trump has given Kim Jong Un a summit but has not demanded that he release three detained Americans as a condition of the meeting. Trump gave the North Koreans everything they wanted and got nothing.
We now know that Paul Whelan could have been at home with his family for years, but the failed former president turned down the deal while in office.
Donald Trump’s belief that having an American unjustly imprisoned in Putin’s Russia is a reason to brag says a lot about the current GOP.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a congressional correspondent for the White House Press Fellowship and PoliticusUSA. Jason has a BA in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, specializing in social reform movements.
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