Trump: Brittney Griner prisoner swap for 'Merchant of Death' doesn't 'seem like a very good trade'

[mystery-ak]

July 30, 2022 6:39pm EDT
Trump: Brittney Griner prisoner swap for 'Merchant of Death' doesn't 'seem like a very good trade'
The Russian arms dealer who would be swapped for American WNBA star Brittney Griner is known as the 'Merchant of Death'
By Andrew Mark Miller | Fox News

    Former President Donald Trump suggested that the proposed prisoner swap between Russia and the United States that would return jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner in exchange for a Russian arms dealer "doesn’t seem like a very good trade."

"She knew you don’t go in there loaded up with drugs, and she admitted it," Trump told the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show. "I assume she admitted it without too much force because it is what it is, and it certainly doesn’t seem like a very good trade, does it? He’s absolutely one of the worst in the world, and he’s gonna be given his freedom because a potentially spoiled person goes into Russia loaded up with drugs."

Trump was referring to reports that the United States is attempting to secure the release of Griner, and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout who is known as the "Merchant of Death" due to his weapons sales that fueled deadly conflicts around the world.

"She went in there loaded up with drugs into a hostile territory where they’re very vigilant about drugs," Trump added. "They don’t like drugs. And she got caught. And now we’re supposed to get her out — and she makes, you know, a lot of money, I guess. We’re supposed to get her out for an absolute killer and one of the biggest arms dealers in the world. Killed many Americans. Killed many people."

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[Cyber Liberty]

I wouldn't trade a pickpocket to get "her" back.

[Kamaji]

I wouldn't trade a pickpocket to get "her" back.

[Fishrrman]

Gosh durn it, that ol' evil Trump is right again...!

[verga]

A couple of things come to mind:
1) If Trump was still President she would not have spent more than a week in jail and there would have been no trial.
2) Telling the media and letting them broadcast your intention is the surest way to get the opposition to make you look more incompetent than you already do.
3) She has been playing there for a number of years, so whining that you did not know, and that she was not given her rights is ludacrius. You are subject to their rules when you are on their soil, just like you are subject to ours here.