{"id":1584405,"date":"2022-08-02T09:34:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1584405"},"modified":"2022-08-02T09:35:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:35:04","slug":"donald-trump-blasts-reported-brittney-griner-trade-it-certainly-doesnt-seem-like-a-very-good-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-blasts-reported-brittney-griner-trade-it-certainly-doesnt-seem-like-a-very-good-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Blasts Reported Brittney Griner Trade: \u201cIt Certainly Doesn\u2019t Seem Like A Very Good Trade\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-blasts-reported-brittney-griner-trade-it-certainly-doesnt-seem-like-a-very-good-trade%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1584405&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump recently shared his thoughts on the reported prisoner trade between the United States and Russia that would see Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan exchanged for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2934\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with supporters at an \u201cAn Address to Young Americans\u201d event hosted by Students for Trump and Turning Point Action at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https: \/>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/27\/us\/russia-griner-whelan-prisoners.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times reported<\/a> at the end of July, \u201cThe Biden administration has offered to free the imprisoned Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to secure the release of Brittney Griner and Paul N. Whelan, two Americans imprisoned in Russia who the State Department says were wrongfully detained, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/27\/politics\/griner-whelan-biden-offer-viktor-bout-exchange-russia-arms-dealer\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN further noted<\/a>, \u201cAfter months of internal debate, the Biden administration has offered to exchange\u00a0Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms trafficker serving a 25-year US prison sentence, as part of a potential deal to secure the release of two Americans held by\u00a0Russia, Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, according to people briefed on the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3096\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.29-02.30-themixnet-62e3eef5356b2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minnesota Lynx vs Phoenix Mercury at Target Center in Minneapolis, MN on July 14 2019; the Lynx won the game 75-62. Photo Credit: Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https: \/>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Biden administration did not confirm the reports, but Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken did confirm the country did send Russia a \u201csubstantial proposal\u201d regarding the release of Whelan and Griner.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken addressed the press saying, \u201cIn the coming days, I expect to speak with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov for the first time since the war began. I plan to raise an issue that\u2019s a top priority for us: the release of Americans Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner, who have been wrongfully detained and must be allowed to come home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe put a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago to facilitate their release,\u201d he added. \u201cOur governments have communicated repeatedly and directly on that proposal. And I\u2019ll use the conversation to follow up personally and, I hope, move us toward a resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n[embedded content]\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails from TheMix.net. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Trump reacted to this reported proposal on The Clay Travis &#038; Buck Sexton Show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n[embedded content]\n<\/div>\n<p>He said, \u201c[Griner] went in there loaded up with drugs into a hostile territory, where they are very vigilant about drugs. They don\u2019t like drugs. And she got caught. And now we\u2019re supposed to get her out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd she makes, you know, a lot of money, I guess. But we\u2019re 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,\u201d President Trump continued. \u201cAnd he\u2019s going to get a free card and we\u2019re going to get her.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.07.26-08.02-themixnet-62e0483fca86b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with supporters at an \u201cAn Address to Young Americans\u201d event hosted by Students for Trump and Turning Point Action at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https: \/>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe knew you don\u2019t go in there loaded up with drugs and she admitted. I assume she admitted it without too much force because it is what it is,\u201d President Trump elaborated.<\/p>\n<p>He then declared, \u201cAnd it certainly doesn\u2019t seem like a very good trade does it. He\u2019s an absolute, one of the worst in the world, and he\u2019s going to be given his freedom because a potentially spoiled person goes into Russia loaded up with drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3190\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.01-07.02-themixnet-62e8232da14c0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Trump speaking at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https: \/>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of President Trump\u2019s reaction to this alleged trade of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan for Viktor Bout?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump recently shared his thoughts on the reported prisoner trade between the United States and Russia that would see Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan exchanged for convicted arms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1584405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}