{"id":2239695,"date":"2024-05-07T22:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T02:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brittney-griner-slams-trump-for-disheartening-flip-of-support-on-her-release-use-this-as-a-game\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T22:54:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T02:54:47","slug":"brittney-griner-slams-trump-for-disheartening-flip-of-support-on-her-release-use-this-as-a-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brittney-griner-slams-trump-for-disheartening-flip-of-support-on-her-release-use-this-as-a-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Brittney Griner criticizes Trump for changing stance on her release: &#8216;Treating it like a game"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fbrittney-griner-slams-trump-for-disheartening-flip-of-support-on-her-release-use-this-as-a-game%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=2239695&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>WNBA\u200c player Brittney Griner initially appreciated\u2062 former President Donald Trump&#8217;s support in securing her release from\u2063 Russian imprisonment but later felt disheartened when Trump criticized \u200bthe Biden administration&#8217;s deal\u200b that brought her\u2062 home. Griner spent 10 \u2062months in Russian custody for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-finds-way-to-complain-about-racism-while-celebrating-brittney-griner-being-freed\/\" title=\"MSNBC Finds Way to Complain About Racism While Celebrating Brittney Griner Being Freed\">carrying cannabis oil<\/a>. Trump&#8217;s comments led \u2063Griner to feel she\u200c was being used as a political pawn. \u2062The summary of the provided text is: <\/p>\n<p>WNBA player Brittney\u200d Griner initially valued Donald Trump&#8217;s assistance in securing her\u200b release from\u200c Russian imprisonment, but she later\u2063 felt disheartened when Trump criticized the Biden administration&#8217;s efforts. Griner spent 10 months in Russian custody for carrying\u200c cannabis \u200coil, \u200band Trump&#8217;s \u2062remarks made her\u200b feel like a political pawn.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WNBA player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brittney-griner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Brittney Griner<\/a> said she was initially grateful for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> support in seeking her release from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russian imprisonment<\/a> but later found it \u201cdisheartening\u201d when the former president slammed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden administration<\/a> for its negotiated deal with Russia that brought her home.<\/p>\n<p>Griner was held in Russia for 10 months after being arrested on Feb. 17, 2022, for transporting cannabis oil, which is illegal in the country, in her bag. In December of that year, Griner\u2019s release came as part of a prisoner exchange for Russian arms dealer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/viktor-bout-release-sparks-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Viktor Bout<\/a>, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/whelan-bout-trump-rejected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Paul Whelan<\/a>, a U.S. Marine who is considered to have been wrongfully detained in a Russian prison since 2020 on espionage charges, was not included as part of the deal. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind of a deal is it to swap Brittney Griner, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-debunking-the-15-minimum-wage\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Debunking The  Minimum Wage\">basketball player<\/a> who openly hates our Country, for the man known as \u2018The Merchant of Death,\u2019 who is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-blasts-reported-brittney-griner-trade-it-certainly-doesnt-seem-like-a-very-good-trade\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Blasts Reported Brittney Griner Trade: \u201cIt Certainly Doesn\u2019t Seem Like A Very Good Trade\u201d\">biggest arms dealers<\/a> anywhere in the World, and responsible for tens of thousands of deaths and horrific injuries. Why wasn\u2019t former Marine Paul Whelan included in this totally one-sided transaction? He would have been let out for the asking. What a \u2018stupid\u2019 and unpatriotic embarrassment for the USA!!!\u201d Trump wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/109479448656764721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>post<\/a> to Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>In the second part of an interview that aired Tuesday, Griner told MSNBC host Joy Reid that she felt Trump was \u201calmost\u201d using her as a political <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2994345\/brittney-griner-knew-used-putins-pawn-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pawn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was already being used as a pawn,\u201d Griner said, referencing previous comments made about feeling Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Vladimir-Putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vladimir Putin<\/a> was making the most of her hostage situation. \u201cThen to turn around and publicly be used, almost be used again as a pawn, you know, here in the states with his administration. You know, it was disheartening. It was like, really? At my lowest point, you want to try to use this as a game, and then when it doesn\u2019t work or someone tells you not to do it, whatever happened, now you want to flip it. It\u2019s like, really? Really, guy? Come on.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WNBA star Brittney Griner reveals she's expecting a baby boy and becoming a mom | CABLE EXCLUSIVE\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oC-GMu5Ne9Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Griner also described the moment she learned of her release as being cautiously \u201creally happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was thrilled but then scared also because it could fall apart at any moment,\u201d Griner said. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The basketball star admitted she hoped she would also see Whelan when she got to the plane to leave Russia. <\/p>\n<p>Griner detailed the time in Russian prison and her release in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Coming-Home-Brittney-Griner\/dp\/0593801342\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2I30P7J7XZYYL&#038;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UcGjYjBvIaYT6Rr5gUOCiozbRi8eQa_VoaowOJRn4_H47PSNu733Jhz7BKyrnEN9a-8eH2dpcGUv6DtOZBBnNYVYsvjHiN28SVGAmSZiN5nHZssPI6MYq5-wCMiMfAMKiLPmR-bpEV8KDZ7_ezWZ5n4oEt9_OXrHNrtfZOHnYS1VLCSNZuVFgctAYJeSqD3StFi2dTlurwpd25AiWpSMdSWZv0zKaLT_9Ze1O3EK9Fg.m0nHzU8znbA4PeiJrSeqQciSZjQRV0QQCpYjndh9ttY&#038;dib_tag=se&#038;keywords=brittney+griner&#038;qid=1715134474&#038;sprefix=brittney+griner%2Caps%2C116&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>book<\/a>, which was released Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WNBA star Brittney Griner expressed gratitude for Donald Trump&#8217;s initial support regarding her Russian imprisonment. However, she felt disheartened when Trump criticized the Biden administration for her release deal with Russia. 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