{"id":2318461,"date":"2024-08-02T19:34:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T23:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admins-john-kirby-puts-a-damper-on-prisoner-exchange-victory-lap-nobodys-delighted\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T19:39:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T23:39:02","slug":"biden-admins-john-kirby-puts-a-damper-on-prisoner-exchange-victory-lap-nobodys-delighted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admins-john-kirby-puts-a-damper-on-prisoner-exchange-victory-lap-nobodys-delighted\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin&#8217;s John Kirby Puts a Damper on Prisoner Exchange Victory Lap: &#8216;Nobody&#8217;s Delighted&#8217;"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fbiden-admins-john-kirby-puts-a-damper-on-prisoner-exchange-victory-lap-nobodys-delighted%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=2318461&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>The article discusses a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-funding-both-sides-of-war-by-unfreezing-6b-of-iranian-assets\/\" title=\"Biden Unfreezes B of Iranian Assets, Accused of Funding Both Sides of War\">recent prisoner\u200c exchange<\/a> between the United States and Russia, which has been \u200dcriticized as highly unbalanced and a strategic blunder. President Joe Biden allowed\u2063 the U.S. to trade \u200dthree American\u2064 detainees for a number\u200c of Russian criminals, including a convicted political assassin, Vadim Krasikov. Critics, including White House spokesperson John Kirby and former National \u2064Security Advisor John Bolton, argue that the\u2062 swap favors Russia and could embolden President Putin. Kirby highlighted that while the U.S. \u200bmade tough decisions to secure the\u2062 release of innocent Americans, the exchange also strengthened Russia&#8217;s position internationally. \u200bDespite claims of a successful \u2062negotiation,\u200d the\u2062 overall sentiment \u2062suggests that the fairness \u2063of the trade was questionable and\u200b detrimental to \u200cU.S. interests, with concerns\u2062 about the implications of\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlyn-jenner-jousts-with-rep-ted-lieu-over-his-condescending-tone\/\" title=\"Caitlyn Jenner Jousts With Rep. Ted Lieu Over His \u2018Condescending Tone\u2019\">releasing dangerous criminals back<\/a> to \u200dRussia. The article emphasizes\u2063 a growing\u200c apprehension about the effects of such exchanges on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tucker-carlson-confronts-desantis-on-alleged-flip-flopping-on-ukraine\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson questions DeSantis about Ukraine stance.\">national \u2064security<\/a>.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Not even when playing chess would Thursday&rsquo;s prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia have been a choice anyone looking to actually win would consider. And yet President Joe Biden not only considered it, he went through with it.<\/p>\n<p>Biden came away from the trade with three pawns from Putin. The Russian president received knights, rooks, bishops and one murderer for them. The trade is so outrageously inept and lopsided it evokes memories of Biden&rsquo;s botched Afghanistan withdrawal at the beginning of his term.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not a strategy to be celebrated by anyone but Putin. John Kirby, the White House&rsquo;s national communications adviser, couldn&rsquo;t help but recognize this in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6359765866112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> host Bret Baier.<\/p>\n<p>Baier quoted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/us-russia-prisoner-swap-exchange-putin-whelan-gershkovich-1933329#:~:text=Russia's%20exchange%20of%20political%20prisoners,%22success%22%20for%20Vladimir%20Putin.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> article that declared, &ldquo;Russia&rsquo;s exchange of political prisoners for spies with the West marks the largest swap of its kind since the end of the Cold War, and is being hailed as a &lsquo;success&rsquo; for Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The U.S. State Department confirmed on Thursday that Russia was handed eight spies and agents, including political assassin Vadim Krasikov, who was convicted in Germany over a 2019 killing in Berlin.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>As Biden and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-kamala-harris-wears-62000-designer-necklace-begging-americans-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> reveled in the spectacle that was seemingly nothing more than a public relations stunt manufactured by the Democrats to gain traction in the upcoming 2024 presidential election, Kirby voiced how unequal the scales in the trade actually were.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks gave Biden a reality check from within his own administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, look &mdash; nobody&rsquo;s delighted or doing backflips over here because Mr. Krasikov is now a free man,&rdquo; Kirby admitted. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what negotions are all about. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burchett-confirms-he-is-a-no-on-stopgap-funding-measure-our-financial-ship-is-sinking\/\" title=\"Burchett rejects stopgap funding: &#039;Our finances are in dire straits&#039;\">require tough decisions<\/a>, tough calls. The president was willing to make that tough call in order to get these &mdash; all of these individuals, not just the Americans &mdash; all of them, released.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In his rationale, Kirby acknowledged the participation of U.S. allies, incuding Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, who participated in the exchange by agreeing to release Krasikov. The entire group joined Biden in expanding Russia&rsquo;s power in the world and diminishing their own.<\/p>\n<p>Kirby justified this extraordinarily poor judgment by projecting that everyone agrees that trading innocent lives for criminal lives is the right thing to do. &ldquo;I think we can all agree that it is better to have innocent people no longer rotting in Russian prisons for the rest of their lives. And, I think, on balance, that&rsquo;s what it came down to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s a huge leap Kirby made, because plenty of Americans disagree. The havoc that those Russian criminals can wreak on many more American and European lives is significant.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, critics argue that the magnitude of unfairness in the exchange serves to embolden Putin to engage in more of the same. Swapping Russian criminals for not even a full handful of innocent Americans gains our nation nothing, but offers to lose us a ton.<\/p>\n<p>Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton is one of these critics. A post on social media platform X of an interview that he did with Kaitlan Collins on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-expertly-shuts-cnn-reporters-race-baiting-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> shows just how terrible this swap actually was.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a totally unfair, and really immoral swap of innocent Americans for Russian criminals,&rdquo; Bolton said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a totally unfair, and really immoral swap of innocent Americans for Russian criminals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Former Trump National Security Advisor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmbJohnBolton?\">@AmbJohnBolton<\/a> speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaitlancollins?\">@kaitlancollins<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?\">@CNN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSourceCNN?\">@TheSourceCNN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StudiGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StudiGo<\/a> mobile studio <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mzq4G1JPGb\">pic.twitter.com\/Mzq4G1JPGb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; StudiGo (@StudiGo_LLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StudiGo_LLC\/status\/1819205119432372232?\">August 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Certainly Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan deserve to be home. But objectively, one has to wonder if even they see the grave danger the trade has now placed on everyone else in the United States as Vadim Krasikov, Artem and Anna Dultsev, Roman Seleznev, Vladislav Klyushin, Mikhail Mikushin, &nbsp;Vadim Konoshchenok and Alexander Vinnik also return home as well. &nbsp;&ldquo;Yes, these are all criminals on the Russian side,&rdquo; Kirby said.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/evan-gershkovich-free-russia-hostage-exchange\/card\/trump-calls-prisoner-swap-a-win-for-putin--jt2NK5YhPQv3HsTDZx2b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, &ldquo;The deal involved 24 prisoners and at least six countries, and came together after months of negotiations at the highest levels of government in the U.S., Russia and Germany.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The largest east-west prisoner swap of its kind since the Cold War left former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-attempt-mock-trump-prisoner-trade-russia-blows-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Donald J. Trump<\/a> cold.<\/p>\n<p>As he sat with Maria Bartiromo of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6359798887112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Business<\/a>, Trump declared Biden&rsquo;s actions to be a win for Putin.&nbsp; &ldquo;Well, as usual, it was a win for Putin &hellip; But we got somebody back. So, I&rsquo;m never going to be challenging that. It wouldn&rsquo;t have happened with us,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We wouldn&rsquo;t have had to let some of the great killers of the world go.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/putin-draws-red-line-warns-nation-crossing-will-considered-part-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Putin<\/a> knows this, which is the reason he agreed to the exchange ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Biden is inept, and so is Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Biden in this Tiktok video, boarding the wrong plane after welcoming the American hostages home at Joint Base Andrews Thursday night:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@shaunabishop4\/video\/7398408604870642986\" data-video-id=\"7398408604870642986\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@shaunabishop4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@shaunabishop4?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@shaunabishop4<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Everything&rsquo;s fine&hellip; totally fine. Just past his bedtime, I guess. &#128563;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"&#9836; A Symptom Of Being Human - Shinedown\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/A-Symptom-Of-Being-Human-7111959384392992770?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">&#9836; A Symptom Of Being Human &ndash; Shinedown<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Was he going back to Russia to thank Putin in person? It seems the lights may have completely dimmed for Biden now, and cover-up Kamala continues to play along. Once Trump regains the White House, Putin&rsquo;s opportunity window will be shut for good, unlike that of this less-than-dynamic duo.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Just past his bedtime, I guess. &#128563;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"&#9836; A Symptom Of Being Human - Shinedown\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/A-Symptom-Of-Being-Human-7111959384392992770?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">&#9836; A Symptom Of Being Human &ndash; Shinedown<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even in a game of chess, the prisoner exchange that took place on Thursday between the United States and Russia would not be a move anyone aiming for victory would contemplate. Nevertheless, President Joe Biden not only contemplated it but also executed it. In this trade, Biden ended up with three pawns from Putin, while the Russian president gained knights, rooks, bishops, and one murderer in return. The exchange is so shockingly unbalanced and poorly thought out that it brings to mind Biden&#8217;s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan at the start of his presidency. This is not a strategy that anyone except Putin should celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>John Kirby, the White House national communications adviser, acknowledged this disparity during an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier. Baier referenced a Newsweek article stating that &#8220;Russia\u2019s exchange of political prisoners for spies with the West marks the largest swap of its kind since the end of the Cold War and is being hailed as a \u2018success\u2019 for Vladimir Putin.&#8221; The U.S. State Department confirmed on Thursday that Russia received eight spies and agents in return for their prisoners, including political assassin Vadim Krasikov who was convicted in Germany for a 2019 murder.<\/p>\n<p>As Biden and Kamala Harris appeared to enjoy what seemed like nothing more than a public relations stunt aimed at boosting their prospects ahead of the 2024 presidential election, Kirby pointed out how unequal this trade truly was\u2014a reality check coming from within his own administration. He stated candidly: \u201cYeah, look \u2014 nobody\u2019s delighted or doing backflips over here because Mr. Krasikov is now a free man&#8230; The president was willing to make that tough call in order to get these individuals released.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kirby also noted contributions from U.S. allies like German Chancellor Olaf Scholz who agreed to release Krasikov as part of this deal\u2014an action which ultimately expanded Russia&#8217;s influence while diminishing their own standing.<\/p>\n<p>In justifying this questionable decision-making process, Kirby suggested there was consensus on trading innocent lives for those guilty of crimes being justified: \u201cI think we can all agree that it is better to have innocent people no longer rotting in Russian prisons.\u201d However, many Americans disagree with him; they recognize how dangerous these released criminals could be to countless others both domestically and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that such an unfair exchange only encourages further aggressive actions by Putin against Western interests without yielding any real benefits for America\u2014only potential losses instead.<\/p>\n<p>Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton has been vocal about his disapproval as well; he described it as &#8220;a totally unfair and really immoral swap&#8221; during an interview on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>While individuals like Evan Gershkovich deserve freedom alongside others such as Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan\u2014the broader implications raise concerns about safety given those returning include notorious criminals like Vadim Krasikov among others mentioned earlier by Kirby himself.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Wall Street Journal report detailing negotiations involving 24 prisoners across six countries\u2014the scale reflects one of history&#8217;s largest east-west swaps since Cold War times leaving former President Donald Trump unimpressed when discussing Biden\u2019s actions which he deemed beneficial solely towards Putin: \u201cWell\u2026 It was win-win situation again [for] him\u2026 We wouldn\u2019t have had let some great killers go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed there seems little doubt regarding why Putin agreed now rather than later\u2014timing coinciding perfectly ahead upcoming elections where current leadership appears inept compared previous administrations led by Trump whose return could close off opportunities available today under less competent governance currently seen within White House corridors filled with uncertainty surrounding future outcomes amidst ongoing geopolitical tensions worldwide!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2318462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/John-Kirby.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32502,37066,4551,37064,37065],"class_list":["post-2318461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-biden-administration","tag-diplomatic-relations","tag-foreign-policy","tag-john-kirby","tag-prisoner-exchange"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/John-Kirby.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318461","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=2318461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}