{"id":2318821,"date":"2024-08-03T21:13:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T01:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-congratulates-putin-for-great-deal-on-prisoner-swap-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-03T21:14:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T01:14:19","slug":"trump-congratulates-putin-for-great-deal-on-prisoner-swap-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-congratulates-putin-for-great-deal-on-prisoner-swap-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump congratulates Putin for \u2018great deal\u2019 on prisoner swap &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftrump-congratulates-putin-for-great-deal-on-prisoner-swap-washington-examiner%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=2318821&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>In a \u200drecent rally in Atlanta, Donald Trump \u200ccriticized a prisoner exchange negotiated by the Biden-Harris administration that saw the release of three Americans and\u2064 one \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-biden-immigration-orders-seek-to-reverse-trumps-policies-streamline-naturalization-process\/\" title=\"New Biden Immigration Orders Seek To Reverse Trump\u2019s Policies, Streamline Naturalization Process\">green card holder<\/a> from Russia. Trump claimed the exchange set a dangerous precedent by returning &#8220;some of the greatest killers&#8221; to Russia, specifically mentioning \u200dthe release of eight\u200c Russians, including a convicted murderer. While he acknowledged the return of the Americans, he expressed concern over the implications of the deal, arguing that it undermines future negotiations. Trump\u200c posed\u200b several questions on social media about the details of the swap, implying that\u2063 it may not have been a fair transaction. In response,\u200b National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan highlighted Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s significant role in the negotiation of the deal.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump congratulates Putin for &lsquo;great deal&rsquo; on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-babylon-bee-headlines-that-no-longer-sound-like-satire\/\" title=\"10 Babylon Bee Headlines That No Longer Sound Like Satire\">prisoner swap<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1722130\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump slammed the prisoner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3107070\/evan-gershkovich-paul-whelan-released-russia-major-prisoner-swap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>exchange<\/a> negotiated this week that freed three Americans and one American green card holder from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was speaking at a Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3109883\/watch-live-trump-vance-atlanta-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rally<\/a> in Atlanta, where he lambasted the Biden-Harris administration for releasing &ldquo;some of the greatest killers anywhere in the world&rdquo; to Russia in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3107395\/west-russia-agree-largest-prisoner-swap-since-cold-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>exchange<\/a> for <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reporter Evan Gershkovich, former Marine Paul Whelan, and Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to congratulate Vladimir Putin for having made yet another great deal,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3107580\/who-released-prisoner-swap-brought-evan-gershkovich-paul-whelan-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Eight<\/a> Russians were released by Western countries as part of the agreement, including Vadim Krasikov, a former high-ranking FSB colonel who was convicted of murdering a former Chechen fighter in Berlin in 2019 and sentenced to life in prison. Three of the other seven Russians were released from U.S. prisons.<\/p>\n<p>Without naming the Americans who have since returned home, the former president said it was &ldquo;nice to say we got &lsquo;em back&rdquo; but that the deal &ldquo;set a bad precedent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We got our people back, but boy, we made some horrible, horrible deals,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, within hours of the news of the exchange, the Republican nominee posted a series of questions about the conditions of the deal in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112887960981797944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>post<\/a> on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>, Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So when are they going to release the details of the prisoner swap with Russia?&rdquo; Trump wrote. &ldquo;How many people do we get versus them? Are we also paying them cash? Are they giving us cash (Please withdraw that question, because I&rsquo;m sure the answer is NO)? Are we releasing murderers, killers, or thugs? Just curious because we never make good deals, at anything, but especially hostage swaps. Our &lsquo;negotiators&rsquo; are always an embarrassment to us! I got back many hostages, and gave the opposing Country NOTHING &ndash; and never any cash. To do so is bad precedent for the future. That&rsquo;s the way it should be, or this situation will get worse and worse. They are extorting the United States of America. They&rsquo;re calling the trade &ldquo;complex&rdquo; &ndash; That&rsquo;s so nobody can figure out how bad it is!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>National security adviser Jake Sullivan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3107713\/harris-core-member-team-us-russia-prisoner-swap-sullivan-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> Thursday that Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump&rsquo;s opponent in the general election, was &ldquo;very much a core member of the team that helped make this happen.&rdquo; Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2024\/08\/01\/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-freeing-americans-detained-in-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>she<\/a> and President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2024\/08\/01\/remarks-by-president-biden-and-vice-president-harris-upon-return-of-americans-detained-in-russia-joint-base-andrews-md\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> celebrated the return of Gershkovich, Whelan, and Kurmasheva in their own remarks that day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t buy this idea that you&rsquo;re going to let these people rot in jail because other people may be captured,&rdquo; Biden said when asked about his message to other countries who may unlawfully detain Americans to get what they want. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve sent out all the notifications to all our citizens of countries not to go to, what to do, what not to do, and they&rsquo;ve got to pay attention.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s comments come one day after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3109742\/trump-agrees-debate-harris-on-his-own-terms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vowed<\/a> not to debate Harris on ABC, instead pitching a Fox News debate, which would take place Sept. 4 in Pennsylvania with a live audience. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> is still committed to the Sept. 10 date, which the Trump and Biden campaigns agreed to with ABC News in May.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1722130\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1722130\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump praises Putin for &#8216;excellent deal&#8217; on prisoner swap<\/p>\n<p>Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized the recent prisoner exchange that resulted in the release of three Americans and one American green card holder from Russia. Speaking at a rally in Atlanta on Saturday, Trump condemned the Biden-Harris administration for trading &#8220;some of the greatest killers anywhere in the world&#8221; for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former Marine Paul Whelan, and Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva. &#8220;I want to congratulate Vladimir Putin for making yet another excellent deal,&#8221; Trump remarked. As part of this agreement, eight Russians were released by Western nations, including Vadim Krasikov, a former high-ranking FSB officer convicted of murdering a Chechen fighter in Berlin in 2019 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Three of the other seven Russians had been incarcerated in U.S. prisons.<\/p>\n<p>Without naming those Americans who have returned home, Trump acknowledged it was &#8220;nice to say we got &#8217;em back,&#8221; but he expressed concern that the deal established a negative precedent. &#8220;We got our people back, but we made some terrible deals,&#8221; he stated. Following news of the exchange on Thursday, Trump took to his social media platform Truth Social to question various aspects of the agreement: \u201cWhen will they release details about this prisoner swap with Russia? How many people do we get compared to them? Are we paying them cash? Are they giving us cash (Please disregard that question; I\u2019m sure it\u2019s NO)? Are we releasing murderers or thugs? Just curious because our deals are never good\u2014especially hostage swaps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued by criticizing U.S. negotiators as an embarrassment and noted that during his tenure he secured many hostages without giving anything substantial in return\u2014\u201cno cash.\u201d He warned that such practices set a bad precedent for future negotiations and suggested that countries are extorting America through these trades.<\/p>\n<p>National security adviser Jake Sullivan responded by stating that Vice President Kamala Harris played an integral role in facilitating this exchange alongside President Joe Biden, both of whom celebrated Gershkovich&#8217;s, Whelan&#8217;s, and Kurmasheva&#8217;s return during their remarks on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden addressed concerns about unlawful detentions by saying he does not support leaving individuals imprisoned due to potential future captures: \u201cWe\u2019ve informed all our citizens about countries they should avoid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s remarks came just one day after he announced his intention not to debate Harris on ABC but instead proposed a Fox News debate scheduled for September 4th in Pennsylvania with an audience present; meanwhile Harris remains committed to her scheduled debate with Biden on September 10th agreed upon earlier with ABC News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2700,"featured_media":2318822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Trump-rally-Atlanta.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3817,36886,3733,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2318821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomacy","tag-prisoner-swap","tag-putin","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Trump-rally-Atlanta.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318821","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\/2700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}