It is amazing that this man can find nothing good to say about some people that must be very happy today on both sides!
https://apple.news/A18jt1PQESTSjQaaiFVte2gThe United States, Russia, Germany and four other countries swapped at least two dozen people Thursday in the largest prisoner exchange since the height of the Cold War. Those released included American journalist Evan Gershkovich, former Marine Paul Whelan, Russian dissidents and others from the United States, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway, Russia and Belarus.
The exchange caps months of painstaking diplomacy involving negotiations at the highest levels of multiple governments. “The deal that secured their freedom was a feat of diplomacy,” said President Biden in a statement. Russia received eight prisoners Thursday, and released 16, many of whom were unjustly accused or handed heavy sentences for minor offenses.
10:01 PM: Trump suggests Biden administration paid unjustifiable price for prisoner exchange
Former president Donald Trump criticized the recent multilateral prison swap with Russia that involved wrongly detained Americans, suggesting without evidence that President Biden’s administration paid an unjustifiable price for the exchange.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan, however, confirmed during Thursday’s White House press briefing that no money was exchanged and no sanctions were loosened to facilitate the multilateral deal with Russia.
