The swap will allow the two wrongfully detained American citizens held by Moscow, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, to return home.
- Midnitte ( @Midnitte@beehaw.org ) English5•4 months ago
God, imagine this trying to be resolved by the Trump administration.
That’s right :-)
‘Trump loses his hostage’: Biden applauded for securing release of Gershkovich and Whelan — (archived)
The Biden administration has secured the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan from Russian prisons as part of a prisoner swap, which wipes away one of Donald Trump’s baffling campaign promises.
Trump had raised eyebrows by suggesting multiple times that he had a deal in place with Vladimir Putin to release the journalist from detention if he’s re-elected, saying the Russian president “will do that for me, and I don’t believe he’ll do it for anyone else,” but president Joe Biden beat him to the punch and got the pair released.
- Midnitte ( @Midnitte@beehaw.org ) English3•4 months ago
He probably would have given up on Ukraine to get them released.
Art of the Deal. /s