ClydeR
08-02-2022, 05:03 PM
Should Biden make the trade?
"She went in there loaded up with drugs into a hostile territory where they’re very vigilant about drugs. They don’t like drugs, and she got caught," Trump said.
"And, now we’re supposed to get her out, and she makes, you know, a lot of money, I guess. We’re supposed to get her out for an absolute killer and one of the biggest arms dealers in the world. Killed many Americans. Killed many people.”
"Loaded up with drugs" isn't exactly consistent with the known information. Griner, in court, admitted to accidentally bringing marijuana that she says was prescribed by a doctor in the States to help deal with the pain from old hoops injuries, instead of taking powerful pain pills.
"It certainly doesn't seem like a very good trade, does it? He's absolutely one of the worst in the world and he's gonna be given his freedom because a potentially spoiled person goes into Russia loaded up with drugs," Trump told Travis and Sexton.
More... (https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/01/donald-trump-blasts-brittney-griner-prisoner-swap-idea-russia-loaded-up-drugs/)
The arms dealer that they are considering swapping for Griner and one other American has been in federal prison for 10 years, and he worked as an arms smuggler for the United States in the past. It's not clear that he wold still be a threat today. More about him at https://www.npr.org/2022/08/02/1115113622/jailed-arms-dealer-bout-the-merchant-of-death-may-be-swapped-for-2-americans
"She went in there loaded up with drugs into a hostile territory where they’re very vigilant about drugs. They don’t like drugs, and she got caught," Trump said.
"And, now we’re supposed to get her out, and she makes, you know, a lot of money, I guess. We’re supposed to get her out for an absolute killer and one of the biggest arms dealers in the world. Killed many Americans. Killed many people.”
"Loaded up with drugs" isn't exactly consistent with the known information. Griner, in court, admitted to accidentally bringing marijuana that she says was prescribed by a doctor in the States to help deal with the pain from old hoops injuries, instead of taking powerful pain pills.
"It certainly doesn't seem like a very good trade, does it? He's absolutely one of the worst in the world and he's gonna be given his freedom because a potentially spoiled person goes into Russia loaded up with drugs," Trump told Travis and Sexton.
More... (https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/01/donald-trump-blasts-brittney-griner-prisoner-swap-idea-russia-loaded-up-drugs/)
The arms dealer that they are considering swapping for Griner and one other American has been in federal prison for 10 years, and he worked as an arms smuggler for the United States in the past. It's not clear that he wold still be a threat today. More about him at https://www.npr.org/2022/08/02/1115113622/jailed-arms-dealer-bout-the-merchant-of-death-may-be-swapped-for-2-americans