Trevor Reed is another American who was arrested in Russia in 2019. He was released in a prisoner swap last April.
“Trevor Reed Mocks Jim Jordan for Saying Trump Could Free Brittney Griner
6/14/22
Trevor Reed, the American veteran who was detained for nearly three years in a Russian prison, hit back at GOP Representative Jim Jordan after the congressman suggested that basketball player Brittney Griner would be released from Russian custody if former President Donald Trump was still in the White House.
Jordan on Tuesday tweeted, “Everyone knows President Trump would have negotiated Brittney Griner’s release by now.” In response, Reed tweeted back: “Yeah big thanks to President Trump for getting myself and Paul Whelan out of Russia. Not.”
For a person who was dishonorably discharged and indicates a number of uncertain international behaviors, I think he has gotten fairly generous treatment.
I do hope he is able to be released but I do not believe at all that Trump did nothing.
In fact, I would not be at all surprised if Trump did more than Biden’s team. Here again there is an abundance of news article discussing what the Trump team was doing on the case. It was all in the context of a super stupid intellectual culture imagining that Trump and Putin were in some sort of love affair and Putin installed Trump as President over Queen Clinton.
OUr pathological intellectual culture plays a large role in these difficulties. I wanted to clarify that you are not trying to help that pathology along by being some sort of Trump reactionary.
You wanted and want Trump to mention this person by name. Thats fine but a different point.