Posted on 12/08/2022 7:24:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
Former President Donald Trump shot down Russian attempts to trade former Marine Paul Whelan for “Merchant of Death” arms dealer Viktor Bout, former national security adviser John Bolton said Thursday — as Trump ripped his successor for agreeing to send Bout home in exchange for the return of WNBA star Brittney Griner.
Bolton recalled in an interview with CBS that he was in the midst of his 17-month tenure at the White House when Whelan was detained on concocted espionage charges in December 2018.
“The possibility of a Bout-for-Whelan trade existed back then,” said Bolton, 74, “and it wasn’t made, for very good reasons having to deal with Viktor Bout.”
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Bolton is deep state neocon SCUM!!!
So Bolton’s wrong then? Trump should’ve made the swap? You realize that’s the logical conclusion of what you’re saying right?
Sorry, ferret face Bolton, but that makes President Trump Aces in my book.
No, it’s not.
I’m saying I don’t believe that there was even a possibility because I don’t believe anything out of his mouth.
“Well, now the Russkies know they can get high value assets back if they find a reason to incarcerate U.S. citizens with the right victim group/minor celebrity boxes checked.”
White males can safely visit still LOL
Unfortunately, yes.
Welcome to FR!!
Another hindsight genius found another way to knock Trump.
Before Trump hired him he was loved by most everyone at Fox, even the highly respected Lou Dobbs favored him.
So in your case of the fool in the picture, ignorance is bliss.
In the article, it actually says he agrees with the decision.
Bout is a Ukrainian.
Wikipedia: “An ethnic Ukrainian (according to South African intelligence and the British Foreign Affairs Select Committee), Bout became a Russian citizen following the 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union.[30][31][27]”
But but Russia collusion! Putin’s puppet! /s
In spite of all the hate filled hindsight ankle biters:
Trump accomplished more in one 4yr term than any other President in your lifetime.
This whole thing is so much crap.
For one, despite quite a few disagreements I would have with Bolty-boy, on this one (the major point) he is correct. As is Trump. The only way Bout should have ever been returned is as a smear on a Kremlin wall. Preferably the West wall.
For another, a simple lowball estimate of criminality rates and a bit of math would indicate that there are plenty of Russians in US jails, for one thing or another. Unquestionably there’d surely be 100 minimum involved in industrial and other espionage. Pick out 5 of the espionage group, and, oh, another dozen or so other felons, and very loudly / publicly offer to trade them for Whelan. Offer up another 10 felons for Griner. We’ll see if Pooty is serious...
Bout must be very valuable to Russia. First, they imprisoned Whelan on false charges to offer him for Bout. When Trump turned down their offer, they imprisoned a woman more sympathetic to Democrats. They knew Democrats would put the pressure on a Democrat president to bring her home.
Now, Russia has its man back.
Trump would never have approved this deal....
Good on Trump.
Tucker Carlson said last night that NBC reported that WH official told them that Putin gave Biden choice of Griner or Whelan. Story has been scrubbed, just like their story that Paul Pelosi opened door when DePape “invaded,” then didn’t try to exit house.
Again, not the point.
Not your point.
Whalen got discharged for “bad conduct”.
Long before the military went “woke”.
Anybody know the details?
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