The proposed prisoner swap between Russia and the United States that would return jailed women's basketball playerBrittney Griner in exchange for a Russian arms dealer doesn't seem like a very good trade according to Donald Trump.
Trump said that she admitted that she didn't go in there with drugs. I think she admitted it without too much force because it is what it is and it doesn't seem like a very good trade. He's one of the worst people in the world, and he's going to be freed because a potentially spoiled person goes into Russia with drugs.
The United States is trying to get the release of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout who is known as the "Merchant of Death" due to his weapons sales that caused deadly conflicts around the world.
"She went in there with a lot of drugs and they were very vigilant about drugs," Trump said. They don't use drugs. She was captured. We are supposed to get her out so she can make a lot of money. One of the biggest arms dealers in the world is supposed to be the reason we get her out. Many people were killed. A lot of people were killed.
During her February arrest, Britney Gravel spoke about her mental health issues.
Maria Zakharova said earlier this week that there has been no concrete result yet from the talks between the Kremlin and U.S. officials.
She assumed that interests of both parties should be taken into account during the negotiations.
The two-time Olympic gold medal winner was arrested in Russia in February after customs officers found marijuana in her luggage.
The family of an American man who was arrested in Russia have been trying to get him released.
Her legal team says that she took full responsibility for her actions after pleading guilty.
The proposed prisoner swap is not a good idea.
Is it possible to trade the "merchant of death" for the most unethical deal of all time?
He is a bad person. He wanted to kill people. It poses a risk to the US. The Russians want to get him back. To offer a trade like this is a bad precedent, according to the Secretary of State.
This is not a good trade and it will likely lead to more.
Russian officials have been pushing for the release of Bout, who is currently serving a 25-year sentence in the US for conspiracy to kill Americans, conspiracy to deliver anti-aircraft missiles, and aiding a terrorist organization.
He was arrested in Thailand in 2008 in a sting operation where he met with Drug Enforcement Administration agents who were posing as officials with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a narco-terrorist group that has been classified by the US as a narco-terrorist group.
According to prosecutors, Bout was prepared to give the group $20 million worth of weapons, including hundreds of surface-to-air missiles, machine guns and sniper rifles.
Nelson is a reporter for Fox News.
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