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Rolling Stones - Trump Sides with Russia Over Brittney Griner
2022-08-01
[Rolling Stones] Former President Donald Trump sounds like he wants WNBA player Brittney Griner to stay in a Russian prison. During a podcast appearance on the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show, the former president voiced his opposition to the U.S. government’s reported offer to swap Griner and U.S. Marine Paul Whelan for Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms trafficker.

On the show, Trump maligned Griner as "a potentially spoiled person" who went to Russia "loaded up with drugs," which is an exaggeration of her cannabis arrest.

Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time WNBA All-Star was arrested and charged with illegal drug possession and with smuggling a "significant amount" of cannabis. According to the Russian government, customs officers found "vapes" containing hashish oil in Griner’s luggage at an airport close to Moscow. Griner stands little chance of freedom if her fate is left to the Russian criminal justice system, which significantly favors the prosecution.
Posted by:Besoeker

#16  Rumors that Russia made a back-channel counter-offer that adds Vadim Krasikov to the deal. Krasikov is an FSB Col. being held in Germany for the murder of a Chechen militant.
Perhaps the Russians have learned something about trading in rugs and camels from their time in Syria.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-08-01 21:39  

#15  Trying to get the AWFLs on board too, see if there is any magic left in the ol' Covid bottle.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-08-01 19:40  

#14  If Trump opposes a swap deal then he is exactly opposite the Russia position. Typical media to get something totally backwards to make Trump look as bad as possible.
Posted by: ruprecht   2022-08-01 17:18  

#13  Funny how none of these write-ups want to talk about Whelen. They are all interested in trying to flex their influence at finding the value of a black Groqer+ entertainer which brings fans in by the tens every season. "Yeah, worth a billion dollar a year arms dealer, at least."

As it was mentioned, its all chaff in the eyes to keep the real deal - how much is Team Brandon going to pay for her now that The Message has determined her Kashkoggi Value.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-08-01 12:42  

#12  Shave Buttigieg's head and send him. Make Bout work out our logistics issues that Buttigieg has no clue how to fix. Who cares about Griner. Make her hostess at the Moscow Applebee's.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-08-01 12:28  

#11  This may come as a surprise to Rolling Stone and its 'readers', but more than zero is a significant amount to some people, especially law enforcement and even a certain attorney from California.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-08-01 12:25  

#10  Hey, maybe when she gets back she'll be invited to the White House and she can teach Brandon how to vape hash oil.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-08-01 12:10  

#9  The source is Rolling Stone, the magazine, now online of course. But not the Rolling Stones rock band. You scared me. For a minute there I thought Mick and Keith had gone woke.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-08-01 12:03  

#8  There should be no swap. Griner and Bout, both are anti-America.

Which is why there will likely be a swap.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-08-01 11:35  

#7  Russia and Griner want a swap deal.

Trump opposes the swap deal.

The headline is objectively false.

Trump sides with Western Civilization and against Russia and Griner.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2022-08-01 11:06  

#6  It's ironic that the same people who champion "non-binary" lifestyles are so adamantly binary when it comes to _their_ issues: you are for X or against it.
Posted by: James   2022-08-01 10:19  

#5  We can't afford to lose even one tatt'd up druggie freak from our strategic reserve
Posted by: Knuckles Angomort6922   2022-08-01 09:46  

#4  
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-08-01 09:27  

#3  So what. Thousands of Americans are in US prisons for the same thing. The media and the left are showing this woman has privilege. Ya, that same privilege she took a knee for...
Posted by: 49 Pan   2022-08-01 08:55  

#2  which is an exaggeration of her cannabis

No, drugs are drugs. Old adage - when in Rome do as the Romans do. It's not the US. Talking about neo-colonialistic imperialistic white privilege talk there of imposing your values on others. [feels great to make them live up to the creeds they dump on us]
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-08-01 08:28  

#1  Giving Vlad the fellow he really needs right now. Almost makes me wonder about the actual purpose of the Griner trip to Russia.

Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Moscow?
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-08-01 08:08  

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