Trump Fuming Over Brittney Griner’s Release From Russian Prison, Obama Is Celebrating

Donald Trump is up in arms about Brittney Griner's release from a Russian prison in exchange for convicted Russian Arms dealer Viktor Bout. Granted, the former president has severalreasons to beangry these days but he's full-on steamingat the Biden-Kremlin deal that brought the WNBA star home after ten months.Thetwo-time Olympic Gold Medalistwhohad been playing for the lastseven years on a Russian basketball teamwas arrestedlast Februaryfor possessing less than a gram of cannabis oil.

What kind of a deal is it to swap Brittney Griner, a basketball player who openly hates our country for the man known as The Merchant of Death,' Trumprantedin a poston his not-Twitter socialmedia website Truth Social.

What a stupid and unpatriotic embarrassment for the USA! he said.

Trump implied thatformer US MarinePaul Whelanshould have been freed instead of Griner. Although the former president, who had a cozy relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, didn't seem to spend much time trying to getWhelan out of prison while in office. Whelanwasarrested in Russia in 2018 on espionage charges,convicted in 2020 and then received a 16-year prison sentence.

Reminder that despite being besties with Putin, Trump failed to bring Paul Whelan home for more than 2 years pic.twitter.com/dc6V3ocyiC Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 8, 2022Meanwhile, Another Former President Is Celebrating Griner's Release

Grateful for the long-overdue release of Brittney Griner today from Russian custody. Kudos to @POTUS and his administration for the difficult diplomatic work involved to make it happen. Were looking forward to having Brittney back home,President Barack Obamatweeted.

Grateful for the long-overdue release of Brittney Griner today from Russian custody. Kudos to @POTUS and his administration for the difficult diplomatic work involved to make it happen. Were looking forward to having Brittney back home. https://t.co/G5yKliRoxd Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 8, 2022