• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    He’s right, IMO.

    And we got our people back, but, boy, we made some horrible, horrible deals. And it’s nice to say we got them back. But does that set a bad precedent?

    There’s no shortage of Americans in Russia for Putin to hold hostage. He’s going to keep doing it until either we let every one of his spies and assassins go free or we stop giving in.

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      5 months ago

      He is, but why this orange fuck-piece celebrates it? Because he can turn it at Dems being weak,

      while the same deal would be in the interest of the US no matter who holds the office, as every country is to defend their citizen around the world,

      while he himself could’ve generously freed even more spies and killers without demanding anything back if he was there to decide.

      And Biden’s admin not only negotiated to free their own but also freed russian political prisoners who could’ve been killed like Navalny, who supposedly was in a draft of this exchange before something-something the thromb fell off. I don’t feel like Don could’ve negotiated that.

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        5 months ago

        He’s literally not celebrating it. This is one of the few times where the media is going out of its way to demonstrate what trump complains about it.

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          5 months ago

          “I’d like to congratulate Vladimir Putin for having made yet another great deal. Did you see the deal we made?” Trump said in an aside during the rally. “They released some of the greatest killers anywhere in the world, some of the most evil killers they got.”

          Wash down the celebration part and dissect this paragraph. A cheer for Putin? Check. A bash on Biden? Check.