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Trump Shows Love To Vladimir Putin Over Prisoner Swap

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-congratulates-vladimir-putin-hostage-deal_n_66af0652e4b065f391f41b17

Former President Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, just days after the massive prisoner exchange between the U.S., Russia and other nations.

“By the way, I would like to congratulate Vladimir Putin for having made yet another great deal. Did you see the deal we made?” the Republican presidential nominee said at a campaign rally in Atlanta.

The historic prisoner swap, the largest such exchange involving the U.S. and Russia since the Cold War, saw 16 people, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, be released from Russian custody.

It’s been described as a massive win for President Joe Biden’s administration in the days since.

Trump, who has shown love to Putin before and once claimed the Russian leader wouldn’t release Gershkovich “for anyone else” but him, didn’t mention any Americans who returned home as part of the deal at his Atlanta rally.

“Now look, we want to get people in. You know we got 59 hostages, I never paid anything,” said Trump, who has falsely claimed that he gave “nothing” to secure the return of American prisoners in exchanges with other countries under his administration.

“They released some of the greatest killers anywhere in the world. Some of the most evil killers they got,” he continued. “And we got our people back, but boy, we make some horrible, horrible deals. And it’s nice to say we got them back, but does that set a bad precedent?”