{"id":523641,"date":"2022-12-09T01:19:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trump-turned-down-viktor-bout-for-paul-whelan-prisoner-swap-john-bolton\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T01:19:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:19:09","slug":"trump-turned-down-viktor-bout-for-paul-whelan-prisoner-swap-john-bolton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-turned-down-viktor-bout-for-paul-whelan-prisoner-swap-john-bolton\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump turned down Viktor Bout-for-Paul Whelan prisoner swap: John Bolton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41ca8627e5d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41ca8627e5d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-turned-down-viktor-bout-for-paul-whelan-prisoner-swap-john-bolton\/#%E2%80%9CTrump_turned_down_Viktor_Bout-for-Paul_Whelan_prisoner_swap_John_Bolton%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Trump turned down Viktor Bout-for-Paul Whelan prisoner swap: John Bolton&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTrump_turned_down_Viktor_Bout-for-Paul_Whelan_prisoner_swap_John_Bolton%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Trump turned down Viktor Bout-for-Paul Whelan prisoner swap: John Bolton&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Former President Donald Trump shot down Russian attempts to trade former Marine Paul Whelan for \u201cMerchant of Death\u201d arms dealer Viktor Bout, former national security adviser John Bolton said Thursday \u2014 as Trump ripped his successor for agreeing to send Bout home in exchange for the return of WNBA star Brittney Griner. <\/p>\n<p>Bolton recalled in an interview with CBS that he was in the midst of his 17-month tenure at the White House when Whelan was detained on concocted espionage charges in December 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe possibility of a Bout-for-Whelan trade existed back then,\u201d said Bolton, 74, \u201cand it wasn\u2019t made, for very good reasons having to deal with Viktor Bout.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whelan was sentenced in June 2020 to 16 years in prison. US officials claimed Thursday that the Biden administration tried to secure the release of both Whelan and Griner, but Moscow refused to budge \u2014 insisting on a one-for-one swap of Griner for Bout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, there\u2019s a lot of very understandable human emotion here in getting Griner released, but this is a very bad mistake by the Biden administration,\u201d Bolton told CBS of the decision to swap Bout \u2014 convicted in 2011 of conspiracy to kill Americans by supplying a Columbian terrorist group with weapons \u2014 in exchange for a basketball player jailed for bringing less than a gram of cannabis oil into Russia.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/viktor-bout.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Viktor Bout is seen on a plane ahead of departing for Russia on Dec. 8, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-24947710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/viktor-bout.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/viktor-bout.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/viktor-bout.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Viktor Bout was convicted in 2011 of conspiracy to kill Americans by supplying a terrorist group with weapons.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a deal. This is not a swap. This is a surrender,\u201d Bolton added. \u201cAnd terrorists and rogue states all around the world will take note of this, and it endangers other Americans in the future who can be grabbed and used as bargaining chips by people who don\u2019t have the same morals and scruples that we do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are occasions when you swap spies. Obviously, there are legitimate exchanges of prisoners of war,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut this doesn\u2019t even <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roximate that. The idea that somehow what Brittney Griner did \u2014 very foolishly, in my estimate \u2014 but that whatever she did compares to Viktor Bout is something that shows just how desperate the administration was to make this deal. And I\u2019m just very worried about the effect it has and the danger that it can put many other Americans in, all around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/brittney-griner.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Brittney Griner is seen at Women's Penal Colony No 2.\" class=\"wp-image-24947706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/brittney-griner.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/brittney-griner.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/brittney-griner.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Brittney Griner while at Women\u2019s Penal Colony No. 2. She has now been freed from her prison sentence. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Fsb\/TASS via ZUMA Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump, 76, also questioned Biden\u2019s decision to \u201cone of the biggest arms dealers anywhere in the world\u201d in a Truth <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> post Thursday, claiming Bout was \u201cresponsible for tens of thousands of deaths and horrific injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy wasn\u2019t former Marine Paul Whelan included in this totally one-sided transaction? He would have been let out for the asking,\u201d the former president said. \u201cWhat a \u2018stupid\u2019 and unpatriotic embarrassment for the USA!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bolton agreed, calling the deal \u201ca huge victory for Moscow over Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/john-bolton-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"John Bolton speaks to reporters after speaking in a panel hosted by the National Council of Resistance of Iran \u2013 U.S. Representative Office (NCRI-US) at the Willard InterContinental Hotel on Aug. 17, 2022 in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-24947711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/john-bolton-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/john-bolton-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/john-bolton-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>John Bolton believes the prisoner swap is a \u201chuge victory for Moscow.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the kind of thing that says to terrorists and rogue states and other malign actors who would consider kidnapping or seizing Americans, that we\u2019re willing to trade almost anything to get Americans back,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are other ways to deal with hostage-takers through sanctions and other things, not swaps like this one.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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