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tulipsandroses

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7. Thanks for that info. Doesn't seem like they put a lot of gusto in trying to obtain his release

Reply to former9thward (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 5, 2022, 09:00 PM

Aug 2022

I read somewhere that Bolton said he talked to trump about it and he wasn’t interested. Rather odd when at the same time he was bragging about all the other people he had gotten released.
My thoughts are either he was too busy trying to stay in Putin’s good grace and did not want to confront him. OR given that he was being accused of colluding with Russians, someone on his team told him not to do a prisoner swap because it would be a bad political move for him.

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Why didn't Chump ask his buddy Vlad to free Paul Whelan? [View all] tulipsandroses Aug 2022 OP

The American Prisoner Caught Between Trump and the Kremlin quaint Aug 2022 #1

Hmm, makes me wonder if they were deliberately trying to sully his name tulipsandroses Aug 2022 #3

My speculations involve his military computer antics. quaint Aug 2022 #5

My guess is Trump would probably try to get that country with its history of hostility to his values Bucky Aug 2022 #2

Because TFG does not know or care who Paul Whelan is. Sneederbunk Aug 2022 #4

The U.S. did ask for his release in 2019. former9thward Aug 2022 #6

Thanks for that info. Doesn't seem like they put a lot of gusto in trying to obtain his release tulipsandroses Aug 2022 #7