"President Biden—about an hour before he notified the world he was dropping out of the presidential race on July 21—called the PM of Slovenia, whose country was contributing two convicted Russian spies to the swap, to secure the pardon necessary for the deal to proceed."- @WSJ
Now that Gershkovich, Whelan, and others have been released, media needs to do its job and find out of Trump found out about these negotiations a few months ago and was trying to signal to Russia to keep them until election. My blood is boiling if Trump tried to sabotage this deal
🚨🚨IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a press briefing that there was no Israeli airstrike or missile attack anywhere in the Middle East on Tuesday other than the one in Beirut. He added that in the last year Iran worked on smuggling sophisticated explosive devices to terror groups in the West Bank
Thanks to the skill and persistence of @POTUS, @VP, and our allies, Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza are being released from Russian custody. It’s a tremendous diplomatic achievement, and we’re grateful that they’ll be back home with their families where they belong.
Russia’s Wagner Group is helping to stop the protests in Venezuela 🇻🇪.
The relationship between Russia, Iran, Venezuela, & North Korea is intimate.
Defeating Russia in Ukraine & Maduro in Venezuela will be a disaster for the other dictatorships.
“I can’t think, if people want gods, why not the Greek ones; they were so useful in emergencies, and such enterprising and entertaining companions. Capricious, of course, but helpful, unless one offended them.”
Rose Macaulay, born 1 August 1881
#rosemacaulay