Brittany Griner (32) was held in Russian prison after a conviction for drug possession. Viktor Bout (55) was held in American prison after a conviction for illegal arms sales, supporting terrorists and money laundering. In a prisoner exchange that took place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at Abu Dhabi airport, WNBA player Brittany Griner and Russian dealer Viktor Bout walked past each other on the tarmac.
NOTE: Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) negotiated the deal. Yesterday, in federal court the U.S. dropped a lawsuit against MbS for the Khoshoggi killing. The case was dismissed. The timing is transparent.
The Biden administration gets a popular transvestite hero of the LGBTQ+ community, while Vladimir Putin gets a Russian born global arms dealer nicknamed “the merchant of death.” All things considered, the exchange priorities sound about right.
(Joe Biden) – “Moments ago, standing together with her wife, Cherelle, in the Oval Office, I spoke with Brittney Griner. She’s safe. She’s on a plane. She’s on her way home.
After months of being unjustly detained in Russia, held under intolerable circumstances, Brittney will soon be back in the arms of her loved ones, and she should have been there all along. This is a day we’ve worked toward for a long time. We never stopped pushing for her release.
It took painstaking and intense negotiations, and I want to thank all the hardworking public servants across my administration who worked tirelessly to secure her release.” (read more)
Video Below.
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(Reuters) – […] Saudi Arabia and the UAE, both traditional U.S. allies, are members of the OPEC+ oil producers alliance that includes Russia and have resisted Western pressure to help isolate Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
Their mediation reflects efforts to show their ties with Russia are of benefit to Washington, which had accused Gulf oil producers of siding with Russia when OPEC+ agreed in October to cut oil output targets over U.S. objections. (more)
“And then I told him he had to stand on the tarmac and hit a three-point shot to save his johnson”…
It’s just like Afghanistan;
ship over the America-haters after you’ve abandoned the Marines.
Shadow President-for-Life Obama-k to Address Nation
of Islam.
I have to admit, this pic of the great light bringer fits him to a T…all he needs is a hammer and sickle pin on his shirt and an AK-47 laying on the desk!
The photo (on the desk) which should have used in this picture should have been the iconic one of the traitor Obama bowing from the waist on his trip to Saudi Arabia. That summed it all up. The biggest giveaway ever.
I Bow to No One Who Bows to Everyone!
Surrendering to the Mayor of Tampa
Rest in the Vine: Diplo-Donald vs. Bow-Wow Barry: The Usual Suspects
Try to Compare a Real American President to B. Hussein McDoormat
Hahahaha!! Brilliant, Gipper!!!
FBuraqHO!!
A message from Biden’s chia pet. Aspire to do drugs and do stupid things that will land you in prison.
“Aspire to do drugs and do stupid things that will land you in prison.” Except if your name is HUNTER!
Wont be surprised if Army Navy game has player introductions including preferred pronouns.
Just when you Think that Old Joe and his gang can’t go any lower, they say yes we can and they do.
They say, “Hold my beer.”
Sippy cup.
Quid pro…now I get it…
A Three Fer….
it sure is a great day to be a citizen of the former republic. boy howdy that negotiating prowess just blows me away:
so, for MbS immunity, we got oil output increases? delay in joining BRICS? staying on the petrodollar?
just kidding – its waaaaay better than that: we got a third-rate baseball star no one had ever heard of.
and we’re all going to be outraged and talk about it for a few weeks.
congratulations, Davosians.
So the “evil” Mbs gets his charges dropped for “murdering” a CIA asset, the Russians get their “evil” arms dealer back, the Americans get their Rainbow Her-o-win back, the Two Minutes of Hate for the first and the second goes into the Memory Hole, and the Outer Party members are told to believe justice has been served.
Something about war, Eurasia, and East Asia comes to mind.
“What was Dennis Rodman doing in a Russian prison?”
– FJB watching this mornings news
Rodman would have negotiated US a better deal.
Dennis loves his country.
Obama loves his country, too. It’s just that his country is Iran.
Putin wins again. He makes it look easy.
Then again, he is varsity while our President couldn’t even handle being the ball boy on the JV team.
The USA truly is comical. Just like the last years of the Roman Empire. Laughable.
I’d welcome input from any residents from the urban, black community.
What would be preferred if an honest survey was performed?
I suspect one of the biggest and most silent majorities exists in blue cities where voting has not existed, in my opinion, for decades.
No future draft picks included?
Now that is one funny response…well done!
You get a Bag O’ Balls, and you’ll like it..
Balls left over from Biden administration gender changes.
Yikes… I think you might be right…
Russian laws were broken, why do silly Americans think they can go to any country and do as they please? In my travels I respected the laws of other countries, saw lots who didn’t. This person he/she whatever is no damn hero!!!
The man being swapped do we really know what he did? I’m so jaded I don’t believe a damn thing comes out of this regime. Maybe his crime was not giving 10% to the big guy.
Yeah. The prisons in Thailand, Indonesia, Turkey, etc., etc., etc. are full of westerners who thumbed their noses at the drug laws in these countries.
“unjustly detained” my ass, she broke Russian law, the hubris of this Administration, this on top of the two bit dictator as Times man of the year. We live in Lala land and the era of great pretending continues.
Lala Land would be an improvement.
We live in a full blown Insane Asylum.
Putin is only holding them because we’re trying to overthrow the Russian Government in a criminally-insane Endless War.
We want to install a Puppet Government there like we have here. Not because they give a damn about Ukrainians. They don’t.
We could have had Putin on our team against China, but our Elites had already whored themselves out to Beijing. That’s why the Swamp blames everything under the sun on Russia but never, never, never critcize their Chinese Bosses.
Griner, Bout, and bin Salman? Only the Biden cabal could pull off three bad deals simultaneously.
International weapons dealer vs androgynous sportsball person
And we go sportsball playing, androgynous person.
Any questions?
Great synonyms!!!
Next up …
The book deal!
Next week she will be sitting with Friedman on cover of People with headline PARDONED!!!!
And is a magazine called PEOPLE politically correct since it is not 100% inclusive?
I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if Biden gives Griner The Presidential Medal of Freedom. He’s managed to trash everything else.
Plus the fawning guest shot on “The View”.
Democrats are good at handing over terrorist for scumbags that hate America. Remember when Obama handed over 4 terrorists out of Gitmo for the traitor Bowe Bergdahl.
I am old enough to remember when democrats allowed THOUSANDS of anti-American scumbag terrorist to take over large urban cities, destroy them and set them afire, ruined businesses and commerce, permitted attack after attack on police officers and committed countless assaults and the murdering of citizens WITHOUT ANY CONSEQUENCE.
Same here RobInPA…it still doesn’t sink in to many that the Communist democrats HATE this country and despise patriots. They will allow lawlessness and attacks against police until the backlash is enough that they can call in the military.
Does “it” take a knee now before a game? Will “it” play again? Will “it” be thankful and grateful to back in the USA?
Ask its “wife”
ChevelleCherelle.Look for Steve Kerr to give Cousin It a tryout.
The Taliban wanted two of their commanders back in exchange for Bergdahl, but Obama held out for four.
Khoshoggi was an al-Qaida/CIA asset who was recruited for a bomb-less suicide mission. Perhaps he had a terminal condition or wanted some consideration for his family, or perhaps he simply missed his dear friend Osama.
The Saudis were cooperating too much with True President Trump. So the Deep State sent him into the Embassy to die, in order to hurt PDT and help their Iranian boyfriends.
Dear Marine who is being left behind – If you would start wearing a dress and get an LGBTQ t-shirt, Biden might take notice and get you out.
Nice point
the marine should adhere to the correct Us ideology
Who got out first?
Even quicker if you steal a matching handbag from Baggage Carousel Three.
PriusYugoYugo Turbo™
She sucks, but, at least she can dunk apparently….so there is that.
/s
“I’ll have more leverage in my “third, fourth and fifth terms.”
Obama crowned himself Dictator for Life.
You can only imagine what thoughts were going through President Trump’s mind…
He was giving Barry the benefit of the doubt while el Jefe was already plotting to overthrow him.
And us.
I don’t think that was it, Gipper. There’s just something in his eyes…
You can tell from the way he shook Obama’s hand that day he was rising to the occasion, sensing the sweep of History, putting the Nation first.
He was repaid with treachery and black-hearted treason, and to this very day.
Of that there is no question. None.
The big news is MbS meeting with Xi. They rolled out the red carpet for Xi. Contrast with the reception given to Biden. First time Pres Xi has left China since Covid I believe.
We all know what this is about. This is about dumping the USD as the reserve currency. If that ever happens, and I believe it’s inevitable aside from the Globalists and Neocons nuking the world, will not be good for people and countries holding the dollar.
On the trade….nice Russia got back “The Merchant of Death” (gotta love the name) and we got back a malcontent. What a raw freaking deal!
Even the King went to welcome Xi when he landed! I saw videos. ..lots of handshakes. And smiles by the Saudis. Chinese flag colors by airplanes by Saudis.
Has our media reported on this?
Or the fact that China and Saudi just signed a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement “.
Reuters mentions oil….it’s a LOT more than oil.
I am thinking it’s more like Belt and Road and BRICS+ on Steroids. ;
It’s the prelude to Saudi Arabia formally becoming a BRICS member. The assault on the petrodollar is already well under way. It would already be toast, but the Chinese have to unload their trillions in dollars slowly, or the collapse of the dollar will rob their holdings of much of their value.
Agree.
I have been seeing a few articles saying that China is buying a lot of gold.
Also you are right about them doing it slowly. That would make sense. Good point!
I wonder if any of our “journalists ” are tracking or monitoring the amount of unloading they are doing.
Yup, that sounds about right.
As long as they blast our National Anthem over loudspeakers as she deplanes, it may begin to make sense.
This regime Jacks up everything. Was THIS one of the more important things Sleepy had to tend to instead of our invasion into our South???
We are so f%%cked
Cool. He got an American home. Not a very good deal, but whatever. I would have rather had the spy dude myself, but I don’t think the Biden Administration cares what I think.
As an oddball aside, when I first moved back to Florida after college I spent about a decade living on a street far above my means. That’s another story. I had a neighbor who lived two houses away, used to walk a pug everyday, in a pair of shorts bare chested. Big gold chain and sandals. Looked just like the guy on the Dunkin’ Donuts commercials, time to make the donuts. Did not appear to speak English but was friendly enough and would wave. One day when I came home they had the entire street roped off with crime tape. Turned out my neighbor was Sarkis Soghanalian, also nicknamed The Merchant of Death. Second largest arms dealer on the planet at that time next to Adnan Khashoggi.
starfcker: Interesting guy. I just read his bio. His wife was American. He died in Florida in 2011.
The Feds nailed him for indecent exposure: walking his dog without a shirt.
Get your facts straight. At the heart of it all, Griner ain’t no “American”.
Unfortunately, she is a woman. With slightly above average height. I think Uncle Joe is trying to score points with the D*ke community. The worst part about this exchange isn’t an arms dealer getting exchanged (he gave to both sides, so that aspect doesn’t really move me) it’s the fact that we abandoned a Marine over this woman. Un-freaking-believable. And this woman doesn’t even like our country anymore. What gives?
Another example of our malevolent government at work.
Not a woman.
Russia had zit in men’s prison.
Well dang, now I’m not so sure, that’s what I read some time ago.
These people piss me off with their insistence on wearing their mental illness on their sleeves.
Detained American Paul Whelan:
“I am greatly disappointed that more has not been done to secure my release, especially as the four year anniversary of my arrest is coming up. I was arrested for a crime that never occurred,” he said in an exclusive phone call from the penal colony where is being held in a remote part of Russia. “I don’t understand why I’m still sitting here.”
Whelan said he was happy that Griner was released but told CNN he “was led to believe that things were moving in the right direction, and that the governments were negotiating and that something would happen fairly soon.”
When asked if he was surprised not to have been included in the swap for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, he told CNN he was.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/former-marine-still-detained-russia-disappointed-biden-admin-hasnt-done-secure-release-dont-understand-still-sitting/
From where I sit… we’re lucky that Old Fool didn’t round up a couple three MAGA Extremists, and ship them over there as part of the “deal”…
They would get better treatment over there than they get in the DC gulag!
Biden is a disgrace.
Traded the “Lord of War” for the “Lady of Dope and Dild*s”…
Seems fair to me.
The hate and debasement for Americans never ends does it?
10% tribute to the big guy for all money made during the freedom tour and hero status of an American hater, is celebrated by MSM and the sheep.
Right now Griner is being briefed on how to respond to questions from the media on her treatment in a Russian jail.
Starvation, torture, beatings, rape, brainwashing and other things she had to endure at the hands of her captors.
In reality she was probably treated very well but they’ll tell her what to say to inflame the public against Putin.
Saudi has been mediating the Ukraine and Russia prisoner exchanges. There have been quite a few.
And I can only wonder if Xi and MbS will be having a good chuckle over this exchange at dinner tonight along with watching Biden Bloopers videos as after dinner entertainment.
Russia is probably celebrating that they got rid of Griner, while at the same time watching the Biden circus for entertainment.
Sad.
Remember, a big part of the action in the Ukraine conflict is field testing advanced weaponry in combat conditions. The US equipment isn’t doing all that well, but the Russian equipment is proving first-rate. “The Merchant of Death” has connections in Africa that Putin can put to good use.
It is rarely discussed, but the US is sticking its NATO allies with questionable war materiel, and they are not getting it at a discount. This is a preview of the near future, when the American war merchants will find little interest in their products outside the US client states.
I have noticed that also.
The “new” stealth is going to cost more than 700 Million…..
I see it as being used in air shows……on display.
Who would want to jeopardize such an expensive piece of equipment in combat.
/s
That’s a man, baby!
An American came home. Here at the Treehouse people are always going on about freedom of speech, etc. I detest the deal and the players all, but I expect our government to diligently attempt to bring all Americans home-including the Marine still in Russia.
Will she stand for the National Anthem now?
Sorry. I do not care about this person griner. I am so angry about the russian killer being sent home….griner is not worthy to be a citizen. I do not care. I will take my attitude up with God.
Wait a minute…”transvestite”…! WTH
Is this really a guy dressed as a girl or does she just look mannish?
I’m really confused now. I guess we should ask Putin. I’m sure they thoroughly inspected their prisoner.
I’m getting too old for the stuff. Geez Louise….!
Plenty of pics of him playing pick up basketball in the hood without a shirt on. It is a dude
I remember where Obie traded 5 terrorists for a deserter. These commies are really good at trades, aren’t they?
Traded for a communist who sells military hardware to countries that kills Americans for an American hating dope head sounds about right.
Osama traded 5 high ranking terrorists for the trader Beau Bergdal who should be serving life in a super max prison
Communist?
He was arrested after 1991.
Bergdal should never of made it back…
C’mon, man. What’s one arms-dealing terrorist freed, if we get our lesbian of colour back home. KJP heartily agrees with this comment.
On the one hand, they no longer care that we can see they are criminally insane. On the other hand, that means they know they can get away with all the upcoming horrors now in the pipes… No one is stopping them, and no one will.
Aside from all else, I wonder if it got out and say the Marine came home and not Griner, meaning the Marine was prioritized and not the other one…would there be riots on the streets?
Too cold, n’est-ce pas?
Karmala be like, “Is the red dress a man or a woman?”
Brittney is in dire need of hair laser treatment evidenced by his 5 o’clock shadow. Probably his first stop on the way home.
Hardly anyone knows who that person is because almost nobody watches women’s basketball. The players demand equal pay to the NBA but almost no one goes to their games except players’ friends and family. Useless bunch of unproductive SJW nobodies over there in the WNBA.
But, Paul Whelan isn’t a democrat, black or homosexual. Strike three.
And real patriots rot in the DC prison. That’s America.
After months of being unjustly detained in jail for the Jan 6th lie, held under intolerable circumstances, we have no idea how soon they will be back in the arms of their loved ones, and they should have been there all along. When are we going to hear that from the hypocrites in WA.
Amen! Was thinking same thing.
What a shameful and fraudulent administration this is!
I pray they are all outed soon.
Pretty Soon, now.
There is a Certain case moving inside the USSC, now. Even Now at the Door! that the Justices have accepted to hear, and that the Defense has concluded they have no comment regarding the accusations. It is, furthermore very clearly incumbent upon the Justices and in the Best Interests of the Courts and of the Public Offices to see that the Constitutional Issues are removed from the Political Arena and properly addressed.
It would be smooth if it is settled just as the Court recesses in about a month, and the least abrasive time, as the most Govt Employees take a Recess and go home, for a while…
It would be foolish to accept this case – as the Court has done, and then not to settle it Constitutionally.
We could potentially call this the brief interval right up to “Game, Set, Match”.
It behooves anyone to be earnestly praying and asking AND BELIEVING GOD for His IMMINENT SOLUTION at this time, and to not be very contentious and irritable with God and His Representatives in this time period – as the Israelites were with Moses, between the Parting of the Red Sea and their First arrival at the shores of their new Promised Land. In which they became so contentious that they chose, with warnings galore, to die in the wilderness of old age, rather than to accept God’s Great Bounty He had stored up and promised for them.
So then their Children inherited everything, instead of the parents and grandparents who were the ones to leave Egypt with Moses, and who saw the Parting of the Red Sea, First Hand, yet continued grumbling and complaining NON STOP for 40 yrs.
Most of them will do years in prison. They will all be convicted by DC juries.
DC needs more lampposts. Lots more.
You mean lamppost “decorations”.
That is a stretch on the DC juries.
just another distraction
wake me up when the subject of fixing fraudulent elections
or destroying the ones who are responsible for it comes around
You’ll be sleeping a long time my friend. It ain’t gonna get fixed until there’s a quick flash in DC….