Trump appeared on The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show on Saturday. Ms Griner has been in prison in Russia for months and is now on trial on drug charges. “He knew you don’t go there loaded with drugs and he admitted it,” Trump said. “Sure doesn’t seem like a very good trade, does it?” he added, regarding Booth. “He is absolutely one of the worst in the world and he will be given his freedom because a potentially spoiled brat goes to Russia loaded with drugs.” On Russian laws, he said: “They don’t like drugs. And they caught her. And now, we’re supposed to get her out — and she makes, you know, a lot of money, I guess. We’re supposed to take her out for an absolute killer and one of the biggest arms dealers in the world. He killed a lot of Americans. He killed a lot of people.” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said he had urged Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to accept a prisoner swap for Ms Griner and Mr Whelan in their first talks since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Blinken said he had a “frank and direct conversation” with Mr. Lavrov on Friday, which focused mainly on the prisoner swap for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the Associated Press reported. “I urged Foreign Minister Lavrov to go ahead with this proposal,” Mr. Blinken said. He said Russian officials had given no indication whether they would accept the US proposal. “I can’t give you an estimate of whether that’s more or less likely.” Mr Blinken said the call focused mainly on the proposal to release the Americans. The top US diplomat added that he had pressed his Russian counterpart to stick to the deal that allowed Ukrainian grain shipments to leave the Black Sea. Russian forces bombed the port of Odessa last week, 24 hours after agreeing to allow shipments to resume. He said he told Lavrov that the US would never recognize any of the annexed Ukrainian territories, according to the AP. Mr Blinken also warned the Russians of serious consequences if they go ahead with reported plans to annex parts of eastern and southern Ukraine. The US government revealed on Wednesday that it had proposed a swap for Ms Griner and Mr Whelan in exchange for Bout, a notorious arms dealer nicknamed the “dealer of death”, several weeks ago. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that Moscow has not yet accepted the terms of the deal. Ms Griner, 31, has been jailed since February, when she was arrested for possessing a small amount of cannabis vapor at an airport near Moscow. Mr Whelan has been imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges since 2018.

title: “Brittney Griner Donald Trump Calls Wnba Star Spoiled And Says He Won T Make Deal With Russia For Her Release " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-14” author: “Patrick Eckhard”

Trump appeared on The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show on Saturday. Ms Griner has been in prison in Russia for months and is now on trial on drug charges. “He knew you don’t go there loaded with drugs and he admitted it,” Trump said. “Sure doesn’t seem like a very good trade, does it?” he added, regarding Booth. “He is absolutely one of the worst in the world and he will be given his freedom because a potentially spoiled brat goes to Russia loaded with drugs.” On Russian laws, he said: “They don’t like drugs. And they caught her. And now, we’re supposed to get her out — and she makes, you know, a lot of money, I guess. We’re supposed to take her out for an absolute killer and one of the biggest arms dealers in the world. He killed a lot of Americans. He killed a lot of people.” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said he had urged Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to accept a prisoner swap for Ms Griner and Mr Whelan in their first talks since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Blinken said he had a “frank and direct conversation” with Mr. Lavrov on Friday, which focused mainly on the prisoner swap for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the Associated Press reported. “I urged Foreign Minister Lavrov to go ahead with this proposal,” Mr. Blinken said. He said Russian officials had given no indication whether they would accept the US proposal. “I can’t give you an estimate of whether that’s more or less likely.” Mr Blinken said the call focused mainly on the proposal to release the Americans. The top US diplomat added that he had pressed his Russian counterpart to stick to the deal that allowed Ukrainian grain shipments to leave the Black Sea. Russian forces bombed the port of Odessa last week, 24 hours after agreeing to allow shipments to resume. He said he told Lavrov that the US would never recognize any of the annexed Ukrainian territories, according to the AP. Mr Blinken also warned the Russians of serious consequences if they go ahead with reported plans to annex parts of eastern and southern Ukraine. The US government revealed on Wednesday that it had proposed a swap for Ms Griner and Mr Whelan in exchange for Bout, a notorious arms dealer nicknamed the “dealer of death”, several weeks ago. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that Moscow has not yet accepted the terms of the deal. Ms Griner, 31, has been jailed since February, when she was arrested for possessing a small amount of cannabis vapor at an airport near Moscow. Mr Whelan has been imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges since 2018.