“He knew you don’t go in there loaded with drugs and he admitted it,” Trump said on the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show. “I guess he admitted it without much force because it is what it is, and it sure doesn’t seem like a very good trade, does it? He is absolutely one of the worst in the world and he will be given freedom because a potentially spoiled brat goes to Russia loaded with drugs.” Trump was referring to reports that the United States is trying to secure the release of Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is known as “Dealer of Death” because of its arms sales that have fueled deadly conflicts around the world. “She went in there loaded with drugs into a hostile territory where they’re very careful about drugs,” Trump added. “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.” Former President Donald Trump said the proposed trade involving Brittney Griner for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout would not fit. Getty Images Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said earlier this week that while the Kremlin and US officials have engaged in talks, “there has been no concrete outcome yet.” “We proceed from the assumption that the interests of both parties should be taken into account during negotiations,” he said. Griner, WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist was arrested in Russia in February after customs officials found “vaporizers” containing hash oil in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. Griner, who faces a possible 10 years in prison, pleaded guilty earlier this month in a move her legal team says “takes full responsibility for her actions.” Brittney Griner is escorted before a court in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia July 27, 2022. REUTERS Trump’s former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, also suggested earlier this week that the proposed prisoner exchange is not a good idea. “He is mean. He’s a guy who wanted to kill Americans. He presents a real danger to the United States. There is a real reason the Russians want to bring him home. To offer such a trade is a dangerous precedent,” Pompeo told “America’s Newsroom.” “This is not a good trade, it is not the right way forward, and it will probably lead to more,” Pompeo added. Russian officials have long pushed for the release of Bout, who is serving a 25-year sentence in a US prison after being convicted in 2011 of conspiracy to kill Americans, conspiracy to deliver anti-aircraft missiles and aiding a terrorist organization. Victor Bout was convicted in 2011 of conspiring to kill Americans, but Russian officials pushed for his release.ZUMAPRESS.com He was arrested in 2008 in a sting operation at a luxury hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, where he met with Drug Enforcement Agency informants posing as officials of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which U.S. officials have described as narcotics. terrorist group. Prosecutors said Booth was ready to supply the group with “an impressive arsenal of weapons worth $20 million – including hundreds of surface-to-air missiles, machine guns and sniper rifles – 10 million rounds of ammunition and five tons of plastic explosives.”