Trump gets a terminating pass for now, having rejected one of the two wars which the Democrats fomented and supported, or just supported. He could do worse than handing the genocide over to the Europeans too.
Good summary, although I would dig a bit deeper here and NOT take this at face value:
"....Asked later on Tuesday whether the US had given up anything for Fogel’s release, Trump said “not much”, without elaborating...."
First of all, understand that the US does not give a fig about its citizen abroad, and as a rule does not negotiate for them....except for the spies (un-uniformed military) and the uniformed military.
There is NO way that Trump went to negotiate about this guy and he didnt matter. They gave up something for him, and the scale of that something would tip off who exactly Fogel is.
Which is why the counterweight that sealed the the deal is scarce infom. Find out who was exchanged for him, who that person REALLY is for the Russians, and that tells you how much Fogel mattered to the US. Fogel aint no mere schoolteacher.
The Ukrainian Nationalist Diaspora, dominant in Canadian, British and Australian politics, perhaps, are not so dominant in US politics it would seem.
They will not like this.
I expect you are correct in both assessments.
Trump gets a terminating pass for now, having rejected one of the two wars which the Democrats fomented and supported, or just supported. He could do worse than handing the genocide over to the Europeans too.
Good summary, although I would dig a bit deeper here and NOT take this at face value:
"....Asked later on Tuesday whether the US had given up anything for Fogel’s release, Trump said “not much”, without elaborating...."
First of all, understand that the US does not give a fig about its citizen abroad, and as a rule does not negotiate for them....except for the spies (un-uniformed military) and the uniformed military.
There is NO way that Trump went to negotiate about this guy and he didnt matter. They gave up something for him, and the scale of that something would tip off who exactly Fogel is.
Which is why the counterweight that sealed the the deal is scarce infom. Find out who was exchanged for him, who that person REALLY is for the Russians, and that tells you how much Fogel mattered to the US. Fogel aint no mere schoolteacher.