A weird-sounding JD Vance implies that Donald Trump is responsible for Vladimir Putin releasing the wrongly detained citizens because they believed Trump was going to win. REALLY! Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. In the perplexing and often contradictory world of contemporary American politics, few statements capture the absurdity and twisted logic more poignantly than those offered by JD Vance, Ohio’s Republican Senator, regarding the recent prisoner swap between the United States and Russia.

J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, told Newsmax's Mike Carter in an exclusive backstage interview Saturday in Atlanta, that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich probably never would have been taken hostage under a Donald Trump presidency. Vance said while it is good to have Americans coming home, in reference to the recent historic prisoner swap with Russia that saw the release of Gershkovich and two fellow Americans, Trump "would have gotten a better deal." "Some would never been taken hostage if Trump had been president. Strong leadership gets you better deals and...

Following the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and several other Americans from Russian imprisonment on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal published an in-depth account of the "secret negotiations" that led to the complex trade and Gershkovich's freedom. The outlet’s sweeping account of the prisoners’ release provided an intimate look at what went into freeing these prisoners and the unlikely heroes who played a part in their return home.

Former Marine Paul Whelan shares his feelings upon realizing his freedom after years of imprisonment in Russia. Former Marine Whelan, alongside journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, returned to U.S. soil early Friday morning. The trio landed at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field in Texas, following their release in a historic multi-country prisoner exchange, according to KSAT. The release, which included 24 prisoners, is noted as the largest of its kind since the Cold War. “It didn’t feel real until we were flying over England,” Whelan, who was imprisoned in...

Former US Marine Paul Whelan revealed the moment his newfound freedom from a Russian prison felt “real” — as he joked that he was ready to indulge in some “medicinal” alcohol now that he was back on US soil. Whelan, 54, disembarked at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field in Texas around 3 a.m. Friday with Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, 32, and radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, 47, KSAT reported. The trio and their families were accompanied by US hostage envoy Roger Carstens, who walked them through the reintegration process,...

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former marine Paul Whelan and Russian American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva landed in the U.S. late Thursday after being freed from Russian custody in a historic prisoner exchange — the largest between Russia and Western nations since the Cold War era. The three were welcomed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland by President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their family members, who rushed to embrace them as they stepped out of the plane. Biden spoke earlier in the day surrounded by the released prisoners’...

Paul Whelan, a former US Marine who was detained in Russian prisons for nearly six years, said “thank you to everybody” following his arrival to the United States as a freed man. While proudly displaying an American flag pin given to him by President Joe Biden, Whelan told media gathered at Kelly Field in Texas that his journey to freedom didn’t feel real at first. “It didn’t feel real until we were flying over England. I’m a British citizen, Irish citizen, Canadian and American. So as we came over England...

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Joe Biden made a jibe at Donald Trump over the Russian release of U.S. prisoners at a speech in the White House on Thursday. Russia and the U.S. carried out what has been hailed as the largest swap of its kind since the end of the Cold War. The Russian leader Vladimir Putin freed 16 prisoners, including the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia in March 2023, and U.S. citizen Paul Whelan, a former Marine and computer security official who has been in jail in...