The Republican presidential hopeful accused President Joe Biden of using cash to secure the release of American journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan from Russian custody.
Donald Trump believes that Biden has not been successful in handling the high-risk negotiation, ABC News reported.
However, this was the largest exchange between several historical rival countries since the Cold War.
White House officials also revealed that the deal did not involve any exchange of cash.
Meanwhile, the Republican candidate was not satisfied with this statement and as a result, Trump posted on Truth Social to challenge the denial of White House officials with baseless claims.
“Are we paying them in cash too? Are they giving us cash? Please take that question back, because I'm sure the answer is NO,” Trump wrote. After calling the “negotiators” an embarrassment, he continued: “I'm just curious because we never make good deals, on anything, but especially on hostage exchanges.” “So when are you going to release the details of the prisoner exchange with Russia?”
Earlier in a negotiation, the 78-year-old accused Biden of giving Iran billions of dollars in cash.
According to the source, Gershkovich and Whelan are among 24 prisoners from the United States, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Russia and Belarus who will be released as part of a prisoner exchange brokered by Turkish intelligence.
Speaking to ABC NewsA former Democratic candidate said, why didn't the former president do negotiations without exchanging money when he was president?
Earlier, Whelan's brother David criticized Trump for taking up Paul's case after it gained media attention.
“Those early years were tough as the Trump Administration ignored Paul's unjust detention, and it was the media attention that helped finally create critical mass and awareness within the U.S. government,” she said in a statement to the outlet.
