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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

Who is Viktor Bout, Russia's 'Merchant of Death' & why did Biden make this horrific trade. I'll explain it all.

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.94.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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0:00.0

Well, there was a trade that took place a trade for a WMBA player that doesn't like America

0:06.9

Who decided to break the law in Russia and decided to say that in America we shouldn't play the national anthem that we traded

0:15.2

for a merchant of death an arms dealer that was wanted around the world

0:21.0

The media is reporting this as an amazing great moment for Joe Biden and a great moment because we got back

0:28.5

a very important person

0:31.3

Van Jones over at CNN he put it this way as he talked about Brittany Griner being freed in exchange for the convicted

0:39.8

arms dealer known as the merchant of death saying it's important that we got her back

0:45.9

Because quote you can't allow a black female icon to be treated like garbage on a plane

0:52.5

Back to the United States free coming home

0:55.0

That this exchange we're told wait was happened at the Oblivion Airport

0:59.5

You see there on your screen the podium at the White House the president expected to speak supposed to start at 830 is a little bit late

1:05.3

But he's gonna speak and we're told that they were maybe some family members there

1:09.9

The president and the vice president on the call when this happened and making this decision

1:15.3

What do you make of this is huge is huge first of all that's a decade defining image

1:20.6

When you saw her wife sitting there comma Harris is there the presidents there such a human image and yet it just shows

1:29.4

This president got it done

1:31.7

He cared enough about this individual person to get her home

1:35.3

It was shocking for the I think for young Americans to see an icon like that snatched locked up treated like garbage

1:43.7

And and just never nine years ten years for bringing some cannabis oil

1:48.2

Medical medically medical he put subscribe so that these are decades of finding images

1:53.5

I guarantee you they're gonna be young people 10 years from now 20 years from now 30 years from now

1:57.4

We'll remember this moment because she is an icon and it's it's it's really really extraordinary people can talk about oh

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