"Putin’s decision to go ahead with the swap was a blow to Trump.
That did not, however, stop Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance from claiming that Trump deserved credit for the swap despite Trump’s insistence that Gershkovich would be released only after Trump was reelected. For his part, Trump didn’t express any joy at all in the deal, simply claiming that Biden got fleeced and saying '[o]ur "negotiators" are always an embarrassment to us!'"