of the previous administration said when he was at the white house, do we know how and why the calculus or did it change from the russian side? if russia made that offer in 2018, does that mean that offer was still on the table because the administration said that wasn t on the table. i agree with the biden administration. i don t think it was on the table because in the trump administration there was discussion of paul whelan and trevor reed and there were a bunch of russian combinations that were discussed. but it never happened. i m not faulting the trump administration. it just never happened because at the time even though the relationship was a lot better, the ukraine war hadn t started, there was some kind of a tie log. but nothing moved. and while we have gotten brittney griner and trevor reed and, you know, we have made two
otherwise people will rot in prisons for a very long time. the national security adviser of the previous administration told cbs the possibility for a prisoner trade existed in 2018 when bolten was at the white house. if that is accurate do we know how and why the calculus or did the calculus change from the russian side? if russia had made the offer in 2018 does that mean that offer was still on the table? the administration says it wasn t on the table. i agree with the biden administration. i don t think it was on the table. because in the trump administration, there was discussion of paul whelan and trevor reid and there were a bunch of russian combinations that were discussed. but it never happened. i m not faulting the trump administration. it just never happened because at the time even though the relationship was a lot better, the ukraine war hadn t started, the conflagration hadn t
percentage rate because the war hadn t started and inflation was looking at fairly low levels. since then the government has decided that it wants a complete changes to terms and conditions for employees to be a prerequisite before money is discussed. and as we have seen in recent offers, it has locked the two of them together. negotiators until a couple allowed to talk about money with train operating companies until the unions had agreed to a big raft of changes in terms and conditions. some of those can t be delivered for several years so the industry had said to the government, let s get the pay deal sorted and get an agreement that the unions would work with us to reform the way people work. but it seems the government has locked the two together and as long as those two things are locked together, changes to terms then you can talk about money, that will keep the dispute rolling on. is can talk about money, that will keep the dispute rolling on. the dispute rolling on. is the go