Trump just did something Biden never managed: He got a 74-year-old American out of a Russian prison after more than four years, and he didn’t have to hand over a single prisoner in return. Stephen Hubbard, a retired Michigan teacher and Air Force/National Guard veteran who had been living in Ukraine, was detained by Russian forces in April 2022 and later sentenced to nearly seven years on mercenary charges his family has long called fabricated. The State Department eventually designated him wrongfully detained. For years, his family watched the case stall. Then last week, Trump raised Hubbard’s name directly with Putin on a phone call. On Wednesday, while envoy Steve Witkoff was meeting Putin in St. Petersburg, Hubbard was released and taken to the airport. Trump called it unprecedented — “out of respect for President Trump,” no swap required — and immediately added the line that will stick: Biden should have done this long ago. “What a difference a president makes.”Pat also covered: Bush dynasty keeps defecting: Neil Bush announces he voted for James Talarico (and bashes Trump/Paxton in the process) Rogers brings up El-Sayed’s family connections to the Muslim Brotherhood in the debate; El-Sayed erupts and rejects the claims “Not to my knowledge”: Omar’s answer when pressed on any relation to her former husband — while claiming she’s paycheck to paycheck with a 2016 Camry Halloween display in Pennsylvania draws racism complaints from neighbors and the NAACP over hanging figures; homeowner won’t remove it WNBA Finals teams still exit the floor for the national anthem despite the league rulebook requiring them to stand and line upWas Hubbard’s release actually as clean as Trump claims, or did something else move behind the scenes? How many other Americans were left waiting under the previous administration while officials insisted they were “working on it”?If you want unfiltered truth and commonsense analysis that cuts through the noise, hit subscribe and turn on notifications.Today's Sponsors: KEKSI: The Halloween box is available in limited supply, so grab yours while it lasts. Keksi ships nationwide. Order yours at keksi.com. Again, that's keksi.com.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices