BILLINGSGATE POST: Secretariat for Mister Ed. Marilyn Monroe for Ma Kettle. Dr. Jekyll For Mr. Hyde. Princess Diana for Camilla: The list of controversial trades is endless.
But this one takes the cake. On Thursday, President Biden proudly announced that he had negotiated a trade with Russian President Putin that involved the exchange of WNBA star Brittney Griner for an infamous arms dealer who schemed to kill USA pilots in Columbia and was involved with selling guns to terrorists.
The 6-foot-9 professional basketball player - who made a living dunking basketballs and her wife, respectively, was traded for “Merchant of Death” Victor Bout in a dramatic exchange of prisoners that ranks as WTOAT (Worst Trade Of All Time).
Sentenced to 9 years in prison for smuggling vape cartridges containing cannabis oil, Griner became a pawn in the Cold War with Russia.
Dr. Slim: “How ‘bout Bruce Jenner for Caitlyn, boobs and all?”
Dirty: “Yo, Dr. Dude. When you going non-binary?”
