remarks by the independent, revealed that trump did not utter paul whelan s emotional time while he was held captive under his watch. and this week, right on cue, donald trump chimed in. he wrote on his social media platform, truth social, why wasn t former marine paul whelan included in this totally one-sided transaction? he would have been let out for the ax getting. what an unpatriotic embarrassment for the u.s.. paul whelan s brother reacted on twitter saying, former president trump appears to imagine by brother peel paul whelan s wrongful detention more in the last 24 hours than he did in the two years of his presidency in which paul was held hostage by russia. i don t suggest he cares nowtod, and today the world knows paul whelan s name. . s paul whelan s name. aving up for his first set of wheels. nice try. really? this leon s paying for his paint job on the spot.