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“I want you to know that I am not a hero in this at all,” Fogel said in a clip posted on X. “President Trump is a hero.”
His words likely sent shockwaves through a press corps that has spent years attempting to discredit Trump’s leadership. Yet, the facts remain indisputable.
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Fogel traveled to Russia in August 2021 to begin what was supposed to be his tenth and final year teaching at the Anglo-American School of Moscow. However, Russian authorities arrested the 63-year-old educator for allegedly bringing medical marijuana into the country. In June 2022, he was sentenced to a brutal 14-year term in a Russian penal colony.
Despite the dire circumstances, the Biden administration made no visible effort to bring him home. Instead, they chose to prioritize the high-profile case of WNBA player Brittney Griner, leaving an ordinary American like Fogel to suffer behind bars.
Unlike his successor, Trump took action. Thanks to secret negotiations led by Trump’s close ally and special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, Fogel was finally freed.
“I had a Steelers hat on when I got off the plane,” Fogel said with a smile while speaking to Republican Senator Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania outside the White House. That small detail reminded America who Biden had ignored—a teacher, a football fan, an everyday American.
Once inside the White House, Fogel expressed his overwhelming gratitude by paraphrasing baseball icon Lou Gehrig: “I feel like the luckiest man on Earth right now.”
Perhaps the most remarkable part of the story ties back to July 13, when Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Before taking the stage that fateful day, Trump met with Marc’s mother, 95-year-old Malphine Fogel.
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“He said, ‘If I get in, I’ll get him out,’” Malphine recalled in an interview from the home where Marc grew up, according to the Post-Gazette. “I said, you’ve got to remember his name.”
Trump did not forget.
“When I saw [Marc Fogel’s] mother at a rally, she said, ‘If you win, will you get my son out?’ I promised her—she’s 95 years old—and I said, ‘We’ll get him out,’ and we got him out pretty quickly,” Trump wrote on X. His post included a series of photos capturing Marc’s return home.
While Trump fulfilled his promise, the press quickly questioned what was exchanged for Fogel’s release. Trump’s answer? “Not much,” as reported by the Post-Gazette.
This revelation exposes a harsh reality: the Biden administration could have freed Fogel at any time but chose not to. Instead, they made the politically motivated decision to secure the release of Brittney Griner, a celebrity whose identity fit the left’s DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) agenda.
To be clear, no American deserves to languish in a Russian prison, and Griner’s return was rightfully celebrated. However, the glaring double standard cannot be ignored. The Biden administration sent a clear message: political optics mattered more than the life of an ordinary citizen.
The American people should not have to wonder whether their government prioritizes them based on identity politics. It is a disgrace that we even have to ask if an administration deliberately allowed an innocent American to rot in a foreign prison for the sake of optics.
For now, Americans can at least take solace in the fact that leadership with integrity still exists. Watching the press squirm as Fogel called Trump a hero was a moment of undeniable truth.
And as the nation reflects on this incredible homecoming, one thing is clear: America finally has a leader who puts its citizens first.
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