Republican strategist Sarah Longwell ripped into former President Donald Trump on Friday morning when she was asked to react to Trump’s Truth Social post slamming the Biden administration’s Russia hostage exchange deal.

“And so we come to Sarah for the politics of all of this. As Mo was alluding to, we have Trump’s post,” began anchor Jessica Dean, adding:

It’s long, but I think one part that kind of gets at the heart of what he we really heard from him yesterday. ‘Our negotiators are always an embarrassment to us. I got back many hostages and gave the opposing country nothing and never any cash.’ Just to remind everyone, this was not a financial transaction that occurred yesterday. But what we didn’t hear from the former president, at least I didn’t, was, ‘We’re so glad Americans are home.’

Longwell, who is also the publisher of the anti-Trump Bulwark, reacted, saying, “First of all, I don’t know. Between the Olympics, Simone Biles’s floor routine, the hostages coming home, like the vibe right now should be like tattooing an American flag on your chest and running through the streets.” Longwell continued:

But what does this guy do? He sits there on his phone, grumpy that the hostages are home, mad that he doesn’t get to fame like he and Putin have some special deal. So he’s going to be able to negotiate this. He’s always Trump first, America last, despite his rhetoric.

And people should be more offended by things like this. And, you know, a lot of the other crazy stuff Trump does, because these are the points where he really shows how he does not love America. Right? Donald Trump this is where Republicans have lost the plot on who they were and who I felt like, you know, we were for the 20 years that I cared about being in the party.

One of the reasons I became a Republican was that they were they felt like they loved America, like they thought America was a good place, that we were often in the right. But Donald Trump describes this as a dark place. Isn’t excited when we bring the hostages home. He’s not even being cool about the Olympics. And so, yeah, I think this is a stark contrast in people who are out there doing their jobs for America and somebody who’s sitting on his phone, sending out nasty tweets about America.

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