Donald Trump welcomes Marc Fogel to the White House hours after American teacher was released from Russia

Donald Trump hosted Marc Fogel astatine the White House Tuesday nighttime conscionable hours aft the American teacher was released from Russian custody. 

'I'm truthful excited,' Fogel told Trump of being backmost successful the U.S. aft arriving astatine a snowy White House with an American emblem draped astir his neck. 

As helium shook the president's hand, Trump rubbed his limb and gave him a cordial embrace. 

Both men smiled and celebrated the teacher's merchandise earlier heading into the warmth of the White House Diplomatic Reception Room. 

'I consciousness similar the luckiest antheral connected Earth close now,' Fogel said wrong arsenic helium fought backmost tears portion holding a celebratory brew from his autochthonal Pennsylvania. 'President Trump is simply a hero.'

He described his horrific detainment successful Russia, wherever helium claimed to person spent implicit 100 days successful aesculapian wards and received implicit 400 injections during his 3.5 years successful prisoned there. 

'To maine you look damn good, I'll archer you that,' Trump reassured the 63-year-old teacher. 'You're successful bully shape.' 

'We admit President Putin, what helium what helium did,' the president said. 'He was capable to propulsion it disconnected for you,' helium told Fogel.

'I besides should marque notation that President Putin was precise generous and statesman-like successful granting maine a pardon,' Fogel shared.

Beaming ear-to-ear, Fogel was greeted by galore apical politicians, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz. 

Top members of Congress, including Speaker Mike Johnson, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Brian Mast and others were besides successful attendance. 

The president besides invited Fogel to spot the Lincoln Bedroom, 'which cipher gets to see,' Trump noted earlier the brace headed disconnected connected their tour. 

' It's precise special, peculiar place,' Trump continued, though helium stopped abbreviated of revealing whether the teaecher would beryllium overnighting astatine the White House. 'Appropriate for tonight. Very appropriate.'

Fogel had been wrongly detained successful Russia for 3.5 years connected cause trafficking charges since authorities recovered cannabis successful his luggage connected his 2021 accomplishment astatine Sheremetyevo International Airport successful Moscow.

Fogel had nether 20 grams of aesculapian marijuana cartridges successful his container to dainty a spinal information which causes him to endure from chronic pain.

In 2022 helium was sentenced to 14 years successful prison, which was 'essentially a hostage-taking situation,' erstwhile diplomat Eric Rubin, who knows Fogel, told the New York Times. 'This was decidedly a setup.'

Fogel returned to the U.S. soon aft 9:00 p.m. ET and was greeted by Waltz and United States Envoy for Hostages Adam Boehler.

He instantly headed from Joint Base Andrews extracurricular of Washington, D.C., to the White House to conscionable the president. 

Trump antecedently met Fogel's 96-year-old parent during his infamous July 13 rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania, wherever the president promised her helium would escaped her lad should beryllium be reelected. 

'I would similar to convey [Trump] profusely,' Malphine said Tuesday. 'He promised maine helium would get him retired — and helium kept his promise, and I can't convey him enough.'

His mother, Malphine Fogel, had lobbied for years to get her lad brought home, admitting connected aggregate occasions she wasn't definite if she would unrecorded agelong capable to spot Marc's return.  

Rubio celebrated Fogel's merchandise Tuesday: 'This is the tenth America that's travel location aft being detained determination overseas — successful conscionable 3 weeks successful the White House.'

And the Trump medication revealed that much hostages whitethorn beryllium returned this week.

'We expect different tomorrow,' United States Envoy for Hostages Adam Boehler revealed successful an interrogation with Fox News' Sean Hannity Tuesday evening, indicating that an further America hostage could instrumentality connected Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff left Russia with Fogel successful tow aft negotiating the 63-year-old's release. 

'Today, President Donald J. Trump and his Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are capable to denote that Mr. Witkoff is leaving Russian airspace with Marc Fogel, an American who was detained by Russia,' National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said successful a statement.

'President Trump, Steve Witkoff and the President's advisors negotiated an speech that serves arsenic a amusement of bully religion from the Russians and a motion we are moving successful the close absorption to extremity the brutal and unspeakable warfare successful Ukraine.'

The connection continued: 'By tonight, Marc Fogel volition beryllium connected American ungraded and reunited with his household and loved ones acknowledgment to President Trump's leadership.'

It comes aft Trump has made a bid of statements astir speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and caller contacts betwixt the U.S. and Russian sides. 

Fogel, an American teacher, was classified arsenic 'wrongfully detained' during the Biden medication and had received a 14-year situation sentence.

Authorities recovered marijuana successful his luggage connected his 2021 accomplishment astatine Sheremetyevo International Airport successful Moscow. His household said helium had a medical marijuana prescription, and that the magnitude – little than 20 grams – was to dainty a spinal condition.

The erstwhile United States Embassy Moscow idiosyncratic was arrested and convicted of cause smuggling.

He has been near retired of erstwhile negotiations to escaped Americans held successful Russia.

That included 2 abstracted swaps to merchandise WNBA prima Brittney Griner and Wall Street Journal newsman Evan Gershkovich.

In the Griner speech 'merchant of death' arms woody Viktor Bout was handed over.

Fogel's sister Anne has been progressive online calling for his release, and organizing supporters to unit officials. 

Trump vowed to proceed to propulsion to escaped Americans held abroad. On Tuesday, helium erstwhile again commented connected the merchandise of hostages by Hamas successful Gaza. He demanded they merchandise the remainder by noon connected Saturday oregon 'all bets are off.'

Witkoff, a billionaire existent property developer, served arsenic Trump's envoy to assistance seal a Gaza ceasefire hostage merchandise deal, which came unneurotic successful the past days of the Biden medication with his involvement. 

Trump said connected Air Force One connected Sunday that helium had spoken to Putin but helium did not clarify when.

'I've had it. Let's conscionable accidental I've had it...And I expect to person galore much conversations. We person to get that warfare ended,' helium said.

He has made repeated statements astir ending the bloodshed successful Russia's warfare connected Ukraine. But helium has besides made comments that appeared to undercut the Ukrainian position.

After the Biden medication shipped billions successful subject aid, Trump is calling for Ukraine to supply $500 cardinal successful uncommon world minerals successful exchange. 

In an antithetic remark Monday, Trump said Ukraine 'may beryllium Russian someday.' 

'They (Ukraine) whitethorn marque a deal, they whitethorn not marque a deal. They whitethorn beryllium Russian someday, oregon they whitethorn not beryllium Russian someday,' Trump said. 

Some Trump advisers person said Ukraine should cede territory seized by Russia successful its warfare successful speech for peace.

Vice President JD Vance is acceptable to conscionable with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky successful Munich connected Friday. 

Additional details of immoderate woody that secured Fogel's merchandise were not instantly known.

DailyMail.com has sought further details from the White House.