Belarus releases 52 prisoners after Trump appeal, US embassy in Lithuania says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Coale passed a letter from Trump in English to Lukashenko signed "Donald", Belta showed.
56% : Trump has flattered the veteran leader, long treated as a pariah by the West, and said he plans to meet with him.
46% : But it was far short of the total of 1,300 or 1,400 prisoners whose release Trump had called for in a conversation with Lukashenko last month and in subsequent social media posts.
44% : "If Donald insists that he is ready to take in all these released prisoners, God bless you, let's try to work out a global deal, as Mr. Trump likes to say, a big deal," said Lukashenko, who also praised the U.S. leader for seeking a peace deal in Ukraine. Coale said the fact that Trump had signed the letter simply Donald was "a rare act of personal friendship". PUTIN ALLY Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has led Belarus through more than three decades of authoritarian rule.
29% : Belta also quoted Coale, a lawyer acting on behalf of Trump, as saying Trump had told Lukashenko that the United States wants to reopen its embassy in Minsk.

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