Photos and video emerged Wednesday showing Marine veteran Robert Gilman back on American soil following his release from Russian custody.Gilman, a U.S.citizen who was arrested on Jan.
17, 2022, in Voronezh, Russia, and sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison, was freed on humanitarian grounds Tuesday after 1,666 days in prison.President Donald Trump said Gilman would land at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night, and after speaking with him, "he had one request — A GREAT cheeseburger when he lands.""Our Marine is safely back on American soil," Sebastian Gorka, a deputy assistant to the president, wrote on X early Wednesday, sharing a video of an aircraft coming to a stop.
"As President Donald Trump promised, Steve Witkoff brought Robert Gilman cheeseburgers and milkshakes!"US MARINE VETERAN RELEASED FROM RUSSIAN PRISON AFTER 1,666 DAYS OF DETENTIONU.S.special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, center, and Deputy Assistant to the President Sebastian Gorka, right, greeted Robert Gilman, left, upon his arrival to the U.S.
following his release from Russia.(SEPeaceMissions/X.com)"(I snuck him a cigar for when he’s fully recovered!)," Gorka added.
"And a member of our broader White House team brought him his own USMC flag.There are very few jobs like this one.
No American left behind."In his own post, Witkoff, who is the U.S.special envoy to the Middle East, said it was a "special night welcoming an American citizen home to his family and country.""Thank you POTUS for never leaving anyone behind," Witkoff also said, sharing an image of him and Gorka alongside Gilman on the plane following the landing."Robert is a patriot — a former United States Marine who served our country with honor.
He can now finally return to his family and receive the medical care he needs," Witkoff said in a separate post."His return is another testament to POTUS’s extraordinary leadership and unwavering commitment to bringing Americans home.
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