Marc Fogel’s Mom Thanks Trump for Son’s Release: ‘He Kept His Promise’

A president’s promise to bring her son home after being detained in Russia has left 👤Malphine Fogel grateful.

👤Marc Fogel returned home Tuesday after being detained in Russia since 2021, per Fox News.

“(President 👤Donald Trump) promised me he would get him out, and he kept his promise,” 👤Malphine Fogel said on “America Reports.” “I can’t thank him enough.”

Her son, a history teacher at the Anglo-American School in Moscow, was released following talks between Russian and Trump administration officials.

Fogel was serving a 14-year sentence after his arrest at a Russian airport for possession of drugs. The drugs were medically prescribed marijuana, his family said.

👤Malphine Fogel, met with Trump before a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump was shot.

She asked Trump to not forget her son’s name.

He told the 95-year-old mother he would bring her son home.

“I met with President Trump, and he was just as cordial as he could be,” 👤Malphine Fogel said of the Butler meeting. “He told me three different times, ‘If I get in,’ he said, ‘I’ll get him out’ and I really think he’s been instrumental.”

👤Malphine Fogel was also grateful for Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others who worked to he her son back to the U.S.

She said it was a “total surprise” when her son called from a Moscow airport.

“It was a total surprise when he called, and he said he was in the Moscow airport,” she said. “So, that meant that (they) had taken him out of the prison to Moscow. … The last week or so, for some crazy reason, I had a better feeling about things, but I hadn’t heard from him in a week, so I thought that was odd and when he called this morning, it was just a total shock.”

👤Malphine Fogel predicted her son will be “sore from all the hugs” he will receive now he is in the United States.