You're moving goal posts. You originally said Assange was ONLY in his situation because of the Trump admin. That's clearly incorrect. Assange was going to be extradited to Sweden to face sexual assault charges. He also feared those charges were a step toward extraditing him to the USA to face additional charges there. He had good reason to believe that. His source, Chelsea Manning, had been convicted to a 35-year sentence in prison. Likewise, the Obama administration had been conducting an active, long-term criminal investigation into WikiLeaks as confirmed by court documents. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/05/us-government-still-hunting-wikileaks-obama-targets-whistleblowers https://thehill.com/homenews/news/314139-assange-agrees-to-be-extradited-to-us-if-obama-grants-clemency-for-chelsea