Fiona Hill

[cilla4progress]

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[bahboo]

1. yes...speak out loudly....

and then the right people have to listen....

[crickets]

2. CNN article linked in thread:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/20/politics/fiona-hill-donald-trump-joe-biden/index.html

Hill has a special vantage point on this slow-rolling crisis that US officials say could bring war in Europe at any moment. As a White House national security aide, she advised then-President Donald Trump on Russia and Ukraine – and became a star witness in impeachment proceedings that resulted from his conduct.

Now, outside the government as a Brookings Institution senior fellow, she’s among the Russia specialists Biden has consulted as he revives foreign policy priorities shared by every president since World War II except Trump.

After Trump derided and weakened the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Biden has rallied NATO on Ukraine’s behalf.

After Trump pressured Russia’s beleaguered neighbor for his personal benefit, Biden has steeled Americans for shared sacrifice in defense of Ukraine’s right of self-determination.

After Trump deferred to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the US government’s own intelligence agencies, Biden has deployed those agencies’ tradecraft in a multi-pronged transatlantic effort to deter Russian aggression.

“You couldn’t get a sharper contrast,” Hill observed in an interview.[more]

Fiona Hill is sorely missed. Glad to know President Biden has consulted with her. She's a smart one, and her long-term understanding of the situation can only help.

[cilla4progress]

10. Thank

you!

[Samrob]

3. Russian intel is one thing, but Putin knows about the US military given to him by TTIDFG worries me.

Putin is being this brazen with the confidence of a poker player holding a royal flush because of Trump. Period!

[Calista241]

4. There is no successful military strategy in the Ukraine for the American military.

It's too far away from us, and too close to the Russians. Logistically it's just impossible to fight a near peer military at that kind of disadvantage.

This is a fact, and Biden being President doesn't change it. It was true under Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton and Reagan.

[RussBLib]

5. and the whole "America First" schtick

was to distract from his real "T**** first" goal, while corralling the white supremacists in his corner.

So much deception.

[monkeyman1]

6. well shit , had all kind's of goody's for over a year !! WTF !

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Former top Trump Russia adviser details the sharp contrast between the former President and Biden

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Fiona Hill doesn't know whether President Joe Biden can lead Western allies to ward off Russia's threat to Ukraine. But unlike his predecessor, he's trying.

Hill has a special vantage point on this slow-rolling crisis that US officials say could bring war in Europe at any moment. As a White House national security aide, she advised then-President Donald Trump on Russia and Ukraine -- and became a star witness in impeachment proceedings that resulted from his conduct......

"There's no Team America for Trump," Hill recalled. "Not once did I see him do anything to put America first. Not once. Not for a single second."

It showed in Trump's praise for the authoritarian leader of Russia, an American adversary that had boosted his finances as a business executive. It showed in his reluctance to embrace America's mutual defense commitments to European allies, which for decades have constrained Russian behavior; instead, Trump treated NATO as what Hill called a "protection racket."

Most notoriously, it showed in Trump's attempt to squeeze Ukraine's President for manufactured dirt on Biden to help his 2020 election campaign. He held up American military aid as a political lever as Ukraine faced the long-running Russian military threat that now has the entire world on edge.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Fiona Hill: "Not once did I see him do anything to put America first. Not once. Not for a single sec

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[benpollard]

9. Fiona Hill is one of the brightest people I've ever heard

Hill grew up poor and worked her way up, first as a translator, and then after attending Harvard, became an advisor to several presidents. She's incredibly bright. You can find interviews with her on YouTube and I believe she wrote an autobiography which I'm going to look for.

[cilla4progress]

11. Yes,

shes one of my favorites.

[Duppers]

12. Retweeted!

And sending out to my email list.

[L. Coyote]

13. Who is behind this "Really American" account on Twitter?