“A U.S. president who is elected amid controversy and recrimination, reviled by a large segment of the electorate, and mired in domestic crises will be hard-pressed to forge a coherent foreign policy and challenge Russia.” — Fiona Hill
“Wow,” you may be thinking. Does this lady have President Brandon nailed, or what? Not so fast. Fiona Hill is talking about President Donald Trump. (Of course she is.)
I remembered her name at the very moment (about 24 hours ago) that it popped out at me in reports about the most recent Durham indictment WRT the Trump/Russia “collusion” affair.
She’s the woman who showed up to testify before Congress, both privately and publicly — almost exactly two years ago — in support of the story being peddled by LTC (O-ho Say Can You See?) Alexander Vindman. In his attempt to drive a stake through the heart of the Trump Presidency, Vindman appeared before Congress and testified to his disquiet about the Ukrainian phone call:
Fiona has an impeccable British accent. (Almost everyone named “Fiona” has, in my experience, an impeccable British accent.) That alone makes her incredibly credible in the eyes of many on this side of the pond. Or so I am told.
Newsflash: I have an impeccable British accent too (when I decide to bring it on). So that particular characteristic impresses me not at all. (I’m available for hire if you think such a thing might be useful to you someday; just give me a call anytime at 1-800-StiffUpperLip.)
Somewhere along the way, I recall Fiona was asked about reports that she’d questioned Vindman’s judgment and, in her “thoughtful, thorough, irrefutable” way, she offered “a full defense of [Vindman] who may have helped expose the plot.”
In the context of the most recent Durham indictment, which brings forward the perjurious behavior of Igor Danchenko, a Russian national who lied about the sourcing and content of the “Steele Dossier,” (the source and content of which seems to be veering–thoughtfully, thoroughly and irrefutably– ever closer to the functionaries of, and strategy embraced by, the Hilary Clinton campaign), it would appear that the revelation that Fiona Hill introduced Danchenko to Christopher Steele might cause one to wonder about Hill’s own judgment and–certainly–her motives. I guess we’ll see where that goes, as the Durham investigation proceeds on its glacially slow, but still occasionally interesting, way.
As for LTC Vindman? I said he was a jerk then.
And I say he’s a jerk now.
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