Tuesday, March 1, 2022
‘Yes, He Would’: Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes - POLITICO
…Putin tried to warn Trump about this, but I don't think Trump figured out what he was saying. In one of the last meetings between Putin and Trump when I was there, Putin was making the point that: "Well you know, Donald, we have these hypersonic missiles." And Trump was saying, "Well, we will get them too." Putin was saying, "Well, yes, you will get them eventually, but we've got them first." There was a menace in this exchange. Putin was putting us on notice that if push came to shove in some confrontational environment that the nuclear option would be on the table…
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment