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Hey ...its back to - Russia - again...of course...its always been russia ordering trump and elon and the GOP and all the traitors that took the russian money....
2019- Fiona Hill laid out these gems under oath and of course the treasonous GOP pretended they were deaf,dumb and blind...although that was not hard to do for the GOP-Govt of Putin;
In her 2019 congressional testimony, former National Security Council official Fiona Hill stated that Russia was "signaling very strongly" an informal proposal for a "very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine". This suggestion was designed to get the U.S. to accept a 19th-century-style division of global spheres of influence.
Key Details from Hill's Testimony
- The Nature of the Proposal: Russia communicated the idea through informal channels, such as the Russian press and commentators, rather than formal diplomatic channels. The essence of the message was: Russia would end its support for the Maduro regime in Venezuela (in the U.S. "backyard") if the U.S. would stay out of Ukraine and Eastern Europe (Russia's "backyard").
- The Monroe Doctrine Link: Hill testified that the Russian proposal was explicitly tied to the concept of the Monroe Doctrine, a U.S. policy regarding its dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The Russians were essentially signaling a reciprocal doctrine: "You have your Monroe doctrine. You want us out of your backyard. Well, you know, we have our own version of this. You're in our backyard in Ukraine".
- Administration Response: Hill indicated that National Security Council leadership, including John Bolton, viewed this as a dangerous idea because it legitimized the concept of great power spheres of influence, undermining the sovereignty of smaller nations like Ukraine and Venezuela. Hill and her colleagues were instructed to reject this framing and tell the Russians to "knock this off".
- No Formal Coordination on a "Deal": Hill did not testify that the U.S. and Russia formally coordinated and reached an agreement on such a swap. Instead, she described it as a Russian-floated idea that the U.S. national security team rejected.
In summary, Fiona Hill warned that Russia was testing the U.S.'s willingness to revert to a world order based on competing spheres of influence, where major powers could dominate their neighbors without U.S. intervention.
