Probably he just couldn't get a straight answer from Putin. Some people like to talk in riddles rather than give a straight answer or straight explanation. I see it here on Free Republic too.
I don’t believe her for a minute! My take is that Putin holds great respect for Trump. Trump is probably the toughest and fairest adversary he ever met.
President Trump is a businessman - a first-rate problem-solver.
Problem solvers start by asking a lot of questions and listening carefully to the answers.
Fiona Hill saw this as Putin having to explain everything to Trump.
She’s an idiot.
It sounds like Fiona is ready to start cashing in with a fake ass, ‘tell all book’ about President Trump. Sh*theads with no loyalty and lots of creed.
Just like Oz!
Trump asked him questions…. Putin explained? Makes sense
Has Putin explained anything to sleepy Joe yet?
Gosh another hit piece on Trump. What’s the count on FR up to now? He has them scared shi%$ess.
As Trump came from the business world, he assumed that people that were of long standing in a job could perform as professionals. Again and again he failed to see that the political, and therefore, the governmental world were full of people with no character or ability.
Fiona Hill
I’m glad he didn’t take what Putin said at face value and made him explain it. That is comforting. I’m sure Biden doesn’t do that with world leaders.
Fiona Hill the bell tolls for thee...
This dirt bag is one of the few females that needs immediate and permanent dirt nap.
She is a treasonous snake, who conspired against a sitting duly elected president.
Her treachery led to the massive loss of life in Ukraine!
Hopefully, she’ll be gone before too long.
First of all, she has no proof. This is her opinion. Heads of State often disagree and draw different conclusions from the same set of facts. Fiona seems to see things Putin’s way. That could be the problem here.
“He thought that somebody like Biden, who’s a transatlanticist, who knows all about NATO, who actually knows where Ukraine is, and actually knows something about the history, and is very steeped in international affairs, would be the right person to engage with as opposed to somebody that you have to explain everything to all the time, honestly,” the former national security official added.
He picked her? She was a left over.
Former Trump White House national security official Fiona Hill said Russian President Vladimir Putin had “to explain everything to all the time” to former President Trump.
That is just negotiation tactic.
Clarification questions to make sure you understand what he really wants.
Clarification questions to find something you can negotiate on. There are many items to negotiate on besides the stated one.
The whole art of asking questions has been lost to this generation. But questions are stupid to an ideologist. As presented in another article. Putin in not an ideologist. All the other leaders in this conflict are.