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Tommy Carcetti

(44,410 posts) Sat Jan 3, 2026, 08:31 PM Saturday

Fiona Hill testimony in 2019 re: Trump, Putin, Venezuela and Ukraine

She basically suggested that Trump and Putin might come to an arrangement where Russia backs off its influence on Venezuela in exchange for the US letting it have Ukraine.

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Fiona Hill testimony in 2019 re: Trump, Putin, Venezuela and Ukraine (Original Post) Tommy Carcetti Saturday OP

Surprise, Surprise. Surprise! BurnDoubt Saturday #1

Not at all unimaginable. calimary Saturday #2

That was before Russia's 2022 invasion, before Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people had so much highplainsdem Sunday #3

THIS! Kid Berwyn Sunday #4

BurnDoubt

(1,472 posts)

1. Surprise, Surprise. Surprise!

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:09 PM

Saturday

Once again, back to "the Secret Meeting".
Classic!

calimary

(89,041 posts)

2. Not at all unimaginable.

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:12 PM

Saturday

highplainsdem

(60,021 posts)

3. That was before Russia's 2022 invasion, before Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people had so much

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 12:58 AM

Sunday

support in the US and around the world.

Kid Berwyn

(22,977 posts)

4. THIS!

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 09:11 AM

Sunday

Fiona Hill smelled the rats.

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