Trump's Russia Advisor Fiona Hill Was One of the Only Women with him in Helsinki. What to Know.

Bustle ^ | Jul 2018 | Kerry Jarema

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Fiona Hill currently serves as the senior director for Russian and European Affairs on the National Security Council. She was part of the U.S. delegation at the table on Monday along with White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Adviser John Bolton, and interpreter Marina Gross.

The British-born Russia expert left the Brookings Institution, a D.C. think tank, to join the Trump administration last year...Hill was initially tapped to join the National Security Council under Michael Flynn's leadership.

The psychological profile of Putin she co-authored with Clifford G. Gaddy, Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin, offers a glimpse into how she views the Russian leader.

The duo wrote that the Kremlin is “a master at manipulating information, suppressing information, and creating pseudo-information” who isn't afraid to blackmail other foreign leaders. "As he can fully trust only himself, Putin applies extortionary methods to everyone else — basically mutually assured incrimination to ensure loyalty," they write.

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Agreed - Trump is also adept at making “competitors” feel like friends so he can leverage the relationship....everyone worries about Putin who is sly and ignores how smart Trump and his instincts really are.