Former Secretary of State Rex "Rexxon" Tillerson appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday in closed session and, according to reports, told the Committee that Russian thug and autocrat Vladimir Putin bested his asset Donald "Not Exonerated" Trump in their meeting in Hamburg in 2017:
"The U.S. side anticipated a shorter meeting for exchanging courtesies, but it ballooned into a globe-spanning two-hour-plus session involving deliberations on a variety of geopolitical issues, said committee aides, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Tillerson’s seven-hour closed meeting with the committee.In his delusion and ignorance, Trump believes that he can go into meetings with the barest of knowledge of the subject and prevail by being himself. World leaders know by now that he responds well to flattery and praise (Putin and Kim certainly do) and will do anything to claim a "win," even if the U.S. is disadvantaged as a result.
'We spent a lot of time in the conversation talking about how Putin seized every opportunity to push what he wanted,” a committee aide said. 'There was a discrepancy in preparation, and it created an unequal footing.'” (our emphasis)
Tillerson wasn't present at the notorious one-on-one, two hour discussion between Putin and Trump last summer in Helsinki. The only U.S. person present beside Trump was the interpreter, and it's assumed that they discussed matters of a more personal, financial nature related to Trump. The body language after the meeting showed Putin strutting and grinning, while Trump shuffled with his head down.
That's the meeting we should be hearing more about.
